Patients with colds and coughs are not recommended to eat durian, for the following reasons: 1, durian has a stimulating flavor: durian although nutritious, containing high quality proteins, minerals and vitamins, etc., but durian has a certain irritating flavor, after a cold and coughing patients with a high reactivity of the airway, at this time to eat durian is easy to induce its cough, or make the original cough symptoms aggravated. 2, durian belongs to the hot food: at this time, colds and coughs. Patients eating durian can lead to throat discomfort, which is not conducive to the relief of coughing. Sometimes cold patients can be accompanied by gastrointestinal disorders, patients eat too much durian easy to increase the burden of gastrointestinal digestive function, and is not conducive to the improvement of cold. Therefore, during the cold, patients should eat some light, easy to digest food, avoid spicy, stimulating food.