Pediatric wind-cold cough

According to Chinese medicine, a child’s cold and cough is usually an external disease caused by the wind or cold. In addition to coughing symptoms, children may also have fever, chills, runny nose, headache, body aches, loss of appetite, thin white tongue coating and other symptoms. If left untreated, the cough may prolong and aggravate the illness and cause many other diseases. Parents need to take their children to the hospital in time and treat them under the guidance of a doctor. Generally, symptoms can be relieved by warming and relieving medication, such as Xuanlung Li Qi Wan, Ge Gen Tang granules, and Sanxiao Tablets, which are all very effective, but need to be applied under the diagnosis of a professional doctor. You can also massage some acupuncture points for children, such as the Hegu point and the Shouze point, which can help to stop coughing and calm asthma and dispel phlegm and cold. When a child has a cold and windy cough, pay attention to the child’s diet. Advise the child to drink more warm water, avoid cold and raw foods such as watermelon, pear and kiwi, and avoid sour and astringent foods such as vinegar, kimchi, hawthorn, umeboshi, sour dates and other fruits. At the same time, parents are advised to use skimmed cotton to gently blow the child’s nose instead of paper towels, because the baby’s skin is delicate and skimmed cotton is more suitable for the baby’s delicate skin, and to give the child plenty of warm boiled water to replenish the water lost in the child’s body when he or she is sick.