1. Schizonepeta porridge: 10g Schizonepeta, 5g Mentha, 15g fermented soybean, 50g rice. Decoct the first three ingredients in water to extract the juice; separately cook the rice into a thin porridge, and stir in the decoction when the porridge is cooked. Take twice daily for 3 consecutive days. This porridge can induce sweating to relieve exterior syndromes, clear heat and soothe the throat, reduce fever and relieve irritability. It is suitable for colds, fever and chills, headache, sore throat, irritability, insomnia, etc.
2. Fangfeng Porridge: 15 grams of Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia divaricata), 2 scallions, 3 slices of ginger, and 50 grams of rice. Cook into a porridge as described above and eat while hot. Cover yourself with a blanket and rest quietly until you sweat slightly. It can clear heat, dispel wind, relieve cold and pain, and is suitable for colds caused by wind and cold, chills and fever, headache and body aches, joint pain, nasal congestion and hoarseness, borborygmus and diarrhea, etc.
3. Immortal Congee: 3 slices of ginger, 5 scallions (including the white part), 50g glutinous rice, 15ml vinegar. First, rinse the glutinous rice and cook it with minced ginger for one or two boils. Then add the scallions. When the congee is almost cooked, add the vinegar and cook briefly. Eat while hot. After eating, cover yourself with a blanket and rest quietly, avoiding wind and cold, until you sweat slightly. This congee can dispel wind and cold and is suitable for wind-cold colds, headaches, fever, chills, body aches, nasal congestion and runny nose, as well as stomach cold and vomiting. This congee is specifically designed for wind-cold colds. It is not suitable for wind-heat colds, high fever, or irritability.
4. Sweating-Inducing Fermented Soybean Congee: 15g fermented soybeans, 5g schizonepeta, 2g ephedra, 30g kudzu root, 3g gardenia, 60g gypsum, 3 slices of ginger, 2 scallions, 100g rice. Decoct the above herbs in water, add rice and cook into a thin congee. Consume 1-2 doses daily. This congee can induce sweating and clear heat, suitable for persistent high fever, lung heat with wheezing, headache without sweating, irritability, insomnia, dry throat, and thirst caused by colds. This congee is a large compound medicinal congee for treating colds and fever, with many ingredients and complex combinations, resulting in good efficacy. The main symptoms for using this sweating-inducing fermented soybean congee are high fever, lack of sweating, and headache. Those who sweat and feel cold should not consume it; if sweating and fever subside after consumption, discontinue use immediately.
