How can I prevent a cold after getting wet in the rain?

  Spring is the season of plenty of rain, rain is a common occurrence, if you are accidentally caught in the rain, it is easy to catch a cold. So how to prevent a cold after being drenched in rain? Here is a summary of some measures to prevent colds after being drenched in rain, for your reference: First of all, you should change your wet clothes, dry your hair and body, change your dry clothes, and preferably drink some ginger soup immediately (if not, it is best to drink a cup of hot water to drive away the cold), which can generally play a certain preventive effect. Of course, if the conditions allow, it is best to choose some of the following common sense cold prevention.   1, rubbing hands Because the root of the thumb (medically known as the big fish interval) is rich in muscle, when the palm of the hand is stretched out, it protrudes significantly, accounting for a large area of the palm of the hand. The large fissure is closely related to the respiratory organs. Daily rubbing, for improving the body susceptible to colds is very beneficial. The method is: rub the large fissure on both hands until it is hot. The method of rubbing is similar to rubbing the skin of peanut rice with both palms. One hand is fixed, turn the other hand’s big fish interval, alternating between the two hands up and down. The two large fissure in the opposite direction to rub, about one to two minutes, the whole palm will be hot. This can promote blood circulation, strengthen the body’s metabolism, so it can strengthen the body, so it is not easy to catch a cold.  2, massage the nose Both hands slightly clenched fist, with the back of the flexed thumb up and down and back and forth massage both sides of the nose. Massage 15-30 times a day in the morning and afternoon, with local redness and heat. A method can improve nasal blood circulation, promote the secretion of mucous membrane cells, and through the “directional swing” of the cilia, the cold virus and its harmful metabolites out of the body.  3, acupuncture point massage with the thumb, index finger, middle finger (either finger) massage the nasal passage, Yingxiang, nasal flow and other points, and then use the muscles around the fish point developed area, rub both sides of the nasal cavity from the Yingxiang point to the Hall point cold sensitive area. Massage the Yongquan point and the heart of the foot until they are hot so that the meridians in these two areas are open and the qi and blood are running properly. This will prevent the invasion of wind and cold and keep the enemy away from the door.  4. Drink chicken soup.  Two clinical medical centers in the United States have reported that drinking chicken soup can inhibit throat and respiratory inflammation, and is extremely effective in eliminating symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, cough and sore throat caused by colds. Because chicken contains a variety of essential amino acids, rich in nutrients, can significantly enhance the body’s resistance to the cold virus, chicken also contains a special chemical substances, with enhanced pharyngeal blood circulation and nasal fluid secretion, which is to protect the respiratory tract smooth, clear respiratory virus, accelerate the healing of the cold has a good role.  5, sugar ginger tea drink.  Because of the cold is mostly external wind and cold evil, often have a headache, nasal congestion, runny nose and all over the joint pain, and even fear of cold, fever and other symptoms. Available brown sugar, ginger, black tea each appropriate amount, boil soup to drink, 1-2 times a day, not only warm body to go cold, but also has a good function of preventing and controlling colds.  6, eat more radish.  Practice has proved that the radish in the radish has a unique effect on the prevention and treatment of colds. The specific practice is to chop the sweet and crisp juicy radish, press out half a teacup of juice, and then mash the ginger, squeeze out a small amount of ginger juice, add the radish juice, and then add sugar or honey, mix well and punch into boiling water as a drink, three times a day, and even serve two days, can clear heat, detoxify, dispel cold, and prevent colds.