How to get rid of a cold

The change of seasons and the difference in temperature can easily lead to catching a cold if you do not pay attention to keeping warm. After catching a cold, most people will suffer from cold symptoms, such as dizziness and runny nose. In fact, in addition to paying more attention to keeping warm, it is best to drink a cup of ginger tea, which can remove the cold from the body. You also need to drink more water, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and pay more attention to rest.

How to remove the coldness in the body

1. Eat ginger. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that ginger is a yang-enhancing product. Therefore, since ancient times, Chinese medicine has always had the saying that "a man cannot go a hundred days without ginger." Ginger contains volatile gingerol and gingerol, which have the functions of promoting blood circulation, dispelling cold, removing dampness and inducing sweat. In particular, ginger has the functions of promoting bile secretion, strengthening the stomach and stopping vomiting, eliminating fishy smell and eliminating edema. When used together with honey, it is beneficial to the recovery of liver disease.

If you often feel stomach cold and loss of appetite, you can often hold fresh ginger slices in your mouth to stimulate the secretion of gastric juice and promote digestion. Fresh ginger moisturizes without damaging the yin. Cut four or five thin slices of fresh ginger every day, drink a cup of warm water in the morning, then put the ginger slices in your mouth and chew them slowly, allowing the smell of ginger to dissipate in your mouth and spread to your stomach, intestines and nostrils.

2. Soak your feet in hot water. We can sweat a lot by soaking our feet in hot water every night, which can drive away the cold. Soaking your feet in hot water is a very good way to ward off the cold and maintain health. It is not restricted by season and is applicable every year. However, it should be noted that the foot soaking time should not be too long each time. A dozen minutes is enough. It is fine as long as you feel a warm feeling on your back.

You should not soak your feet until you sweat profusely. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that sweat is converted from part of the body fluid, and body fluid and blood have the same origin. Sweating too much will damage Qi and blood, which is what is meant by "profuse sweating will cause loss of yang." Therefore, it is best to use warm water at about 40℃ for foot soaking in summer, with the principle of not sweating.

3. Eat mutton. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that although the weather is hot during the dog days, the human body is easily invaded by heat, dampness and evil. Nutritionists have also conducted in-depth research on this, and the results show that mutton is the most nutritious when eaten during the dog days. During the dog days of summer, heat accumulates in the human body. If you drink mutton soup and chili oil, vinegar and garlic at this time, you will sweat profusely all over. This sweat can take away the accumulated heat in the five internal organs and expel toxins from the body, which is extremely beneficial to your health.

However, "eating mutton in the late summer" is not suitable for everyone. People with hot constitution, who easily get angry and are prone to carbuncles, furuncles and boils, are not suitable for "treating winter diseases in summer", including "supplementing the three-fu seasons". Don't try it casually.

4. Sanfutie "Sanfutie" is based on the concepts of "harmony between man and nature", "external treatment of internal diseases" and "treatment of winter diseases in summer" in traditional Chinese medicine. It is applied on acupoints with Chinese medicine, which produces thermal stimulation on the acupoints, adjusts the balance of yin and yang in the human body, and achieves the effect of curing diseases and maintaining health.

The patch is generally suitable for people who are weak and susceptible, have asthma, rhinitis, limb vertebral joint diseases, uterine cold and dysmenorrhea, etc. It can enhance immunity. People who are susceptible to colds and have cold diseases can consider this method.

5. The so-called moxibustion of Sanfu is a traditional external treatment method of Chinese medicine. It is a method of using moxa and other drugs to burn and fumigate the acupuncture points on the human body surface to treat diseases. Moxibustion uses the mild heat of the fire and the effects of medicine to warm the qi and blood, strengthen the body and eliminate evil through the conduction of meridians, thereby achieving the purpose of treating diseases and preventing health care.

Although Tianjiu therapy is simple and convenient, it also has contraindications in clinical application. First, moxibustion is contraindicated in terms of the condition: moxibustion can benefit yang, but it can also damage yin, so it is generally not suitable for patients with yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, as well as internal evil heat, or should be used with caution. For example, people with hemoptysis, liver yang headache, stroke syndrome, high fever and coma, convulsions, or extreme exhaustion and cachexia should all use moxibustion with caution. Second, moxibustion is contraindicated in terms of the body part: facial acupoints should not be directly moxibustioned to avoid burns and scars. Important organ parts should not be directly moxibustioned. Moxibustion is not suitable for the lower abdomen and lumbar sacral area during pregnancy.

6. Gua Sha Gua Sha therapy originated in the Paleolithic Age and is one of China's traditional natural therapies. In the treatment of diseases, scraping has the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, adjusting the balance of yin and yang in the internal organs, dredging the body's tendons and meridians, eliminating toxins in the body, and promoting qi and blood circulation. It should be noted that it is best to drink a large glass of warm water after scraping to help detoxify. The scraped area should be properly protected and not exposed to cold.

Gua Sha is generally only used for the early and middle stages of colds. It has the effects of dispelling wind and heat, and dispelling wind and cold. The effect of Gua Sha for late stages of colds is much worse. If you don't have a high fever, you can try scraping to cure it, but scraping cannot reduce fever. Once you have a fever, you should go to the hospital immediately. It is not okay to be superstitious about scraping.

7. Cupping Cupping can expel cold and dampness, dredge meridians, remove stagnation, promote qi and blood circulation, reduce swelling and relieve pain, remove toxins and reduce heat. It has the function of adjusting the body's yin and yang balance, relieving fatigue, and strengthening the physical fitness, thereby achieving the purpose of strengthening the body and eliminating evil and curing diseases. Therefore, many diseases can be treated with cupping therapy.

In summer, the best time to keep the tank is about 10 minutes. Cupping is not suitable for patients with some blood diseases, such as leukemia and hemophilia; it is not suitable for people with skin allergies, body weight loss or skin loss of elasticity; it is also not suitable for certain cancer patients, as it may promote the spread of the cancer; it is not suitable for patients with too weak constitutions, children, pregnant women, etc. For ordinary people, cupping should not be performed on broken skin or bone protrusions, otherwise it may cause infection and other consequences.

8. The commonly said “exercise more during the hottest days of summer” does not mean that we should exercise regardless of time, place, or situation. The human body consumes a lot of energy in summer, so exercises such as running, playing ball, and climbing must be done within one's ability. It is best to do some "low-key" exercises that can achieve the exercise effect without causing discomfort. It is best to schedule exercise in the cool mornings or evenings in summer; remember to drink small amounts of water frequently during exercise.

When the maximum temperature is between 30 and 33 degrees Celsius, the elderly should reduce their exercise and the duration should be less than half an hour. When the dog days come, the elderly should stop all strenuous activities, use calmness to control movement, and keep plenty of drinking water; at the same time, they should also keep some regular anti-heat medicines such as Shi Di Shui, Qingliang Oil, and Huoxiang Zhengqi Shui with them.

Drink hot water to maintain health in the dog days. In the hot summer, drink hot water instead of ice-cold drinks. This is something that many people who are afraid of heat cannot even think of. However, many people who pay attention to health are trying this method. Can drinking hot water in the dog days really help to expel the cold? The dog days are the stage when people's yang energy is the strongest. At this time, the human body is in a state of "yang is strong outside and weak inside" in order to adapt to the weather. If you are too greedy for coolness, it is easy to cause excessive internal cold, so that the yang energy in the body will decline further. Therefore, it is recommended that you drink less cold drinks.

The main purpose of drinking hot water is to induce sweating, which is what Chinese medicine calls the function of sweating and relieving exterior symptoms, and it plays a role in clearing the body and clearing away heat. However, this is just a health-preserving method. Although it is feasible, it requires long-term persistence. It is not possible to eliminate the coldness in the body in just one period of the three dog days. Proper exercise to sweat or soaking your feet to sweat slightly can get rid of the cold, but you have to persist for many years. To get rid of the cold, you can eat less cold foods such as snails, watermelons, persimmons, crabs, river clams, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, winter melons, amaranth, cucumbers, lotus roots, turtles, and mung beans. It is absolutely impossible to get rid of the coldness in your body overnight.