What is the most effective way to treat influenza?

Influenza is a common disease and there are many ways to treat it. If you want the treatment to be effective quickly, you also need to consider the patient's physical condition and the severity of the flu. If it is relatively mild, it is recommended to use diet therapy. If it is more serious, you need to take corresponding medications.

Influenza patients should rest in bed as soon as possible, drink plenty of water and prevent secondary infection.

Patients with high fever and severe body pain can use analgesics and antipyretics, but collapse caused by excessive sweating should be prevented. Aspirin is prohibited in children to prevent the occurrence of Reye's syndrome. For dry cough, you can use Kebiqing, brown mixture or codeine. For patients with severe symptoms of high fever and poisoning, intravenous infusion and physical cooling should be used, the condition should be closely monitored, and complications should be dealt with in a timely manner. If there is a secondary bacterial infection, appropriate antibacterial drugs should be used against the pathogen as soon as possible. Traditional Chinese medicine such as cold granules and isatis root granules can be used in the first 1 to 2 days of onset to relieve symptoms, but they have no antiviral effect.

Diet therapy for influenza

1. Apply tofu and white flour on the forehead. Take a piece of tofu, add 1/5 of the amount of flour to the tofu, mash well and apply on the forehead, changing it every 2-3 hours. Suitable for high fever caused by influenza, can help reduce fever.

2. Ginger and sugar drink. 15g ginger, 3 scallions, 20g brown sugar. Add shredded ginger and green onion to 500ml of water, boil it, then add brown sugar. Drink it all at once while it is hot, lie in bed, cover yourself with a quilt, and stop until you sweat slightly. Suitable for influenza with high fever and no sweating.

3. Mint drink. 30g of honeysuckle, 3g of monk fruit, 60g of fresh reed root, 10 jujubes, and 10g of mint. First boil the first four herbs for 15 minutes, then add mint and cook for 3 minutes. You can also add appropriate amount of rock sugar. Drink the filtrate and eat dates. Suitable for high fever, thirst, cough and other flu symptoms.

4. Add 5g of raw licorice, 30g each of isatis root and fresh reed root, 15g of kudzu root, a few slices of ginger, 1000ml of water, boil for about 20 minutes, and drink hot. Take twice daily. Suitable for influenza, high fever and cough.

5. Ginger glutinous rice porridge. Take 5 scallions, 15g ginger, and 100g glutinous rice. First cook the rice into porridge, then mash the onion and ginger, simmer together, and add appropriate amount of MSG and salt. Taking it hot can induce sweating and reduce fever.