What should people with chickenpox eat to recover quickly?

Eating properly will help patients recover quickly and avoid complications from chickenpox.

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Green bean porridge, a cooling, detoxifying dish for people with chickenpox.

Chickenpox is caused by the Varicella Zoster virus. The disease usually appears in late winter and early spring, lasting into summer.

Chickenpox patients show signs of fatigue, loss of appetite, and fever 24-48 hours later. On the third day, a rash begins on the skin, initially red, sore spots, and after a few hours, blisters appear on the skin.

Blisters appear very quickly within 12 - 24 hours. Blisters are 1 - 3mm in size, containing clear fluid. In severe cases, the blisters will be larger or when infected with bacteria, the blisters will be cloudy due to containing pus.

The most common complication of the disease is skin infection that can lead to scarring. These scars are often depressed scars on the skin, causing aesthetic loss and often lasting for life.

Chickenpox is highly contagious in the community.

Foods that are good and bad for people with chickenpox

During illness, one should avoid greasy foods, hot foods and foods that are too nutritious. It is best to eat light foods, full of nutrients and in liquid or semi-liquid form, easy to digest, such as green bean porridge, water chestnut-coix porridge, water chestnut-young bamboo leaf porridge, brown rice porridge, honeysuckle porridge, wheat porridge, green bean vermicelli porridge, asparagus, eggs, bananas, red beans, green beans, black beans, potatoes, carrots, white radish, squash, Malabar spinach, purslane, pennywort, bitter melon, amaranth, Chinese cabbage, cabbage, lettuce, mugwort.

People with chickenpox should eat squash, bitter melon, green beans, black beans, potatoes, cabbage, mugwort,...

Brown rice, red beans, green beans, and black beans are very good for people with chickenpox.

People with chickenpox should avoid eating hot spices such as: ginger, onion, garlic, leeks, chili, pepper, dill, curry, mustard, coriander, meats such as goat, dog, chicken, duck, goose, eel, seafood (shrimp, crab, clams, snails...), lychee, longan, plum, ripe mango, jackfruit, persimmon, cherry, spinach, fatty foods such as chestnuts, roasted peanuts, roasted melon seeds, fried beans, donuts, fried foods, animal fats...

The most taboo is cinnamon, because cinnamon has a very hot, pure yang nature, and has the effect of warming and supporting fire. Too much dryness will damage yin, which is very dangerous for chickenpox patients.

Vitamin C

Use foods rich in vitamin C such as: lemon, orange, avocado, strawberry, kiwi, pear, watermelon, cucumber, tomato...

Vitamin C helps strengthen resistance, fight infection, speed up collagen production, and prevent pitted scars.

Foods rich in vitamin C increase resistance and fight infection.

After healing, the wounds begin to dry and new skin forms, so use fresh turmeric right away to treat chickenpox scars.

How to do: Wash the turmeric, gently scrape off the outer skin to release the juice from the inside. Apply this juice evenly around the scar area once a day before going to bed, leave it overnight and wash it off the next morning, then continue to apply another layer.

Some foods people with chickenpox should eat

Water with three beans and licorice:

Green beans, black beans, red beans, each 100g, licorice 2g.

Cook with 1 liter of water, reduce to 500ml, divide into 2-3 times for children to drink during the day.

Delicious soups from spinach and pork.

Cooling soup:

Green beans, water chestnuts, cogon roots, young bamboo shoots, carrots, each 20-30g. Cook with 1 liter of water until 650ml remains, divide into 2 doses for children to drink during the day (if children have asthma or cough, do not use water chestnuts and carrots).

This soup has a moistening and cooling effect, very beneficial for people with chickenpox, high fever, and restlessness.

Honeysuckle.

Honeysuckle water:

10g honeysuckle, 20ml sugarcane juice. Boil with 500ml water for about 10 minutes. Drink once a day for 7-10 consecutive days to help clear wind and heat, and reduce fever.

Red bean and barley porridge:

Coix seed 20g, red bean 30g, Smilax glabra 30g, rice 100g.

Wash everything, cook with appropriate amount of water into porridge. Divide into 3 meals a day, with a little white sugar or rock sugar.

This porridge has the effect of detoxifying and eliminating dampness, especially suitable for those who have had chickenpox but still have fever, red-yellow urine, fatigue, and loss of appetite.

Bean and pork porridge:

80g rice, 30g red beans, 30g green beans, 50g minced pork. Cook all with appropriate amount of water until porridge is soft. Eat when hungry.

This porridge is easy to digest and very good for people with chickenpox and mild fever.

Purslane juice:

When having chickenpox, you can use 100 - 120g of fresh purslane, wash thoroughly, squeeze to get the juice, drink during the day.

Purslane juice has cooling, anti-inflammatory, acne-preventing effects, very good for people with chickenpox.

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