Spring is a high incidence of upper respiratory tract diseases, in the growth and development of children due to the weaker body vulnerable to colds and coughs at this time, many parents, especially grandparents are based on the old experience, that the climate in Guangdong is hot and humid, the child is “on the fire”, and hasten to give the child to drink the fire of the herbal tea or to eat the heat to defeat the fire of the traditional Chinese medicine. Children’s spring colds and coughs are not all “on fire”, in fact, many people because the body lacks vitamin A, so clearing the fire of Chinese medicine should be served with caution, or may damage the child’s physical development of the “yang”. Children’s spring cough is not all on fire Chinese medicine believes that children cough cough and internal injuries cough points, external cough is to feel the external evil, the lungs are lost due to purge; internal injuries cough is due to the child’s physical weakness, lungs and spleen damage caused by. But many parents indiscriminately, see the child dry cough thought it on fire. Clinically seen although the external cough is more than the internal cough, but the external cough and wind-cold, wind-heat different, so the treatment should be differentiated from its etiology and pathology, wind-cold is appropriate to dispel the wind and cold, lung cough; wind-heat is appropriate to dispel the wind and clear the heat, phlegm cough, the disease in the surface, should be the first relief of the surface, premature or inappropriate use of purgative medicines, will cause the surface of the evil into the inside. Heat-clearing drugs are mostly cold, easy to damage the body’s yang qi or spleen and stomach, coupled with the children’s physique is a “childish yang of the body”, a misuse of heat-clearing drugs, will damage the children’s physical development of the “yang qi”, but also to make the spleen and stomach is damaged, and serious children’s growth and development will be slowed. It can also damage the spleen and stomach, and seriously slow down a child’s growth and development. Especially for those children who have a weak constitution, you can not just take heat-clearing and fire-combating Chinese medicine, but should be examined by a specialist doctor to identify and treat the symptoms. Eat more foods rich in vitamin A in the spring For children’s cold and cough prevention is better than cure, parents can usually through the establishment of children’s healthy diet, lifestyle habits to strengthen the children’s physical condition. Spring to prevent colds and coughs can eat more of the following foods: 1, eat more vitamin A-rich food. Vitamin A deficiency is a trigger for respiratory infections that can easily be caused during the peak cold and flu season. Studies have shown that vitamin A can enhance the body’s immunity against respiratory infections. In the season of high incidence of respiratory infectious diseases such as colds, if you give infants and young children to increase vitamin A-rich foods, such as carrots, amaranth, spinach, pumpkin, red and yellow fruits, animal liver, milk, etc., can effectively reduce the incidence of colds. 2, eat more zinc-rich food. Experts, zinc-rich foods help the body to resist cold and flu viruses, can directly inhibit viral enhancement, enhance cellular immune function, especially phagocytes antiviral effect. Zinc is most abundant in meat seafood and poultry food. 3, eat more vitamin C rich food. Fresh green leafy vegetables and a variety of fruits are rich in vitamin C, which can promote the body’s immune group antibody synthesis, enhance immunity, which has the role of cold prevention. 4, eat iron rich food. Milk, eggs, spinach, meat, etc. are very rich in iron content of food. Iron deficiency in the body, will make the function of immune cells is weakened, and iron rich food can promote the function of immune cells to restore. It should be noted that iron supplementation should be appropriate, and excessive iron supplementation, especially iron-fortified foods, can be harmful. In addition, children should be encouraged to drink more water, replenish the adequate amount of water, less crowded places, children’s rooms should be kept warm, and increase the humidity of the room, children’s sports sweat in a timely manner for him to change clothes can also significantly reduce the children suffered from respiratory diseases. Chinese medicine therapeutic formula to enhance the children’s physical: 1, weak often cold children in the usual available Codonopsis 10 grams, 10 grams of Huaishan, 5 grams of windbreak, ginger 3 grams of stewed lean meat; 2, weak easy to cough children in the usual available Codonopsis 10 grams, 10 grams of Huaishan, 3 grams of ginger, 5 grams of stewed lean meat; 3, easy to catch fire in the children available cordyceps 3 za, Hangzhou Chrysanthemum 5 grams, 5 grams of light bamboo, Huaishan 10 grams. Decoction of 100 milliliters of water to drink.