Autumn is the peak season for chickenpox, so we must take good precautions to avoid its occurrence. Chickenpox is a treatable skin disease, but it still takes time to recover. Do you know the dietary taboos for chickenpox and the methods to prevent infection? Let's take a look at the secret recipe for treating chickenpox below.
1. Coix Seed Porridge
First, prepare 30g of coix seed and 60g of glutinous rice, then cook them together to make porridge. Eat it as a staple food twice a day. This is beneficial for the body as it helps to eliminate dampness and clear heat. It can also be used as an adjuvant treatment for chickenpox patients.
2. Banlangen and Honeysuckle Sugar
Take 100g of banlangen, 50g of honeysuckle, and 15g of licorice, add 600ml of water, boil it to obtain 500ml of decoction, remove the residue, and add an appropriate amount of rock sugar. Take 10-20g each time, several times a day. It can clear heat, cool blood, and detoxify. Suitable for chickenpox and any fever caused by viral infections.
3. Coriander Soup
Wash 150g of fresh coriander, 200g of fresh cilantro, 150g of dried chestnuts, and 100g of fresh water chestnuts separately. Then cut them into small pieces and put them in an enamel or clay pot. Add an appropriate amount of water and boil. Take 2 bowls of soup after removing the residue. Divide it into 2 portions and drink it warm. Use it continuously for 3-5 days to help the rash of chickenpox. Suitable for children with chickenpox.
4. Mung Bean Soup
Take 500g of mung beans, add water, and cook it into a soup. When drinking the mung bean soup, add some sugar to taste like tea. It helps to promote diuresis, reduce swelling, clear heat, detoxify, quench thirst, and relieve summer heat. It also has a good therapeutic effect on chickenpox.
5. Licorice and Three Bean Drink
Take 10g of mung beans, 10g of adzuki beans, 10g of black beans, and 3g of licorice. Wash the three beans, soak them for 1 hour, then put them in a pot together with the licorice, add an appropriate amount of water, boil it, and simmer until cooked. Drink it as a beverage 2-3 times a day for 5-7 days. It can clear heat, eliminate dampness, and detoxify. Suitable for children with chickenpox.
6. Bamboo Shoot and Crucian Carp Soup
Wash and slice fresh bamboo shoots, remove scales and internal organs from crucian carp, and cook them together to make soup. Eat it 3 times a day as desired. It can invigorate qi and clear heat. Suitable for early stage of chickenpox, measles in children, and rubella.
Dietary Taboos for Chickenpox
1. Avoid pungent and greasy foods
Although chickenpox and measles are both eruptive febrile diseases, measles requires the use of stimulating foods to promote eruptions. Chickenpox, on the other hand, should be treated with cooling foods and should not be stimulated. Eating stimulating foods will increase the number and size of chickenpox, prolonging the course of the disease. Therefore, it is advised to avoid consuming stimulating foods such as coriander (cilantro), rice wine, crucian carp, ginger, green onion, lamb, rooster meat, shrimp, eel, and pumpkin. These foods can easily cause chickenpox to relapse and persist for a long time.
