Patients with wind-heat colds are usually not recommended to drink alcohol, eat tonic products to nourish qi and blood, or spicy and stimulating foods.
1. Drinking alcohol: Alcohol helps dampness and produces phlegm, which may increase the burden on the stomach and intestines and aggravate the condition of cold and flu; during the period of cold and flu, patients need to take some medicines for treatment, and there may be an adverse reaction between alcohol and these medicines, which may affect the efficacy of the medicines and aggravate the condition of the cold and flu.
2. qi and blood tonic: qi and blood tonic will usually lead to the disease can not go out, there is a closed door to stay kou (skin pores closed so that the evil stays in the body can not come out), and even lead to the wind heat into the inside, aggravating the condition.
3. Spicy and stimulating food: During the period of wind-heat colds, patients usually have different degrees of decreased appetite, reduced food intake or weakened gastrointestinal function, eating spicy and stimulating food will aggravate the heat, which may lead to aggravation of the condition.
It is recommended that patients with wind-heat colds rest properly, drink plenty of warm water, and eat a light diet. If the symptoms of wind-heat cold do not ease, or accompanied by other symptoms, should go to the hospital in time, to clarify the cause and give targeted treatment.