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Dietary Therapy Against Colds in Early Winter

🔑 Keywords: Health Food Recipes · Autumn and winter are cold, with abnormally dry climates, making people prone to catching colds. Below are several cold-preventing and treating dietary therapies for autumn and winter. Not only do they treat colds, but they also offer excellent preventive effects. Related reading – Cold<br>Crabapple Honeysuckle Decoction<br>[Ingredients] 15 grams dried crabapple slices, 30 grams honeysuckle (honeysuckle), 4 spoons of honey, appropriate water.<br>[Preparation] 1. Wash crabapple slices, remove seeds, place in a sandpot, add water, bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat. Add honeysuckle and stew for 10 minutes.<br>2. Add honey, stir well, strain, and drink the juice.<br>[Features] Sweet and sour taste, pleasant to the palate. Crabapples have the function of breaking qi and dispersing stasis; honeysuckle clears heat and detoxifies. Combined, they suit patients with wind-cold common cold.<br>Red Sugar Ginger Soup<br>[Ingredients] 20 grams red sugar, 4 slices of ginger, 3 sections of scallion white, appropriate water.<br>[Preparation] 1. Place ginger, scallion white, and water in a sandpot, bring to a boil over heat.<br>2. Add red sugar and boil again.<br>[Features] Sweet and spicy, best consumed hot to dispel wind-cold and stop vomiting. Ginger has functions of inducing perspiration, resolving toxins, warming the middle energizer, and stopping vomiting. Combined with red sugar and scallion white, its ability to dispel wind-cold is enhanced.<br>Health Tip: Dietary therapy for flu: Hot lemon soda with ginger... When cold symptoms first appear, many people habitually drink a hot lemon soda with ginger at a teahouse to relieve symptoms. It is said to be highly effective.<br>Danggui Lamb Soup<br>[Ingredients] 200 grams lamb, 20 grams danggui, 50 grams ginger, 10 grams scallion white, 20 grams vegetable oil, appropriate salt, monosodium glutamate, water.<br>[Preparation] 1. Wash lamb, cut into slices; wash ginger, cut into slices.<br>2. Heat wok, add oil, when hot, add lamb, stir-fry briefly, add water, ginger, scallion white, and danggui, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for half an hour, add salt and monosodium glutamate as needed.<br>[Features] Delicious soup, tender meat. Lamb has the effect of benefiting qi and replenishing deficiency; danggui nourishes blood and activates blood circulation. Together with ginger and scallion, it warms the middle energizer, nourishes deficiency, activates blood, and dispels cold—suitable for patients with wind-cold common cold.<br>Scallion White Rice Porridge<br>[Ingredients] 6 sections of scallion white, 100 grams glutinous rice, 6 slices of ginger, 1 tablespoon vinegar, a little salt and monosodium glutamate, appropriate water.<br>[Preparation] 1. Wash glutinous rice, place in a pot, bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat.<br>2. Add scallion white and ginger, cook until porridge is soft, then add vinegar, salt, and monosodium glutamate, stir well, and consume while hot.<br>[Features] This porridge works well for patients with wind-cold common cold. Scallion and ginger effects are as described earlier; vinegar has effects of activating blood and dispersing cold.<br>Bitter Melon White Radish Soup<br>[Ingredients] 1 bitter melon, 25 grams white radish, 6 sections of scallion white, appropriate water.<br>[Preparation] 1. Wash bitter melon, split lengthwise, remove seeds, slice thinly; wash white radish, peel, slice.<br>2. Place bitter melon, white radish, and scallion white in a pot, add water, bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat until cooked.<br>[Features] Clear and light soup. Bitter melon clears heart heat, removes toxins, and improves vision; combined with white radish (which has expectorant and cough-relieving properties) and scallion, it serves as dietary therapy for epidemic influenza.<br>Tofu Bean Curd Scallion White Soup<br>[Ingredients] 250 grams soft tofu, 12 grams light bean curd, 15 grams scallion white, appropriate water.<br>[Preparation] Wash tofu, cut into cubes; wash bean curd. Place both and scallion white in a sandpot, add water, bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.<br>[Features] Light and delicate soup. Tofu clears heat and detoxifies; scallion white also has functions of inducing perspiration, resolving exterior patterns, dispersing cold, and unblocking yang. Combined with bean curd, which clears toxins and relieves irritability, it treats external pathogenic cough, nasal congestion, runny nose, and sore throat.

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