What can children eat when they have a cold?

There will be a large number of cold patients before the change of seasons. Although a cold can be cured in a few days, it is still very uncomfortable during the cold period, so you need to treat it in time. For adults, colds are so uncomfortable. If children catch a cold, they need to be treated in time. Therefore, parents will be very anxious during the period when their children have a cold, but what can children eat during the cold period?

1. What can children eat during a cold?

1. First of all, you should use soft and easy to digest food. Don't eat spicy food. Don't eat barbecue or chocolate.

2. Cook some cabbage and tofu soup. Cabbage is effective for lung heat and cough. There is an old Chinese saying, "Cabbage and tofu keep you safe."

3. Eat more cauliflower. Cauliflower can prevent colds. It is high in vitamin C and also contains carotene. It is very suitable for children in the growth and development period, but it should be noted that cauliflower is not suitable to be eaten with pork liver because it often contains residual pesticides, so it must be soaked in salt water for a while.

4. Ginkgo nuts are also called ginkgo nuts, but don’t eat too many, no more than ten, as they can relieve cough. Remove the shell and the outer covering. Cook it into porridge and eat. Use a toothpick to pull out the green bud in the middle of the ginkgo nut. The core of the ginkgo nut is bitter and children don’t like to eat it.

5. Use buckwheat to make porridge, or buy buckwheat buns or noodles. Buckwheat has anti-inflammatory, antitussive, antiasthmatic and expectorant effects. Children with poor stomach should not eat too much.

2. What not to eat during this period:

1. Avoid eating too many eggs:

Eggs are indeed rich in nutrients, but it is not advisable to eat more eggs during a fever. This is because the protein in the eggs will produce a certain amount of extra heat after being decomposed in the body, which will increase the body's heat, aggravate the fever symptoms, and prolong the fever time.

2. Avoid eating too much honey:

During a fever, the main focus should be on clearing away heat, and nourishing food should not be used. Honey is a tonic that replenishes qi and strengthens the middle. If children take too much honey, their internal heat will not be cleared and eliminated well, and they are prone to complications of other diseases.

3. Avoid drinking too much cold drinks:

If the fever is caused by infectious diseases such as bacillary dysentery caused by unclean food, the gastrointestinal function will be weakened, and drinking more cold drinks will aggravate the condition and even worsen it to endanger life.