From the perspective of Chinese medicine, cold is a disease caused by wind, cold and heat when the body is weak. Eating spicy food at this time will make the blood vessels dilate and further increase the yang energy in the body, resulting in clinical symptoms such as fever, dry throat and sore throat. If from the perspective of Western medicine, the power of gastrointestinal tract is not enough during cold, so it is not possible to digest too greasy and too spicy food, such as eating spicy hotpot will increase the burden of gastrointestinal tract and will increase the gastrointestinal load. In addition, eating spicy hot food when you have a cold will increase the symptoms of sore throat, throat discomfort, cough and phlegm, which is not good for the healing of cold. There are some spicy foods that are contraindicated, for example, hyperthyroidism patients with increased heart rate, such as taking spicy food will speed up the heart rate, and it is not beneficial for the absorption of inflammation.