What to eat when children have a cold

Since children have no awareness of self-care, they need careful care from their parents after they catch a cold. If children's colds are not properly cared for, they may develop other diseases, which will only make parents more worried. Moreover, when children have a cold, they not only need to rely on medication to treat their cold, but some daily diet can also have a therapeutic effect. So what vegetables can help children with colds?

Children can eat some mung bean soup after catching a cold. Prepare an appropriate amount of mung beans, soak and clean them in advance, then put them in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat and then simmer over low heat until the mung beans bloom. After cooling, you can feed the soup to the child. Mung bean soup has a good detoxifying effect. Children with colds and fevers can eat some to clear away heat and detoxify. Even babies who are taking Chinese medicine can eat it with confidence.

You can also give your child white radish soup. Cut the white radish into thin slices, then put it in water and slowly boil it for ten minutes. Boil the radish slices out, let the soup cool down, and then feed it to your child when it reaches an acceptable temperature. White radish can help resolve phlegm, clear heat and lower qi, and it has a good auxiliary therapeutic effect on cough and sputum caused by wind-heat colds.

You can also feed your child cabbage root and scallion water. You need to prepare appropriate amounts of cabbage roots and scallions. Cut the scallions and cabbage roots into slices, put them into clean water and slowly boil them. Then remove the cabbage root and scallion residues, and let the soup cool until it is close to body temperature before feeding it to your child. Cabbage roots have a very good detoxifying and cough-relieving effect, and can assist in the treatment of colds.

Children can eat the above foods after catching a cold, which can achieve a good auxiliary therapeutic effect. Various different symptoms will appear after a cold, so reasonable treatment should be carried out according to the different conditions of each child, and good care is also required. Dietary adjustment is very important. The indoor air humidity should also be kept stable, the air must be fresh, and let the children rest more.