If a child catches a cold, it is okay to drink some mung bean soup. The common cold is a fairly common illness in children and is generally a viral infection that tends to resolve on its own. After a child catches a cold, it is important to pay attention to a reasonable diet and auxiliary cold medicine can also be used. Mung bean soup has the effects of clearing heat, eliminating fire, and detoxifying, and it can also improve the metabolic state within the body, which is beneficial for recovering from a cold. Therefore, it is suitable to give children some mung bean soup when they have a cold.