Mumps is an acute infectious disease caused by the mumps virus, primarily characterized by fever and non-purulent swelling and pain in the parotid glands. Dietary guidelines emphasize light, easily digestible, and non-irritating foods. Recommended options include vegetable juices, fruit juices, soy milk, rice water, congee, egg drop soup, mung beans, adzuki beans, purslane, and Chinese toon. Avoid sour, greasy, spicy, and pungent foods.
The following are clinically proven, affordable, effective, and delicious herbal tea, decoction, and soup recipes:
Green Loquat and Mung Bean Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears heat, detoxifies, and fights viruses. Suitable for mumps the decoction is cold in nature; avoid overuse in those with weakened middle yang or chronic debility; the cooling, heat-draining herbs are not suited to those with underlying deficiency-cold of the spleen … Read more
Two-Bean Tofu Soup，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears heat and detoxifies; cools the body and reduces inflammation. Suitable for mumps given its cold nature, caution is warranted in the constitutionally deficient and cold with weak transportation; the cold, heat-clearing herbs suggest caution in those with spleen-stomach deficiency-cold or loose stools
Banlangen Honey Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears heat, detoxifies, and fights viruses. Suitable for mumps
Prunella and Dandelion Honey Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears heat, detoxifies, and fights viruses. Suitable for mumps
Honeysuckle and Red Bean Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears heat, detoxifies, and fights viruses. Suitable for mumps
Isatis Leaf and Prunella Herb Tea，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears heat, detoxifies, and fights viruses. Suitable for mumps
