Autumn is the season when pediatric coughs are at their peak, and how to give dietary therapy to a sick child is of great concern to parents. Experts say that there are different types of coughs: external coughs and internal coughs, and external coughs are divided into wind-cold coughs and wind-heat coughs, and different types of coughs are completely different in terms of medication and different methods of dietary therapy. It is important to determine what kind of cough your baby has before choosing the appropriate dietary treatment.
1. Wind-cold cough
If the tongue is white, then it is a wind-cold cough, which means that the child is cold and the cough has thin, white and sticky phlegm, and a stuffy and runny nose. Specific methods are as follows.
(1) Steamed garlic water
Take 2-3 cloves of garlic, pat it, put it into a bowl, add half a bowl of water, put a grain of rock sugar, cover the bowl and put it into a pot to steam, boil it on high heat and then change to low heat for 15 minutes. Feed the child garlic water, the garlic can not be eaten. Usually 2 to 3 times a day, a small half bowl at a time. Garlic is warm and enters the spleen, stomach and lung meridians, which is effective in treating cold cough and kidney deficiency cough, and it is convenient and simple, and children are willing to drink it.
(2) Roasted oranges
Roast the oranges directly on a low fire and keep turning them until the peel is black and hot air comes out of them. When the orange cools a bit, peel off the skin and let the child eat the warm orange petals. If it is a large orange, the child can eat 2 to 3 petals at a time. If it is a small tribute orange, the child can eat one at a time. It is best to eat it together with garlic water, 2 to 3 times a day. Oranges are warm in nature and have the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough.
Note: Foods that are cold in nature are prohibited, such as mung beans, crabs, mussels, snails, snails, persimmons, grapefruit, bananas, kiwis, sugar cane, watermelon, melon, bitter melon, water chestnuts, ciguatera, kelp, nori, raw radish, eggplant, lotus root, winter melon, loofah, etc.
2. Wind-heat cough
If the child’s tongue is yellow and red, it is a wind-heat cough, which means that the child has greater internal heat, coughs with yellow, thick phlegm that is not easily coughed out, and has a sore throat, and should then eat foods that clear the lungs and reduce phlegm to stop the cough. Specific methods are as follows.
(1) pear + rock sugar + Chuanbei
Cut the pear crosswise by the handle, dig out the core and put 2-3 pieces of rock sugar, 5-6 pieces of Sichuan shellfish (Sichuan shellfish should be cracked into the end), put the pear into the bowl, steam it on the pot for about 30 minutes, and give it to the baby in two times. This formula has the effect of moistening the lungs, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. Because babies nowadays are generally greedy for cold, blowing air conditioners when they are hot, and eating cold fruits all year round, the number of babies suffering from wind-heat cough is now significantly reduced.
(2) You can also give your baby the following foods.
① Persimmon: It is very cold in nature and can clear heat, dissolve phlegm and stop coughing. However, babies can only eat one at a time, and their stomachs will get upset if they eat too much.
② Watermelon: cold in nature, can cure all fever.
③Pequat: cool in nature, can moisten the lungs, resolve phlegm and stop cough. Suitable for babies with febrile cough and yellow pus phlegm.
④Water chestnut: cold in nature, water chestnut can dissolve phlegm and clear heat. Take 2-3 water chestnuts, peel them, cut them into thin slices, put them in a pot, add a bowl of water and boil them for 5 minutes.
⑤ Eating winter melon simmered in soup, fried loofah, fried lotus root slices, fried bitter melon, etc., can also help to eliminate internal heat, dispel fire and stop cough.
Note: Spicy and easily inflammable foods are prohibited, such as mutton, dog meat, oyster chicken, fish, shrimp, dates, cinnamon meat, chili peppers, cherries, and silkworm pupae.
3. Cough with internal injuries
Internal injury cough refers to long-term, recurrent chronic cough. Or a cough caused by a cold and fever. Although the symptoms of the cold and fever have disappeared, the cough never gets better. Babies with recurrent coughs have a poor appetite, no appetite and an almost white tongue due to the high use of anti-inflammatory drugs and cough medicines. At this time, parents should pay attention to giving their children foods that regulate the spleen and stomach, nourish the kidneys and replenish lung qi. Specific methods are as follows.
(1) Yam porridge
Peel the yam, cut it into small pieces and put it into a food grinder, then add half a bowl of water and process the yam into a thin paste. Then pour it into a pot and boil it while stirring. Served on an empty stomach, a bowl of yam porridge can be divided into 2-3 feedings for your baby. Yam strengthens the spleen and stomach, nourishes the lung energy and benefits the kidney essence. This recipe is most suitable for infants and children, not only to stop coughing, but also to treat anorexia, excessive sweating, drooling and qi deficiency in children. It should be noted that the yam should not be decocted for too long, otherwise the amylase contained in it will break down and lose its tonic effect.
(2) walnuts + sesame seeds + red dates + honey
Put half a catty of walnuts, 2 taels of black sesame seeds and half a catty of red dates into a large bowl and mix well, then add 1 tablespoon of honey and 3 tablespoons of water and mix well. Cover the bowl with a lid and steam it in a large pot for 40 minutes. Give a spoonful to your baby every morning and evening. This recipe can not only cure children’s chronic cough, bronchitis and asthma, it is also effective for children’s constipation, and long-term consumption can strengthen the baby’s health.