Editor’s Note: Yesterday we said that if your baby can’t keep his mouth shut, he will have a recurring cough. Today we say that you just have to keep your mouth shut and see what you should eat.
Pediatric cough remedies
Wind-cold cough
If the tongue is white, then it is a wind-cold cough, which means that the child is cold, and the cough has thin, white, sticky phlegm and a stuffy, runny nose. Specific methods are as follows.
1.Steamed garlic water
Take 2-3 cloves of garlic, pat it, put it into a bowl, add half a bowl of water, put a grain of rock sugar, put the bowl with a lid into a pot to steam, boil it on high heat and then change to low heat for 15 minutes. Feed the child garlic water, the garlic can not be eaten. Usually 2 to 3 times a day, a small half bowl at a time. Garlic is warm and enters the spleen, stomach and lung meridians, which is effective in treating cold cough and kidney deficiency cough, and it is convenient and simple, and children are willing to drink it.
2. Roasted oranges
Roast the oranges directly on a low fire and keep turning them until the peel is black and hot air comes out of them. When the orange cools a bit, peel off the skin and let the child eat the warm orange petals. If it is a large orange, the child can eat 2 to 3 petals at a time. If it is a small tribute orange, the child can eat one at a time. It is best to eat it together with garlic water, 2 to 3 times a day. Oranges are warm in nature and have the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough.
Note: Foods that are cold in nature are prohibited, such as mung beans, crabs, mussels, snails, snails, persimmons, grapefruit, bananas, kiwis, sugar cane, watermelon, melon, bitter melon, water chestnuts, ciguatera, kelp, nori, raw radish, eggplant, lotus root, winter melon, loofah, etc.
Wind-heat cough
If the child’s tongue is yellow and red, he or she has a wind-heat cough, which means that the child has greater internal heat, coughs with yellow, thick phlegm that is not easily coughed out, and has a sore throat. Specific methods are as follows.
1.Pear + rock sugar + Chuanbei
Cut the pear crosswise by the handle, dig out the core and put 2-3 pieces of rock sugar, 5-6 pieces of Sichuan shellfish (Sichuan shellfish should be cracked into the end), put the pear into the bowl, steam it on the pot for about 30 minutes, and give it to the baby in two times. This recipe has the effect of moistening the lungs, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. Because babies nowadays are generally greedy for cold, blowing air conditioners when they are hot, and eating cold fruits all year round, there are now significantly fewer babies suffering from wind-heat cough.
2. You can also give your baby the following foods.
① Persimmon: Greatly cold in nature, it can clear heat, dissolve phlegm and stop coughing. However, babies can only eat one at a time, and their stomachs will be uncomfortable if they eat too much.
② Watermelon: cold in nature, can cure all fever.
③Pequat: cool in nature, can moisten the lungs, resolve phlegm and stop cough. Suitable for babies with febrile cough and yellow pus phlegm.
④Water chestnut: cold in nature, water chestnut can dissolve phlegm and clear heat. Take 2-3 water chestnuts, peel them, cut them into thin slices, put them in a pot, add a bowl of water and boil them for 5 minutes.
⑤ Eating winter melon simmered in soup, fried loofah, fried lotus root slices, fried bitter melon, etc., can also help to eliminate internal heat, dispel fire and stop cough.
Note: Spicy, fire-prone foods are prohibited, such as mutton, dog meat, oyster chicken, fish, shrimp, dates, cinnamon meat, chili peppers, cherries and silkworm pupae.
Cough with internal injuries
Internal injury cough refers to chronic, long-term, recurrent cough. Or a cough caused by a cold and fever, where the symptoms of the cold and fever have disappeared, but the cough never gets better. Babies with recurrent coughs have a poor appetite, no appetite and an almost white tongue due to the high use of anti-inflammatory drugs and cough medicines. At this time, parents should pay attention to giving their children foods that regulate the spleen and stomach, nourish the kidneys and replenish lung qi. Specific methods are as follows.
1.Yam porridge
Peel the yam, cut it into small pieces and put it into a food grinder, then add half a bowl of water and process the yam into a thin paste. Then pour it into a pot and boil it while stirring. Serve on an empty stomach. A bowl of yam porridge can be divided into 2-3 servings for your baby. Yam strengthens the spleen and stomach, nourishes the lung energy and benefits the kidney essence. This recipe is most suitable for infants and young children, not only to stop coughing, but also to treat anorexia, excessive sweating, drooling and qi deficiency in children. It is important to note that the yam decoction time should not be too long, otherwise the amylase contained in it will break down and lose its tonic effect.
2, walnuts + sesame seeds + red dates + honey
Walnuts half a catty, black sesame seeds 2 two, red dates half a catty, crushed into a large bowl and stir well, then put 1 tablespoon of honey, 3 tablespoons of water and mix well. Cover the bowl with a lid and steam it in a large pot for 40 minutes. Give a spoonful to your baby every morning and evening. This recipe can not only cure children’s chronic cough, bronchitis and asthma, it is also effective for children’s constipation, and long-term consumption can strengthen your baby’s health.
When a child has a cough, parents may wish to adopt the following methods to relieve discomfort.
Drink warm beverages
Warm drinks can thin out the mucous phlegm, relieve the tension in the respiratory tract mucosa and promote coughing up of phlegm; warm water, warm milk and rice soup are all good choices. You can also give your baby some fresh fruit juice, the juice should be less irritating apple juice and pear juice, etc., should not drink orange juice, grapefruit juice and other citrus juices.
Water vapor to stop coughing
Children with coughing fits will find relief in an environment where the room temperature is about 20 degrees and the humidity is about 60%-65%. If your child has a severe cough, hold him or her in a bathroom filled with water vapor for 5 minutes. The moist air will help clear the mucus from the lungs and calm the cough.
Also, give your child enough water. Water is the lubricant in the body. Only when you drink enough water can you keep your lungs and airways properly moistened and avoid coughing. In addition, do not take cough medicine indiscriminately, always take it under the guidance of a doctor.