The weather suddenly turns cold, the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor is large, and it is especially easy to catch colds.There are some folk remedies of folk wisdom to relieve colds, everyone is not like to watch these remedies together to solve the myth.

Ningle pot ginger cures a cold?

Traditional Chinese medicine refers to "Ginger is a good thing." "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "It is used to diverge, and to be used well." It means that ginger can be used to express symptoms of cold and wind-coldness, increase sweating power, and relieve or prevent cold symptoms.Lemon is rich in vitamin C, which helps regulate the immune system and can prevent and control upper respiratory tract infections.Ningle boiling ginger is not a prescription. Drinking a cup of hot Ningle boiling ginger may have the effect of stopping the disease when a cold is about to occur. However, drinking it after the onset of a cold has no effect.

Steam onion water to relieve cough?

Steam the onions for 30 minutes and drink the natural onion water.According to Chinese physicians, onions belong to the scallion family, which is warm in nature. After taking it, it will feel spicy, sweating and tearing. Therefore, it is only suitable for the treatment of "cold cough". It is taken after steaming the heat. , Can make lung qi go out.People with "dry cough" and lung qi deficiency should not take steamed onions to relieve cough, because it will "dissipate pungency and deplete qi."

Stewed orange to relieve cough?

Simmer the orange for about 15 to 20 minutes.Shi Jun said that direct consumption of oranges will not relieve coughs, but stewed oranges are suitable for the treatment of "dry cough," because orange peels, fruit collaterals, and the stewed juice form "resolving phlegm, regulating qi, and moisturizing the lungs."

Dilute salt water to treat a cold?

In science, salt can inhibit bacteria and reduce inflammation.Add a little edible salt to clean water, stir evenly and dilute it to become light salt water, which can be used for gargle to wash away the viruses and bacteria attached to the surface of the throat mucosa. It has an analgesic effect, but it does not help relieve colds.People with high blood pressure or kidney problems should not use this method.

The above are all folk remedies. If you have any discomfort, you should seek a doctor as soon as possible and prescribe the right medicine as the best cure.

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