What to do if you have a cough while breastfeeding

Drink more water when cough symptoms occur during breastfeeding to facilitate the dilution of phlegm and promote the discharge of phlegm. If the cough is caused by wind-cold cold, usually use ginger and white onion, decoction in water to drink as a substitute for tea, which has the effect of pungent warmth and relieving the symptoms. If the cough is caused by a wind-heat cold, a decoction of honeysuckle, xuan ginseng, maitong and licorice can be taken as a tea substitute, which has a pungent cooling effect. If the cough is more intense and accompanied by fever, it is recommended to consult a respiratory medicine department and choose medications that have less or no effect on pregnant women and children. You can go to a Chinese medicine department and analyze the symptoms by looking, smelling, asking and cutting. For coughs caused by wind-cold colds, cough suppressants are generally used to disperse wind and cold, promote the lung and stop coughing. For coughs caused by wind-heat colds, Mulberry Chrysanthemum Drink is usually added and reduced, which has the effect of draining wind and clearing heat, promoting the lung and relieving cough.