You should not eat dumplings when you have a fever, because most of the dumpling fillings contain meat and the dumpling skins are unfermented flour, which is difficult to digest. When you have a fever, the peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract is weakened and the digestive capacity is reduced, so if you eat dumplings at this time, it will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and cause indigestion or abdominal pain or diarrhea, which will aggravate the fever. Meat is a protein food, the body will produce extra heat when digested and absorbed, if you eat meat when you have a fever, it will make the body temperature rise more significantly, which is not conducive to reducing the fever. It is best not to eat dumplings at this time, but to eat simple, light and easily digestible food, such as rice soup or rotten noodles.