I had a headache on the first day of infection, and then a runny nose. After that, I had a cough with phlegm that I couldn't cough up. From morning to night, the coughing wouldn't stop. Either cold or hot will intensify the smell of cooking fumes. In severe cases, the throat and trachea are almost broken. This symptom lasted for ten days.
During the cough, I did not take any medicine. My appetite is still good and I haven’t lost my sense of taste.
How did you survive this period? Let me summarize.
1.Drink more water.
Actually, no need to tell me. My throat was so dry that I naturally looked for water to drink. In order to better soothe the throat, our family drank water boiled with green radish, water soaked with lemon, and water soaked with honeysuckle (with a few wolfberries in it, the color was attractive. Finally, we ate it together with the honeysuckle).
2. Eat as much as you can.
If you feel uncomfortable, your appetite will definitely be affected. Rice and steamed buns, these staple foods are really hard to swallow. I make some easy-to-digest food for my family. For example, millet porridge. In the north, women drink millet porridge during confinement. This should have a history of several thousand years.
"If you have a headache and a dull brain, take a piece of soup. If it's not good, have another meal." When I was a child, I always heard this jingle from my father. noodle soup , put spinach leaves blanched in boiling water (you can also replace them with tomatoes or cucumber slices), salt (put less), a drop of sesame oil, sweet vinegar, and sugar and MSG. A bowl of hot sliced soup that is light and delicious, full of color and aroma, soft and slippery. After drinking it, I feel sweaty and uncomfortable.
3. Eat more fresh vegetables
Being infected by an illness consumes too much energy, so you must supplement your nutrition. Eggs and milk are a must. Boiled eggs are difficult for the elderly to digest. It's best to give it steamed egg custard, which is soft and looks like tofu curd.
I am here to focus on the nutritional supplements of vegetables.
Not as delicious as dumplings. Among the staple foods, we northerners like to eat dumplings. When making dumplings, the whole family, old and young, gathered together. The harmonious atmosphere felt particularly good. In winter, northern Chinese cabbage, white radish, and red radish are plentiful and taste good. Cabbage stuffing and radish stuffing are my family’s favorites.
In order to eat more vegetables. I make steamed dumplings for my family. The skin is thin and the filling is large. The two steamer baskets can hold 3 pounds of chopped Chinese cabbage. The whole family can have a nice meal. Of course, the sweet and unique old vinegar is a must.
4. Eat more fruits
fruits, which stimulate the appetite, strengthen the spleen, and supplement VC. snowflake pear , apples, oranges, oranges, grapefruits, etc., the vitamin C content is not low. Everyone has different tastes and physical constitutions, and may also like and be suitable for different fruits. So, choose according to your own situation.
A person is nourished by the soil and water. I feel that authentic local fruits are more effective. Guoguang , Huang Yuanshuai , sweet, sour and refreshing. I had a cold and cough when I was a child and couldn't swallow food. Eating two apples is almost enough. I don’t know why it is so rare on the market today.
