Children’s productive cough is characterized by intermittent dry cough, epigastric distension, and poor appetite. Children’s dry cough due to food accumulation is mainly caused by weakness of the spleen and stomach or eating too much.
1. When the spleen and stomach of children are weak, the qi of the spleen does not rise and the qi of the stomach does not fall, the fire of the stomach becomes strong and the fire of the heart and lungs rises, resulting in the accumulation of heat in the epigastric region, which leads to epigastric distension, poor appetite and other symptoms. The fire in the lungs will easily cause a cough, which is intermittent and dry, without phlegm.
2. Children eat too much to cause the actual disease, intermittent dry cough, epigastric feeling of fullness when a reasonable diet can be, serious cases with stomachic and digestion drugs to regulate. It is not recommended to give cough suppressants to children with overeating cough, and the spleen and stomach functions should be regulated in TCM outpatient clinics in a timely manner.
In summary, children’s overeating cough will get better after reasonable diet and regulating the function of the spleen and stomach, if it still does not get better after the above mentioned regulation, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time and follow the doctor’s instructions.