Best medicine for hand, foot and mouth disease

Hand, foot and mouth disease is a new disease discovered in 2007 that mainly spreads among children. It is highly contagious and mainly spreads among children. Adults may also be infected and it is highly contagious. For the sake of their children’s health, parents should understand how to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease for their babies and the best medicines to treat it. They can always keep these Chinese and Western medicines at home in case of emergency.

1. TCM treatment methods for hand, foot and mouth disease:

1. Shuanghua Fangdu Drink Recipe: Honeysuckle 10g, wild chrysanthemum 10g, fleabane 15g, poria 10g, licorice 3g. Preparation method: Add 300ml of water to the above medicines, soak for 30 minutes, boil over high heat, then use low heat to boil for 15 minutes to reduce the amount of medicine to 150ml. Take 1 dose daily, divided into 2 to 3 doses, for 7 to 10 consecutive days. Infants and children under 3 years old can take a reduced dosage.

2. For patients with low fever or no fever, runny nose and cough, red and painful throat, or poor appetite and nausea during the acute phase, the prescription of "Yinqiao Powder" can be used;

3. If high fever persists and herpes is densely distributed in the mouth, hands, feet, buttocks, and limbs, you can use the prescription "Qingwen Baiduyin"; for complications such as high fever that does not subside, frequent cough and shortness of breath, you can use the prescription "Jijiaolihuang Pills combined with Shenfu Tang"

4. To treat mouth pain and swollen gums: you can use 10 grams of Isatis root, 6 grams each of Scutellaria baicalensis and White Moss peel, 3 grams of Double Flower, 2 grams each of Bamboo Leaf and Mint, decoct them in water and gargle.

5. During the recovery period of the disease, for children with dry mouth and sore throat, add raw Rehmannia root and reed root to the prescription of Adenophora Root and Ophiopogon Decoction to nourish yin, promote body fluid production, clear heat and moisten the throat.

2. Treatment methods with Chinese patent medicine:

1. Take Yupingfeng oral liquid and Isatis root granules continuously for 7 to 10 days.

2. To treat oropharyngeal herpes, you can use Xigua Shuang, Bingpeng San, or Xilei San, any one of which can be applied to the affected area of ​​the mouth 3 times a day; blow on the affected area of ​​the mouth, or spray the affected area with stomatitis spray 2 times a day. Stomatitis spray is most effective for tonsillitis; it is particularly effective for pediatric stomatitis; it has a certain expectorant and cough-relieving effect; and the atomized dosage form is easily absorbed.

3. For patients with severe herpes on hands and feet, you can use Ruyi Jinhuang Powder or Qingdai Powder, choose one of them, mix with sesame oil, and apply it to the herpes affected area 3 times a day.

3. Western medicine treatment methods for hand, foot and mouth disease:

1. The treatment principle is mainly symptomatic treatment:

Take B vitamins orally, such as vitamin B1, vitamin B2, and vitamin C; give intravenous drip to those who vomit and have difficulty eating. When eating is difficult due to oral erosion, you can give easily digestible liquid food and rinse your mouth after meals; for oral ulcers, apply Qingmei powder, chloramphenicol cod liver oil or tin powder externally, and if the pain is severe, apply lidocaine or benzocaine with borax and glycerin to promote early healing of the eroded surface. Keep the local area clean to avoid secondary bacterial infection; apply 1% gentian violet if there is secondary infection of skin herpes; take antiviral drugs such as acyclovir, ribavirin, etc. If accompanied by fever, you can use some Chinese medicine for clearing heat and detoxifying.

2. Hand, foot and mouth disease may be combined with myocarditis, encephalitis, meningitis and other diseases, and should be treated promptly: patients with meningitis should be treated as meningitis; patients with myocarditis should be treated as myocarditis