The baby cough should be treated according to the Chinese medicine evidence type, there is no moxibustion which point is the best said, clinically can choose the large vertebrae point, the lung Yu point and the epigastric cavity and other acupuncture points.
Chinese medicine believes that the cough for external or internal injury and other factors, resulting in the lungs lost Xuansuo (lung dysfunction), the lungs upward, the impact of the airway, coughing or accompanied by sputum as a clinical feature of a disease. Clinical diagnosis is divided into wind-cold attacking the lungs, wind-heat offending the lungs, phlegm-dampness in the lungs and other evidence.
Because of its warm nature, moxibustion can be applied to those who have cold coughs or those who are not obviously hot or cold, while physicians do not recommend moxibustion for coughs with obvious signs of heat.
1. Wind-cold attack on the lungs: clinically visible coughing, sputum thin white, itchy throat, nasal congestion, runny nose, headache, thin white tongue, pulse floating tight and so on. You can choose the large vertebrae points, lung points, wind door and other points for moxibustion.
2. Phlegm-dampness in the lungs: Clinical coughing episodes, especially coughing in the morning, phlegm, phlegm sticky or thick, often accompanied by fatigue, abdominal distension, loose stools, white tongue, pulse moistening and slippery and so on. You can choose acupuncture points such as epigastric, middle epigastric, Fenglong and other acupuncture points moxibustion.
Babies who have a cough should go to the hospital in time and be treated under the guidance of a professional physician to avoid delays.