I have a cold. I'm making soup.
Don't take it from me, take it from the American College of Chest Physicians.
Chicken soup significantly inhibited neutrophil migration and did so in a concentration-dependent manner. The activity was present in a nonparticulate component of the chicken soup. All of the vegetables present in the soup and the chicken individually had inhibitory activity...The present study, therefore, suggests that chicken soup may contain a number of substances with beneficial medicinal activity. A mild anti-inflammatory effect could be one mechanism by which the soup could result in the mitigation of symptomatic upper respiratory tract infections.
Chicken Soup Inhibits Neutrophil Chemotaxis In Vitro
Posted by Nic at February 16, 2006 05:23 PM | TrackBackHope you feel better! When I'm sick and making soup just for me, I like to add some fresh ginger to it and some small green chili peppers. Gets the blood and other fluids moving.
Posted by: RP at February 17, 2006 09:08 AM