Is Bouillion broth good to eat when you have the stomach flu?

Of course you have heard that chicken soup is the Jewish Penicillin. Broth seems to help all ailments. Naturally even if one is ill the body needs nourishment. and of course much water. The more water the better to wash out the toxics. Of course, one being sick does not need the kidneys shuting down for lack of moisture on top of everything else.