What to do if you have a cold, toothache or headache

Cold is a particularly common disease. After catching a cold, the human body will also experience various symptoms, such as toothache and headache, which are symptoms of a cold. Of course, if you want to relieve these symptoms, you need to treat the cold effectively first. There are currently many ways to treat colds. Below, we will introduce several common folk remedies for treating colds for patients’ reference!

1. Ginger and sugar drink

5 grams of ginger and 10 grams of brown sugar. Wash and cut the ginger into shreds, put it into a cup, pour boiling water over it, cover and soak for 5 minutes, then add brown sugar. It should be spicy enough and be consumed while hot. Cover yourself with a blanket after taking it to prevent sweating.

2. Kudzu root and black bean porridge

10 grams of Pueraria root, 10 grams of light black beans, 3 stalks of green onion (washed), 10 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, and 50 grams of polished rice.

Put Pueraria root, fermented black beans and Ophiopogon japonicus into a casserole, add 500 ml of water, boil on the fire for about 5 to 10 minutes, filter out the residue, add polished rice into the juice, and cook together into porridge. Cut the scallion into short sections, add it into the porridge when it is almost done, stir and drink it while warm.

The kudzu root, fermented black beans, and scallion in this porridge can dispel exterior pathogens, while the ophiopogon and polished rice can nourish yin and harmonize the stomach. It has the characteristics of dispelling wind gently, relieving fever without being strong, and nourishing yin without being greasy. It is an excellent food for treating wind-heat colds.

3. Mulberry leaf and loquat porridge

18 grams of mulberry leaves, 10 grams of loquat leaves, 100 grams of sugarcane, 30 grams of raw imperata root, 6 grams of mint, and 60 grams of rice.

Wash and chop the above medicines, add appropriate amount of water, boil and extract the juice, add in glutinous rice and cook until the rice porridge becomes thick, and take it while hot. Take 1 dose daily for 3 consecutive days.

Mulberry leaves, imperata roots, and mint clear away heat and promote salivation, loquat leaves soothe the lungs and relieve coughs, sugarcane and rice promote salivation and benefit the stomach. They are suitable for patients with colds who have heat in the lungs and stomach and are affected by wind-heat.

4. Onion milk drink

2 green onions, 30 ml breast milk (or milk). Wash and split the scallion whites, put them into a covered cup together with the breast milk, steam them over water and remove the scallions. Take 3 to 4 times a day for 2 to 3 days.

5. Lentil flower and Patchouli drink

20 grams of lentil flowers, 12 grams of patchouli, 10 grams of honeysuckle, and appropriate amount of white sugar. Wash the lentil flowers, patchouli and honeysuckle, add appropriate amount of water and boil them, season with sugar and drink.