Winter turns to spring, which is the season for colds, and we suggest the necessity of home prevention and care for colds to reduce the number of cases, alleviate the pain of patients, reduce the pressure on hospitals, and reduce medical expenses.
1. Family prevention: It is particularly important to "focus on prevention" for colds. It is necessary to strengthen self-care, live a regular life, combine work and rest, eat scientifically, and dress with climate change; Feet, knees, and back should be warm, and face and nose should be washed with cold water in the morning; insist on physical exercise, seven emotions and peace; Pay attention to fresh indoor air, and open the window for ventilation for at least 15 minutes in the morning; If you find a flu patient at home, you should smoke vinegar in time to disinfect the air, and apply garlic liquid to the nostrils of healthy people or take a few cloves of garlic orally to reduce infection.
Second, it is necessary to embody the word "early": as the saying goes: "Diseases should be treated early, and medicines should be taken early." "A cold is a symptom. If you don't understand the evil spirit, you will enter the heat and the disease will develop. When you or your family members catch a cold and suffer from wind and cold, press the "axillary door" acupoint (the depression of the metacarpophalangeal joint between the fourth and fifth fingers on the back of the hand); Or take green onion white and ginger soup to sweat to dispel wind and cold, and the general symptoms can be relieved. If the symptoms are severe, early medication should be used to control the progression of the disease.
3. Reasonable diet: After a cold, a light, easy-to-digest, high-protein, high-vitamin diet should be given, and eggs or soy products should be selected for protein, and meat, fish, and shrimp should not be eaten temporarily; Eat more vegetables and fruits, preferably warm, or boiled water, avoid raw and cold; Supplemented with honey to moisten the lungs and laxative. If you are sore and coughing, you can take the recipe of blending camp and health (pear, jujube, ginger, rock sugar boiled water to wash eggs), once in the morning and once in the evening, and rest after taking it.
Fourth, key protection: focus on the protection of the elderly, children, and seriously ill patients, because these people are susceptible to the population, once they catch a cold, they are prone to secondary complications. Pay attention to keeping warm, assist the patient in expectoration, protect the smooth airway, closely observe the changes in body temperature, breathing and other conditions, and send them to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment if necessary, without delay. 5. Precautions:
(1) Sweating for "colds" should stop when you see sweating, not too much. If you can't sweat as soon as you have a fever, if you don't stop sweating, it will not only dissipate yang energy, but also deplete yin essence, especially the elderly are prone to collapse.
(2) Do not routinely use antibiotics: colds can generally be relieved with antidotes, such as high fever and severe cough, you can go to the hospital, and use antibiotics after examination. It should not be taken casually at home, especially penicillin must be injected in the hospital or community medical center to avoid being caught off guard by allergic reactions.
(3) Distinguish between syndrome and medication: "cold" has cold and heat, and it is necessary to distinguish cold and heat by taking Xinwen Jiebiao such as Guizhi Tang, etc., or Xinliang Jiebiao such as Sangju Drink, etc., or medication under the guidance of a doctor.