What kind of fruit is good for colds and flu, and is helpful for treatment

Colds and flu are very common diseases in life, usually caused by catching a cold. If the cold is not too serious, you don't need to take medicine, you can regulate your body through diet arrangements. When you have a cold, eating some beneficial fruits can help with treatment.

1. Use a raw pear, wash it, cut it into pieces with the skin, add rock sugar and stew it in water and take it orally, it will have a good therapeutic effect.

2. Watermelon: No matter it is a wind-cold cold or a wind-heat cold, in the early stage of a cold, when the pathogenic factors are on the surface, eating watermelon is equivalent to taking medicine to clear the internal heat, which will lead the pathogenic factors into the interior, making the cold worse or prolonging the healing time. However, when the cold worsens and symptoms such as high fever, thirst, sore throat, and yellow or red urine appear, you can eat some watermelon while taking normal medication to help cure the cold.

3. Pineapple: The bromelain contained in pineapple can not only help cold patients relieve sore throat and cough symptoms, but also effectively break down protein in food, increase gastrointestinal motility, and enhance the body's immunity.

4. Sugarcane: When you have a sore throat, dry mouth and cough due to a wind-heat cold, eating sugarcane can clear away heat and relieve the symptoms.

5. Grapefruit: Contains a variety of nutrients, such as carotene, vitamin C, vitamin Bl, vitamin B6, niacin, etc., which can reduce phlegm, relieve cough, and benefit the lungs. However, grapefruit is cold in nature and should not be consumed in excess. Eating 2-3 pieces is enough to relieve the symptoms.

Citrus fruits: Eating very sour citrus fruits together with honey, or squeezing citrus juice, adding honey and then drinking it with boiling water, is very effective in treating sore throat.

6. Apple: The general practice is to boil apples with soaked white fungus, wolfberry, dates, etc. to make soup, which has the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs. You can also squeeze apple juice to drink, which has a certain effect on treating hoarseness and preventing coughs.