How is pediatric cough treated?

  With the onset of winter and spring each year, there is an upward trend in pediatric acute bronchitis, wheezing bronchitis, pneumonia and other diseases that fall under the category of “cough” in Chinese medicine, especially in 3-year-old children. The onset of the disease can be acute or slow, and most of them have symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection first, followed by a dry cough that gradually worsens, with increased respiratory secretions and phlegm in the throat, often accompanied by fever, malaise, loss of appetite, etc., and lung auscultation.  How to treat pediatric cough?  1. Hot salt on the back: put about 150 grams of salt in an iron pot and stir-fry until slightly yellow, wrap it in cloth, apply it to the back over clothes, and iron the back repeatedly until the temperature of the salt becomes cold, or you can use a hot water bag on the back. Salt can clear the fire, hot salt can expectorant, can cure both hot cough, but also cold cough.  2, rheumatism paste acupuncture point compress: cough to night cough, cough white sputum, accompanied by clear nasal discharge is a cold cough, cold cough children can be musk rheumatism paste paste on the spine on both sides of the heart acupuncture point, lung acupuncture point and other points.  3.Medicinal compresses for navel and acupuncture points: For children with coughing phlegm and phlegm that does not easily dissolve, use the Chinese medicine Wu Wei Zi or White Mustard Seed to grind and make a paste with vinegar or 75% alcohol and apply it to the umbilicus, which can help dissolve phlegm. At the beginning of the cold, cough, runny nose, nasal congestion can be pounded into a paste of garlic, compressed in the foot Yongquan point, generally compressed for about 1 hour, a long time easy local skin breakdown.  4.Medicinal bath method: use the appropriate amount of ephedra, cinnamon and other drugs, water decoction, daily to children with Chinese medicine bath or foot soak, has a cold and relief, dredge the meridians, the role of the nasal passages. Long-term application to enhance the resistance of children. At the beginning of the cold or rhinitis, the medicinal bath is also a treatment method.  5, scraping method: for children over 2 years old can be treated with scraping, or scraping with cow horn pieces on the back acupuncture points, or scraping with ginger pieces, can unblock the meridians, move Qi and blood, regulate the spleen and stomach, unblock the meridians, balance Yin and Yang, and enhance the function of the body.  6, steam inhalation method: steam inhaler (beauty fumigator) directly electrified, built-in sweating and detoxification of Chinese herbs, etc., for steam inhalation, usually 15-30 minutes of inhalation. Treatment of cough at the beginning of cold. It can help to relieve the symptoms and disperse the cold.