Winter is coming, the alternation of indoor and outdoor cold and warmth makes the cold seems to become a “commonplace”, some friends also suffer for a while because of the cold, today I saw a little knowledge on the Internet to prevent the cold, to share with you.
Dry weather, hot and cold, it is the time when the cold virus is prevalent, many people have been attacked by it. In fact, regardless of any disease, is the result of the interaction between the body’s immunity and disease-causing factors, if the body’s resistance is stronger than the role of disease-causing factors, then the body will be very healthy, and vice versa, it will develop. This is especially true for colds, as people who are overly tired, sleep deprived, in a bad mood and suffering from some chronic diseases and weaknesses are more likely to suffer from colds. In order not to be troubled by colds or to enhance the ability to fight with colds, dietary regimen cannot be left out of the “agenda”. Take a look at the following recipes and dietary considerations!
First of all, to prevent colds, you need to have a good lifestyle habit. As the saying goes, “Early to bed, early to rise, good spirit”, good sleep habits can not only make us feel good the next day, but also improve our body’s immunity and eliminate the occurrence of diseases from the root.
Second, diet should not be underestimated. Modern people, especially young people, due to the daily schedule are full, sometimes can not guarantee the regular time of the three meals, and sometimes will not pay attention to the science of diet, obviously throat inflammation, still alcoholic eating chili, so the diet can not be underestimated. Drink more water, dog meat, mutton, goose meat, duck meat, soybeans, walnuts, chestnuts, fungus, sesame, sweet potatoes, radish, etc. are all suitable foods in winter. When you have a cold, it is absolutely necessary to ensure that the diet is nutritious, but also pay attention to avoid eating.
Third, the mood, timely stress reduction, is also a good role in the prevention of colds. Some experts point out that pressure is an important reason for the decline of immunity, modern people’s work, study, competition pressure are relatively large, many times all kinds of pressure will lead to their own body’s immunity gradually decline, around the flu will quietly find you.
Fourth, reduce the time spent in public places and wash your hands regularly. General public places are more complex, is also a hotbed of the spread of influenza, coupled with poor air circulation, it is easy to be infected with the flu, so try to reduce the length of stay in public places is also a good way to prevent the spread of the flu. Of course, after going out and coming home, you should also wash your hands more often to prevent illness from entering by mouth.
Fifth, appropriate exercise to strengthen the resistance to disease. Proper exercise, for example, running, jumping gymnastics, etc., will help strengthen our body’s immunity, so let’s move and stay away from colds.
For the prevention of colds, although we can not subdue it, but we still have a way to prevent and relieve the symptoms, in another cold-prone season is coming, some ways to deal with colds, you can try.
1, hot water soaking feet: every night with hotter water (temperature to hot almost unbearable so far) soak feet for 15 minutes, pay attention to soak feet when the amount of water to not over the feet, soak feet to be red, can prevent colds.
2, raw onion: raw onion, can be hot oil poured on the finely shredded onion, and then eaten with tofu and other cold, not only delicious, and can prevent colds.
3, salt water gargle: daily morning and evening, after meals, gargle with light salt water to remove oral germs. In the flu epidemic time should pay more attention to salt water gargle, at this time, tilted head gargle so that salt water fully rinse the throat effect is better.
4, cold water bath: wash your face every day with cold water, wash your nostrils with a handful of water, that is, use your nostrils to gently inhale a little water (pay attention not to inhale too deep to avoid choking) and then blow out, repeatedly.
5, massage the nasal groove: rub both hands together, palms hot massage Yingxiang point (located in the nasal groove, horizontal flat nasal outer edge of the midpoint) more than ten times, can prevent colds and reduce nasal congestion symptoms after the cold.
6, breathing steam: the first cold, pour boiling water in the cup, deep breathing into the hot air until the water in the cup is cold, several times a day, can reduce the symptoms of nasal congestion.
7, hot wind blowing face: when the first cold, the hair dryer can be used to blow hot wind against the temples for 3 to 5 minutes, several times a day, can reduce the symptoms and accelerate the healing.
8, rub your hands: rub your hands to reduce the incidence of colds is very effective. Because rubbing hands can promote blood circulation, unblock the meridians, enhance the immune function of the upper respiratory tract to resist colds.
9, drink plain water: autumn and winter climate dry, the body is very easy to lack of water, often drink plain water, not only to ensure that the body needs, but also can play a diuretic detoxification, eliminate the efficacy of body waste.
People who are prone to colds should eat less cilantro.
According to Chinese medicine, cilantro wards off all unhealthy gas and has the effect of warming the middle and strengthening the stomach. However, people who are prone to colds should avoid eating cilantro, because such people often have a deficiency of Qi, eating cilantro will lead to more frequent colds.
If you have the misfortune to catch a cold, then you should pay attention to nutritional balance in your diet, and it is advisable to eat less and more meals, as well as to eat foods that are easy to digest. Protein food such as meat, eggs should not be too much; greasy food, such as fried, fried food to eat less, but should be carbohydrate-based food, can drink some porridge, also need to eat more vegetables and fruits, in order to intake as much as possible vitamins and minerals, improve the body’s immunity; but also to ensure sufficient water, can drink more acidic juice, such as: hawthorn juice, kiwi juice, red date juice, fresh orange juice, watermelon juice, etc. The first is to promote the secretion of gastric juices to enhance appetite.
There are two kinds of colds, one is wind-cold and the other is wind-heat cold. The main symptoms of wind-cold cold at the beginning are: heavy head or headache, fear of cold, aching and tight limbs, fever but no sweat, accompanied by nasal congestion, runny nose, the patient feels that the mouth is not thirsty, sputum is thin and white, and the tongue coating is thin and white. Wind-heat colds are characterized by increased fever, headache, red, swollen, dry and painful throat, stuffy nose and yellow snot, cough with sticky or yellow phlegm, thirst, fear of wind, red tongue, thin white and yellowish moss, and possibly aggravated head and facial acne, constipation, etc. Different types of colds should be treated differently.
Special tips: cold and fever can not drink tea Tea contains theophylline, caffeine and tannic acid. Theophylline and caffeine have the effect of excitement of the central nervous system, enhance blood circulation and promote a faster heartbeat. Drinking tea when you have a fever will make the patient’s body temperature rise and further aggravate the condition. Ginseng tea also has a stimulating effect on the nerves, so it is also not suitable for drinking. In addition, the tannic acid in tea and astringent effect, will affect the sweating of the body, preventing normal heat dissipation. Body heat is not properly distributed, it is difficult to lower the body temperature in a timely manner, affecting the recovery of the sick body. When you have a cold and fever, you should drink more warm water.
Winter is the high season of cold and flu, in addition to pay attention to diet, but also appropriate exercise to enhance the body’s resistance. You can also strengthen your own cold exercise, such as washing your face and nose with cold water frequently to enhance the body’s ability to adapt to cold weather, etc.