Effective cold remedies and foods

Perilla leaves, lemongrass, ginger, mint... can be used as simple and effective cold remedies.

According to Oriental medicine, the causes of colds are divided into 3 groups:

- External factors: Due to infection with 6 types of evil spirits, namely the six evils (wind, cold, dampness, dryness, fire) and epidemics, one becomes ill.

- Internal injuries: Due to emotional disturbances (joy, anger, sadness, grief, fear) that damage the function of internal organs or due to irregular eating and drinking, excessive sex that causes internal organs to be damaged.

- Internal and external injuries: Due to falls, injuries, stabbings, insect bites, or heavy lifting, causing internal organs to be damaged and blood circulation to be disrupted.

There are three different levels of severity of extrasensory perception:

- Mild infection, can be cured quickly or not, is called "cold infection, wind infection, heat infection, damp infection...).

- A slightly more severe infection, treated with medicine and proper nutrition, will quickly recover, called injury (typhoid fever, wind fever, rabies, rheumatism...).

- Very severe infection, evil energy directly invades the meridians, collaterals, organs, and viscera causing illness, called infection (cold infection, wind infection, heat infection, dampness infection...).

Common colds are caused by wind combined with cold or heat, so they are called wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds.

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- Symptoms: fever, chills, wind, headache, no sweating, stuffy nose, hoarse voice, runny nose, itchy cough, aching joints, no thirst, thin white tongue coating.

- Treatment: Disperse wind-cold, relieve exterior symptoms and induce sweating (make the person sweat to reduce fever).

- Medicinal herbs: Use spicy, hot herbs (tan on) to relieve symptoms such as ginger, garlic, onion, cinnamon, star anise, perilla, Vietnamese balm, angelica...

Commonly used remedies for colds

-Recipe 1: Perilla leaves (perilla leaves) 8-10g, cinnamon twigs 6-8g, fresh ginger 3 slices. Wash all three ingredients, boil with 300ml of water, boil for about 10 minutes. Drink at once, drink hot to sweat.

-Recipe 2: Perilla leaves 8-10g, Cyperus rotundus (Cyperus rotundus root) 6g, tangerine peel 4-6g, fresh ginger 3 slices. Boil and drink as above.

-Recipe 3: 10-12g shallots, 6-8g tangerine peel, 3 slices of fresh ginger. Boil and drink as above.

-Recipe 4: Cold porridge: Perilla leaves (fresh) 12-30g, shallots (or chives) 6-12g, fresh ginger 4-10g, 1 egg, rice 30-80g.

How to make: Wash and chop perilla leaves. Chop shallots and fresh ginger. Cook rice into porridge, then add egg yolk, beat well, add perilla, shallots, ginger and stir well. Season to taste. Serve hot, dry if sweaty, avoid drafts.

- Lesson 5:Lemon basil leaves (perilla leaves) 12g, perilla leaves 12g, Vietnamese balm 10g, tangerine peel 6g, lemongrass 6g, 3 slices of ginger. Boil with 750ml of water, reduce to 400ml, divide into 2 doses to drink before meals. Drink warm to sweat.

-Recipe 6: Perilla leaves 10g, Cyperus rotundus (Cyperus rotundus) 8g, tangerine peel 6g, mugwort 6g, Achyranthes bidentata leaves 6g, cinnamon 6g, 3 slices of fresh ginger. Boil and drink as above.

- Lesson 7: Steaming pot: Use 3-5 types of leaves with essential oils such as: lemon leaves, grapefruit leaves, perilla leaves, Vietnamese balm, mint, lemongrass leaves, perilla leaves (lemon basil), basil, five-fingered cat's claw, compassion, camphor, watercress (watercress)... steam until sweating, dry, avoid drafty places.

Some foods to eat when you have a cold

-Lemongrass - ginger - honey water: Fresh lemongrass 10-30g, fresh ginger 8-20g, honey 10-30g.

How to make: Peel the lemongrass and ginger, wash them, crush them, mix them with water to get 100-200ml of water. Put the lemongrass-ginger water in a pot with honey, mix well, simmer until boiling. Divide into 2-3 doses, drink warm, before meals.

-Ginger and sugar water (ginger and sugar water): Fresh ginger root 6-12g, cane sugar (or granulated sugar) 30-50g.

How to make: Peel the ginger, wash it, slice it thinly, cut it into strips (or crush it). Mix the ginger with sugar, add enough water, and boil it. Drink it while it is still warm, then cover yourself with a blanket to sweat. Dry your body and keep it away from the wind. Drink once a day before meals. Drink continuously for 2-4 days.

Wind-heat cold (wind-heat cold)

- Symptoms: Fever, headache, little sweating, stuffy nose, no runny nose, red and painful throat, cough with yellow phlegm, thirst, red tongue, slightly yellow tongue coating.

- Treatment: Clear wind and heat, clear the lungs and relieve exterior (clear the airways and reduce fever).

- Medicinal herbs: Use spicy, cooling herbs (tan luong) to relieve the exterior (mint, basil, patchouli, bupleurum, chrysanthemum, kudzu, brown plant (cúc tần), bean sang or bean cauliflower...).

Commonly used remedies for colds and heatstroke

-Recipe 1: Mint 8-10g, Vietnamese balm 8-12g, bamboo leaves 12g, licorice 12g, honeysuckle 12-16g, mulberry leaves 10-12g. Cook with 400ml of water, reduce to 200ml, drink 1-2 hours before meals.

- Recipe 2: Mint 8-10g, chrysanthemum 12g, kudzu 12g, chrysanthemum 8-10g, licorice 12g, mung bean 12g. Cook with 400ml of water, reduce to 200ml, drink 1-2 hours before meals.

- Recipe 3: 8g of perilla leaves, 12g of pennywort, 8g of mint, 12g of bamboo leaves, 8g of cogon root (or reed root), 12g of licorice, 12g of honeysuckle (or horsetail). Cook with 400ml of water, reduce to 200ml, drink 1-2 hours before meals.

-Lesson 4: Use the Ngan Kieu San formula (book "On Benh Dieu Bien") including: Honeysuckle, Forsythia, Arctium lappa, and Fermented bean curd, each 8-12g, Platycodon grandiflorum, Bamboo leaves, each 6-12g, Perilla flower 4-6g, Licorice 2-4g. Boil with 600 ml of water, reduce to 300 ml, divide into 2 doses and drink before meals.

Or use one of these simple methods

- Burdock seed 12g, honeysuckle 12g, forsythia 8g, perilla 8g, mint 8g, licorice 2 - 4g. Boil and drink 1 dose per day.

- Burdock seed 12g, mint 6g, cicada shell 2 - 4g, decoct and drink 1 dose per day.

- 24g burdock seed, 24g platycodon grandiflorum, 24g mint, 40g honeysuckle, 40g forsythia, 20g licorice, 20g fermented soybean, 16g perilla flower, 4g bamboo leaves.

Grind all into powder. Take 24g each time, steep in boiling water for about 3-5 minutes to drink. Drink 3-4 times a day (depending on the severity of the disease).

Foods to eat when suffering from heat stroke

-Leaves-celery soup: Wash 200g leeks, cut into 3cm pieces. Wash 100g celery, cut into short pieces. Wash 100g lean pork, drain, slice thinly, marinate with fish sauce + pepper + minced shallots.

Boil ½ liter of water, season to taste, add pork, bring to a boil again, then add chives and celery, stir well. The soup boils again and is done. Ladle into a bowl and eat hot with rice.

-Radish-carrot stew with pork ribs: 150g radish, carrot, wash, peel, cut into bite-sized pieces. 400g pork ribs, wash, cut into small pieces, put in cold water, boil, skim off foam, cover, simmer. When the ribs are almost tender, add carrots, radish, continue to cook until tender. Season with fish sauce, salt, sugar or MSG to taste. Add chopped green onions, stir well. Ladle soup into bowls and eat hot with meals.

-Chrysanthemum green soup with perch: Pick and clean 500g of perch, wash thoroughly, cut into short pieces. Choose a large perch weighing 300g, scale, remove intestines, wash, place on a grill, grill over charcoal until golden brown.

Boil water, add fish, boil for a while, remove and remove meat, marinate with fish sauce, pepper, onion, crushed ginger. Put bones and fish head in pot of water, boil again, filter to get clear water. Boil water, add marinated fish, season to taste. Add in Chinese celery, stir well and turn off heat immediately so vegetables are just cooked, not mushy. Scoop into bowl and eat hot with meal.

According to VnExpress - NT