生病時該喝什麼?

Whether you're sick or not, you want to stay hydrated. But if you're vomiting, have diarrhoea, or are sweating a lot, it's easier to become dehydrated. And that will just make you feel even worse - and make it harder for your body to fight off whatever sickness you're dealing with. But is there anything in particular you can drink to feel better?

不管有沒有生病，你的身體都需要保持水分。但如果你嘔吐、腹瀉或出汗很多，那就很容易脫水。而這隻會讓你更加難受--你的身體也更難抵抗疾病病菌。但有沒有什麼飲品能讓你喝下去舒服一點呢？

When it comes to staying hydrated while sick, water is your best option - and should be your first choice. It's boring, I know, but water will keep your sore throat and airways moist, the Mayo Clinic explains. That will reduce the pain in your throat and make it easier to cough up any mucus or blow out any snot.

如果你生病了，那喝水則是保持水分的最佳選擇--也應是你的首選。我知道，水沒有味道，但卻能夠讓你痠痛的喉嚨和通氣道保持溼潤，梅奧診所的工作人員解釋道。這能緩解喉嚨疼痛，因此咳出粘液或擤鼻涕也會變得更加容易。

But, depending on your symptoms, other drinks may also help you feel a bit better. For instance, hot water or tea with lemon and honey can help soothe a sore throat and cough. A soup or broth will also do the trick. For a serious throat infection (e.g. strep), you might want to do a saltwater gargle, too, which helps ease inflamed throat tissue.

但基於你的症狀，其它飲品也能讓你沒那麼難受。比如，檸檬蜂蜜熱水或熱茶能緩解喉嚨疼痛和咳嗽。湯或肉湯也能起到同樣的作用。如果你的喉嚨嚴重感染（如鏈球菌），那你最好用鹽水漱口，這能緩解發炎的咽喉組織。

If it's your stomach that's bothering you, you'll want to make sure you're drinking things that are easily digested and, if possible, contain some salt. Your body needs electrolytes (including salt) to absorb water. And that's usually not a huge problem because you can get those from food. But, if you've been dealing with an upset stomach, you probably haven't been eating that much. So taking in those electrolytes without too much diarrhoea-inducing sugar is a great idea. That's why we'd suggest opting for coconut water or a couple of saltines (along with plain water, of course) rather than a sports drink.

如果你是肚子痛，那一定要確保喝易消化的飲品，如果可能的話，放些鹽。你的身體需要電解質（包括鹽）才能吸收水分。通常這都不是問題，因爲你可以從食物中獲得鹽分。但如果是拉肚子，那你吃的可能就沒那麼多了。所以攝入這些不含導致腹瀉糖分的電解質是個不錯的辦法。因此我們推薦的不是運動飲料，而是椰子汁或撒鹽餅乾（當然，要和純淨水一起吃）。

However, you should try to stay away from caffeine, sodas (including ginger ale), and alcohol as much as possible. All of those can irritate your already annoyed digestive system. Also, despite internet rumours, eating and drinking dairy foods doesn't actually increase your body's mucus production. But it might make your mucus feel thicker, which means you probably don't want to be drinking milk when you have a cold, anyway. Other than that, stick with water - and your doc's orders - and you'll be well on your way to feeling better.

但是，你應該儘可能地不要喝含咖啡因的飲品、蘇打飲料（包括薑汁啤酒）和酒。上述這些飲品都會刺激你本已紊亂的消化系統。此外，不要聽信網上的流言蜚語，因爲吃/喝乳製品真的不會增加身體粘液的分泌量。但可能會讓你的粘液更濃稠，因此感冒的時候最好還是不要喝牛奶了。除此之外，一定要堅持喝水--遵循醫囑--那你肯定會慢慢變好。