PEDIATRICS Vol. 77 No. 5 May 1986, pp. 785-786
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Dangers of Chicken Soup

EDWARD CHU MD1

1 31 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85013

To the Editor.—

Chicken soup has long been regarded as a popular treatment for a wide variety of ailments. The 12th century philosopher and physician, Moses Maimonides, extracting from ancient Greek writings, recommended chicken broth for "rectifying corrupted humors,"1 which meant it was good for everything. Recently, chicken soup has again received attention in the medical literature, some of it serious2 and some of it tongue in beak [sic].3-6 The serious study demonstrated a significant increase in nasal mucous velocity following the ingestion of hot chicken soup, suggesting a therapeutic effect in the common cold.




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