When children have chickenpox, it is advisable to prepare mung bean water (100 grams of mung beans cooked with half a liter of water) for them to drink instead of regular water until they recover. You can add a little rock sugar or brown sugar, or cook a thin mung bean porridge. Other types of beans such as black, red, and white beans are also suitable.
The following dishes are also beneficial for chickenpox patients; you can choose according to the child’s taste:
Straw Stem Water: Take 15 grams of straw stem without leaves. Boil it to extract water for the child to drink instead of regular water daily.
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| Mung beans are good for chickenpox patients (Image: TTO) |
Water from Chinese Wild Ginger and Dandelion: 15 grams of each, boiled to make a drink. Sugar can be added.
Reed Root Porridge: Fresh reed root 10-20 grams, rice 50 grams, cooked together.
Lotus Leaf Porridge: Fresh lotus leaves 100 grams, rice 100 grams, boiled with lotus leaves to make porridge. Add a little rock sugar or brown sugar.
Bamboo Leaf Porridge: Fresh bamboo leaves 30 grams, rice 100 grams. Boil the bamboo leaves for about 20 minutes and then use the water to cook the porridge.
Job’s Tears Porridge: Job’s tears 30 grams, cooked with 60 grams of rice. Consume twice daily for several days.
Reed Root and Rehmannia Porridge: Reed root 20 grams, Rehmannia 10 grams, gypsum 10 grams, rice 100 grams. Boil the herbs first, then use the water to cook the porridge until soft.
Poria Cocos Porridge: Poria 15 grams, golden apricot flowers 15 grams, glutinous rice 50 grams. Cook the Poria with the golden apricot flowers thoroughly to make porridge. Serve hot.
Lotus Bulb Porridge: Lotus bulbs 10 grams, red beans 20 grams, almonds 6 grams (peeled and sprouted), rice 30 grams, cooked together until soft. This is suitable during the recovery period.
