There are strategies for diet conditioning after infection with the new crown

Compared with the original strain, the pathogenicity and toxicity of the new coronavirus Omicron variant have been greatly reduced, and it mainly damages the upper respiratory tract of the human body, and there are few cases of direct lung damage to the lower respiratory tract in clinical practice
.
Most patients are mild, followed by asymptomatic infections, and less
severe patients.
But it is more contagious and insidious and even extremely strong
.

Clinical manifestations:

The main symptoms are the manifestations of upper respiratory tract infection: early sneezing, runny nose, obvious nasal congestion, 1-3 days (mostly 2 days) of medium and low fever, some transient high fever (up to 1 day), taking antipyretics can be relieved; However, symptoms such as cough, dry throat, dry mouth, head and body tightness (sleepy pain), and fatigue still existed, which was significantly reduced
compared with the beginning of 2022 and before.
Digestive system symptoms are relatively rare, but there are more
people with diarrhea, headache and other symptoms after taking antiviral Chinese medicine.

The overall assessment is similar to having a "bad cold"
.
The reason for the severe symptoms and long course of the disease is related to
the excessive use of cold Chinese medicine in the early stage, but not the use of dispersing cold and dissolving table, and dissolving turbidity and opening the secret.
The clinical symptoms of foreign patients are lighter than those of domestic patients
.

TCM Symptoms:

The tongue body is fat, the pale white tongue is the most, followed by the light purple tongue, and the red tongue is less; There are more white moss and less yellow moss; The proportions of thick moss, thin moss, and thin moss are basically the same; There are many dry tongues, and less
moist tongues.

There are many people with thin pulses, followed by weak pulses, and compared with the previous period, the proportion of weak pulses has an upward trend
.

TCM Differentiation:

The epidemic poison and poison are caught by the seasonal cold to invade the body, inhibit the gas machine, and close the pores, causing the gas machine to rise and fall abnormally, and the infusion of jin and liquid is unfavorable
.
Lung loss and discord between camp guards and the disease occur
.

There are three main categories of physical classification of new crown patients: (simple judgment method)

Physical deficiency (lung qi deficiency): Pingsu is easy to catch a cold, lingering illness for a long time, and weak and weak
.

Heat poison (turbid poison): plain is afraid of heat, easy to fire, moss yellow
.
The onset of fever is severe
and cold.

Cold and wet: Plain afraid of cold, cold hands and feet, cold stomach, can not cold food
.
The onset is mild and cold, and the head and body are cold and painful
.

Tip: Classification by a professional based on history, symptoms, and tongue manifestations
.

Prevention and control strategies:

Classification (constitution), stratification (degree), subdivision (clinical manifestations), differential treatment, flexible medication
.

Specific prevention options:

A good dietary therapy: strengthen epidemic prevention, adjuvant treatment, improve symptoms
.

Ingredients: 5 grams of ginger, sugar to taste, 1500 ml
of water.

Method: Fry for 5 minutes
.
Twice
daily.
Or temporarily add it once
before going out.

Efficacy: Use the rising nature of ginger to enhance the ability of healthy qi to run and ward off evil spirits
.
Adding sugar can converge and neutralize the divergent qi of ginger, avoiding too much and too hasty
dispersion.
Compared with brown sugar, white sugar has a mild detoxification effect
.

The combination of the two can temporarily activate the body's immune function and prevent the invasion of viruses
.

It can dissipate the suppressed yang qi and help improve symptoms such as cold intolerance, head and body pain, dry throat and tight throat, and dizziness
.
Especially suitable for special periods when the current cold is predominant, it is recommended to use
it many times.

A medicinal and food homologous epidemic prevention tea drinking formula
.

9 grams of raw astragalus, 5 grams of honeysuckle, 3 grams
of patchouli.

Dosage: One dose per day, boiled water, tea substitute frequent
drinking.

Suitable for people: It can be widely used in epidemic prevention medicine for the general population
.

Friends who like to drink tea can use ginger and Pu'er tea to boil and take frequently, which can also play a role
in dissipating yang qi, detoxifying and dissolving dampness, and then temporarily strengthening immune function.
The taste is better
.

To prevent and treat this infection, you can use food and drug homologous varieties
.

People with physical deficiency: astragalus, codonopsis, American ginseng, dogwood, malt, pink arrow
.

Heat poison constitution (including children): dandelion, chicory, purslane, sea buckthorn, honeysuckle, houttuynia, fresh asparagus
.

Cold and wet physique: white white, perilla leaves, white genius, lotus, bellflower, mulberry leaves, star anise, grass fruit
.

Those with cold pain: kudzu, pygmy, galangal, star anise, cloves
.

Sore throat: peppermint, perilla leaves, white pycnogenol, patchouli, bellflower, dandelion, sea buckthorn, fat sea
.

Coughers: monk fruit, almond, orange red, perilla leaf, white fruit
.

Those who are still afraid of cold during the recovery period: cloves, peppercorns, galangal, cumin, cubeb.

Sore throat food remedies:

2 small kumquats, 3g mint, a small amount of rock sugar, 1000ml
water.
Bring the water to a boil and cook for 3-5 minutes
.
Take
twice a day or frequently.
Pharyngeal phlegm
.
Good
taste.

Cough remedy

1.
Add 2 grams of Chuanbei powder and rock sugar to 1 pear
.
Steam for 15-20 minutes, twice a day, orally or frequently
.

2.
10g monk fruit, 10g almonds, 5g ginger, 1000ml
water.
Decoction for 10-15 minutes, twice a day, oral or frequent
.

Meals that can be consumed for a long time

Cabbage radish black pepper soup
.
It can be flexibly applied
according to personal eating habits and cooking habits.

Dietary considerations

Diet should be modest, and it is important
to ensure that three meals a day are eaten regularly.
Drink plenty of warm and hot water
.

Ingredients can be selected as long as they are easy to digest, and there is no need to strictly implement the usual requirements
of a light diet.
Especially for patients with nausea, loss of appetite and decreased sense of taste, you can appropriately increase salty, spicy, sour, spicy and other flavors of dishes or eat personal favorite foods in moderation to maintain nutritional balance, promote appetite enhancement, and improve gastrointestinal symptoms
.

If you have symptoms such as loss of appetite, bloating, constipation, etc.
, you can carry out auxiliary treatment with medicinal and dietary foods under the guidance of a physician, such as radish, yam, barley, patchouli, chrysanthemum, lotus leaf, loofah, winter melon, etc
.

Advice for a degree of work

Take a walk and bask in the sun
.
Every day after 10 a.
m.
, walk towards the sun and let the sun shine on your abdomen; Every day from 14 to 15 pm, walk with the sun on your back and let the sun shine on your lower back
.

Advice to stay in a good mood

Something small and happy
.

Weekly porridge diet therapy plan for new crown pneumonia patients

Monday: Barley, Su leaf, red bean porridge, according to the taste, add 2-4 grams
of licorice in proportion to each serving.
(Dispel dampness, disperse cold)

Tuesday: Yam, baizhi, pumpkin porridge
.
According to the taste, add 2-4 grams
of ginger appropriately per serving.
(Removes dampness, opens the body)

Wednesday: Xuan ginseng, plum, glutinous rice porridge
.
Add 3 grams of ginseng and 2 grams
of ume.
(Strengthens the spleen, sharpens the pharynx)

Thursday: Lotus seed licorice rock sugar soup
.
Add 2 grams of dried lotus seeds to each serving (soaked in water to soften), 2 grams of licorice, add 2-4 grams of rock sugar according to the taste, and boil for 5 minutes
.
(Strengthens the spleen, depresses, appetizing, calms the mind)

Friday: Barley, bellflower, red bean porridge, according to the taste, proportionally add 2-4 grams
of licorice per serving.
(dispel dampness, sharpen pharynx, relieve cough)

Saturday: Ginseng, plum, glutinous rice porridge
.
Add 3 grams of ginseng and 2 grams
of ume.
(Strengthens the spleen, sharpens the pharynx)

Sunday: Barley, almonds, red bean porridge, according to the taste, proportionally add 2-4 grams
of licorice per serving.
(Removes dampness, suppresses cough)

During the recovery period, there are still symptoms
such as cold intolerance, sleep disorders, anxiety, and physical weakness.
What to do?

It is mainly caused by the invasion of dry cold, the inhibition of yang, loss of stretching, cold condensation veins, and yin and yang imbalance
.
Treatment measures
that disperse cold circulation and nourish the lungs and spleen can still be used.

According to the symptoms, the above food and medicine homologous ingredients can be selected for conditioning
.

About the author:

Jia Weigang, Chief Physician, Master Supervisor, Director of the Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of Heilongjiang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Director of
the Emergency Department of Nangang Campus.

Standing Director of the Emergency Branch of the World Federation of China, Vice Chairman of the Emergency Branch of the Chinese Association of Ethnic Medicine, Chairman of the Emergency Branch of Heilongjiang Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Vice Chairman of Heilongjiang Microcirculation and Blood Rheology Society, Vice President
of the Emergency Branch of Heilongjiang Association of Integrative Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine.

Since 2019, he has been engaged in the prevention and treatment of new crown pneumonia in traditional Chinese medicine, led teams into designated hospitals for many times to diagnose and treat patients, and is a guiding expert in the fight against new crown pneumonia in traditional Chinese medicine in Heilongjiang Province; He led the formulation of the "Heilongjiang Province New Coronavirus Infection Drug Catalogue Recommended Program"
.

Preliminary review: Li Song Responsible editor: Ouyang Meihua Review: Peng Zonglu