What can I eat to get well faster if I have a cold?

  Cold is a common external disease in all seasons, especially in winter and spring. Pregnant women should not blindly use medicine to avoid affecting the health of the fetus. In addition to medication, food therapy can also be effective in treating colds. Pregnant women can take chicken soup or make soup with ginger and scallions.  1. Chicken soup Drinking chicken soup can suppress throat and respiratory tract inflammation, which is extremely effective in eliminating the symptoms caused by cold. Because chicken contains a variety of amino acids essential to the human body, it can significantly enhance the body’s resistance to cold viruses, and certain chemical substances in chicken can play a good role in protecting the smooth flow of the respiratory tract and accelerating the healing of colds.  2, radish 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, then crush the ginger, squeeze out a small amount of ginger juice, add the radish juice, then add sugar or honey, mix well and drink as a drink after rushing into boiling water.  3, 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. Can brown sugar, ginger, black tea each appropriate amount, boil soup drink, 1-2 times a day, not only warm body to go cold, but also has a good function of preventing and controlling colds.  4, eat less salt Eat less salt containing na, can improve the content of lysozyme in saliva, protect the mucous membrane epithelial cells in the mouth and throat, so that they secrete more immunoglobulin A and interferon to deal with cold virus. Therefore, eating salt within 5 grams a day is beneficial to the prevention and control of colds.  5, brewed honey Honey contains a variety of biologically active substances, which can stimulate the body’s immune function. It can be brewed twice a day, morning and evening, to effectively treat and prevent colds and other viral diseases.