September 26, 2018
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【拆解謬誤】坊間感冒偏方多籮籮
#留言告訴我們你的感冒偏方
#感冒其實分好幾種
#星期三問題多多
飲雞湯可以治感冒？
常錦務：「我不時患感冒，朋友找來很多醫感冒的偏方，例如外國人飲熱雞湯、台灣人會吃麻油煎蛋、日本人飲蛋酒，說可以紓緩感冒徵狀，這些方法都有用嗎？」
CheckCheckCin：感冒的主要由風邪引起，而常見的感冒分有風熱型、風寒型、風濕型等，尤其風熱型感冒，病徵為發燒、喉嚨痛、咳嗽有痰、口乾等，吃雞或飲雞湯多會加重症狀，因為從中醫角度來看，雞性溫，具補益氣血的功效，雞湯屬溫補之物，外邪未解而進食補益之品，容易留邪在體內，所以感冒期間不宜飲用雞湯。
至於麻油煎蛋，麻油屬性偏溫熱，人們以為對風寒型感冒有幫助，但煎蛋只不過用少量麻油，作用不大；而日本流行的喝蛋酒，在清酒裡加入生雞蛋及砂糖混和，據說可以令身體暖和治感冒。從中醫角度來看，感冒時不應喝酒，因為酒精容易擾動氣血；而生雞蛋難以消化，亦會影響病情。
患上感冒時，該以清淡飲食為主，一方面可減輕脾胃負膽，另一方面亦要暫停故亂補益以免助寇留邪，因為感冒分不同類型，中醫講求辨證論治，還是建議諮詢醫師，不鼓勵胡亂服用偏方。
每天飲用米水能健脾胃，強身防病，多介紹一個能扶正祛邪茶療，能舒緩容易反覆感冒及多汗症狀。
材料：北芪9克、防風6克、白朮6克、茯苓3克
做法：將材料洗淨剪碎，放進茶袋後放入保溫瓶。用熱開水泡15分鐘。此茶可反覆沖泡至味淡。建議一星期服用兩次。
Is chicken soup good when you have a flu?
I seem to have flus all the time and a lot of friends have different ideas about how to get better. Western says chicken soup, Taiwanese says sesame oil fried egg, Japanese says egg wine, all are meant to relieve flu symptoms, are they actually effective?
CheckCheckCin: Flus are caused by wind pathogen and the common types of flu are hot wind, cold wind, and damp wind. Hot wind related flus usually display with fever, sore throat, cough with phlegm, and dry mouth. Having chicken or chicken soup will worsen the situation. From Chinese medicine perspective, Chicken is warm in nature, can replenish qi and blood. Chicken soup is a warm tonic food so when the pathogen still exists, having tonic food can keep the pathogens in the body so chicken soup is not recommended when recovering from flu.
As for fried egg with sesame oil, sesame oil is warm in nature so people assume it is beneficial for cold wind related flus, but the amount of sesame oil used is too little to make a difference. In regards to egg wine,
it is made with adding raw egg and sugar into sake assuming it can warm the body to relieve flu. From Chinese medicine perspective, alcohol is not recommended during flu as it can affect qi and blood in the body. It is best to consult a practitioner with any healing remedies.
It is beneficial to have rice water daily to strengthen the spleen and stomach, and strengthen overnall health.
Here’s another healing tea to dispel pathogens to relieve frequent occurrence of flus and excessive sweating.
Ingredients: 9g Astragalus Root, 6g fang feng, 6g bighead atractylodes rhizome, 3g poria
Preparation: Rinse all ingredients and cut into shreds, then place into tea bag. Place tea bag into thermos and steep for 15 minutes. Tea can re-brewed until flavour weakens. For best results, have the tea twice in a week.
