Introduction: The cold is one of the most common multi-morbidity, so far there is no special treatment, currently only symptomatic treatment, let it gradually heal itself. And after the year into the early spring season, the temperature will have a certain rise, seasonal exchange is also the high incidence of colds, this article introduces several tips to treat colds, you can use according to their own situation.
1.Drink chicken soup
Two clinical medical centers in the United States reported that drinking chicken soup can suppress throat and respiratory tract inflammation, and is extremely effective in eliminating symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, cough and sore throat caused by colds. Because chicken contains a variety of essential amino acids, rich in nutrition, can significantly enhance the body’s resistance to cold virus, chicken also contains a special chemical substances, with enhanced pharyngeal blood circulation and the role of nasal fluid secretion, which is to protect the respiratory tract, clear the respiratory virus, accelerate the healing of the cold has a good role.
2, eat more radish
Practice has proved that the radish in the radish has a unique role in 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, and then mash the ginger, squeeze out a small amount of ginger juice, add the radish juice, and then add sugar or honey, mix well and then punch into boiling water as a drink, three times a day, and even serve two days, can clear heat, detoxification, dispel cold, and prevent colds.
3.Sugar ginger tea combined 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
Experiments have proved that eating less salt containing Na can improve the content of lysozyme in saliva, protect the mucous membrane epithelial cells in the mouth and throat, and let them 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.Take honey
Honey contains a variety of biologically active substances, which can stimulate the immune function of the human body. It can be taken twice a day in the morning and evening to effectively treat and prevent colds and other viral diseases.
6.Take yeast
Professor Dasgupta of the University of California in the United States found in the experiment, in the production of bread yeast, contains a kind of cold virus in the human body cells to prevent the reproduction of the spread of ingredients, can treat the common cold, but not for influenza.
7, eat more condiments
University of Wisconsin research that ginger, dried chili peppers help the body to expel cold and flu viruses, cough and phlegm. The American Institute for Cancer Research revealed not long ago that garlic can enhance the body’s immune function. Adding more spices when cooking dishes can make the cold heal early.
8.Vinegar nose drops and fumigation
Dilute vinegar with cold water and prepare it into 5%-10% solution of nasal drops, 4-6 times a day, with 2-3 drops in each nostril, which is very effective in treating cold and influenza. Especially at the early stage of cold, it is more effective. Vinegar can kill the cold virus latent in the nasopharynx. During the epidemic period of cold and flu, using vinegar nose drops has a reliable preventive effect. In addition, vinegar fumigation can also cure cold, that is, 100 grams of vinegar is put on the stove to fumigate, and the room not only smells good at once, but also the vinegar molecules are dispersed in the air to kill the indoor cold virus, which can effectively prevent the occurrence of cold. During the epidemic of cold, it is better to fumigate vinegar 1-2 times a day.
9.Rub your hands
As the root of the hand thumb (medically known as the big fish interval) is rich in muscles, when the palm is stretched out, it protrudes obviously and accounts for a large area of the palm. The large fissure is closely related to the respiratory organs. Daily rubbing, for improving the body susceptible to colds is very beneficial. The method is: rub the large fissure on both hands until it is hot. The rubbing method is similar to rubbing the skin of peanut rice with both palms. One hand is fixed, turn the other hand’s big fish interval, alternating between the two hands up and down. The two large fissure in the opposite direction to rub, about one to two minutes, the whole palm will be hot. This can promote blood circulation, strengthen the body’s metabolism, so it can strengthen the body, so it is not easy to catch a cold.
10.Massage the nose
Make a fist with both hands and massage both sides of the nose up and down with the back of the flexed thumb. Massage 15-30 times a day in the morning and afternoon, with local redness and heat. A method can improve nasal blood circulation, promote the secretion of mucous membrane cells, and through the “directional swing” of the cilia, the cold virus and its harmful metabolites out of the body.
11.Acupressure points
Massage the nasal passage, Yingxiang and nasal flow points with the thumb, index finger and middle finger of both objects (either finger), and then rub the cold-sensitive area on both sides of the nasal cavity from Yingxiang point to Indang point with the muscle-developed area around the fish intersection point. Massage the Yongquan point and the heart of the foot until they are hot so that the meridians in these two areas are open and the qi and blood are running properly. This can prevent the invasion of wind and cold and keep the enemy away from the door.
12.Acupuncture treatment
Our acupuncture is very effective in treating cold and flu. When you have a cold, go to acupuncture as soon as possible, you can make the nasal congestion, headache immediately reduced, and can make the increased body temperature gradually return to normal after a day and night. Acupuncture is reliable because it enhances the immune function of the body through the regulation of meridians. The effective acupuncture points for treating colds are: Shangxing, Yin Tang, Fengchi, Yingxiang, He Gu and Waiguan. The needles are left for 15 minutes, once a day, usually 2-3 times can be cured.
13, more sleep
Harvard Medical School researchers found that when people sleep, the body bacteria can produce a substance called “cell wall acid”, which has the effect of enhancing the body’s immunity and can accelerate the recovery from colds and other viral diseases. Therefore, it is proposed that sleep is also a form of treatment, especially for colds.
14.Breathing steam
In a large tea cup, fill it with a cup of boiling water, put your face down on it and breathe deeply until the water in the cup is cold. This method to treat colds, especially the first cold effect is better.
15.Cold water washing face
This method generally begins in summer and does not stop in autumn and winter to enhance appropriateness. Insist on washing your face with cold boiling water every morning and evening, which can increase the blood circulation of your face and improve the ability to resist diseases and cold, so as to prevent the occurrence of colds.