Health Blog

Suggested ideas that may help with the common cold:

• Avoid spicy and heavy foods like cheese and high portions of meat

• Eat more liquid foods like thin oatmeal, chicken or vegetable soup

• Eat ginger scallion soup: 25g scallion heads (white and pale green parts), 25g fresh ginger, cook in two cups water for 5 minutes, and eat it before bedtime

• Eat more fruits and vegetables

• If there is also a headache, boil 10g peppermint and 10g crushed green onion heads with 1 cup water

• If accompanied by a fever, eat foods with cold energy: mint tea, dandelion tea

• If the cold is accompanied by a cough, cook orange peel in water and drink the brew