The best way to prevent Covid-19 is to protect yourself from external pathogens. This includes frequent hand washing, wearing a mask, and social distancing. Regarding internal factors, in addition to rest and exercise, eating a nutritious diet is another approach to maintaining health according to traditional Thai medicine.
Eating is one way to maintain elemental balance, prevent or alleviate illness, and there are three main principles to follow:
- A diverse diet with a full range of flavors is important because the taste of food is like medicine. Under normal circumstances, different medicines affect the body’s elements differently. Therefore, it is important to eat appropriate foods to maintain the balance of elements in a healthy state and to restore balance when ill.
- Foods containing herbs or spices are popular because, in addition to providing good flavor, they can also help balance and nourish the body’s elements.
- Traditional Thai food wisdom for healing illnesses, preventing diseases in healthy conditions, and restoring physical function after illness.
