How to Use Dietary Therapy for Children with Wind-Cold Common Cold
Disease description:
The weather has been rather cold these past two days, and my son caught a wind-cold type of common cold. However, he refuses to take medication, so I’d like to know what dietary therapy options are available for children with wind-cold感冒.
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Chen Yajuan
For children with wind-cold common cold, dietary therapy may include preparing radish and scallion-white soup. Radish helps relieve food stagnation, alleviate abdominal distension, regulate qi flow, and resolve phlegm, while scallion whites promote yang circulation and dispel cold. When cooked together as a soup, these ingredients warm the lungs, suppress coughing, regulate qi, and transform phlegm—effectively alleviating symptoms of wind-cold common cold. Alternatively, stewed pear water with rock sugar may be given to children, which helps suppress coughing, resolve phlegm, and moisten the lungs.
