Flu is a highly contagious plague in the land of four seasons when the winter was at its height. At the time the temperature was very cold, the activity is mostly done in private rooms. Well, sick people were gathered with healthy people so easily infected with the virus. This transmission can occur through a virus attached to the doorknob, computer keyboard, receiver, and of course via a sneeze or a cough that is not closed.
Eating chicken soup is believe to relieve the cold. Similarly, the efficacy of chicken soup in overcoming the discomfort of flu during the winter. Dr. Stephen Rennard, a researcher from the University of Nebraska, United States, has examined the chicken soup in helping the defense mechanism of the lungs. He checked his wife’s homemade chicken soup made from recipes handed down their fathers.
Dr. Rennard examine the impact of soup on neutrophils, white blood cells that stimulate mucus expenditure. Research about chicken soup was published in the medical journal Chest. Dr. Rennard and his team found that the contents contained in chicken soup proved to inhibit the movement of neutrophils.
In other words, chicken soup, it triggers a reaction of resistance to flu and colds. Not surprisingly, the chicken soup to cure flu and colds. Section, the contents of chicken soup consists of the materials needed by the sick. The material in the form of nutrient-rich vegetables such as onions, carrots, celery, potatoes, and of course the chicken pieces and chicken broth.
Dr. Rennard also admitted that the steam from hot soup useful relieve swollen sinuses. Moreover, if that prepares delicious soup that is warm and loved ones who cook the soup with lots of love. This love also gives effect psychological therapy that accelerates healing.
Chicken soup is also used in Chinese society at home as a medicine to cure flu and colds. Chicken broth soup steamy and full of nutrition has a powerful content to fight the virus. Hot sauce is useful to open clogged nasal obstruction, while the flavor of ginger, garlic, and onions have antiviral properties.
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