Can a 6-month-old baby with recurrent bronchitis be treated with Chinese medicine?

Bronchitis belongs to the category of “cough”, “croup” and “wheezing” in Chinese medicine. 6 months old baby with recurrent bronchitis can take Chinese medicine to regulate. The Chinese medicine as an auxiliary treatment, to a certain extent, can improve the symptoms.
Repeated bronchitis in 6-month-old babies may be caused by infection, cold air, allergic reactions and other factors, clinically commonly used anti-infective drugs, cough expectorant drugs, etc., in order to reduce or eliminate the symptoms and promote recovery.
In Chinese medicine, the cause of cough is divided into external and internal injuries, and the common causes are external evils against the lungs, phlegm and internal growth, and deficiency of internal organs. Children because the lungs are delicate, guarding the outside is not solid, easy for external evil invasion, so outside the cough is common.
Treatment is based on the basic rule of declaring and purging the lung qi. In case of cough due to external infection, it is accompanied by dispersing wind and relieving surface; in case of cough due to internal injury, it is accompanied by drying dampness and resolving phlegm (expelling dampness by drying dampness and dissolving phlegm), clearing away heat and resolving dampness, benefiting qi and strengthening the spleen, and nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, and so on, according to the evidence.
In addition to the internal use of tonics, this disease can also apply proprietary Chinese medicines, acupuncture, massage and other therapies.
6-month-old babies with recurrent bronchitis, such as the need for Chinese medicine treatment, should go to a formal medical institutions, and follow the doctor’s instructions standardized treatment, parents should not blindly self-administered drugs.