What syrup is good for cold and cough?

In daily life, wind-cold cough is a type of cough. It is a cough symptom caused by the body being invaded by external cold air, which makes the lungs affected by the cold air, easily leading to the condensation of cold air in the lungs and causing coughing. There are many ways to treat cough caused by wind-cold. You can take some cough syrups and some Chinese patent medicines to dispel cold for treatment.

What syrup is good for cold and cough?

Due to sudden changes in climate, or the body's inability to defend itself from the outside, wind and cold evil spirits invade, either entering through the mouth and nose, or being received through the skin and fur. The cold causes stagnation and contraction, and the lung defense is affected, resulting in lung qi being blocked and unable to circulate. The order of clearing and purging is abnormal, then phlegm grows, blocking the airway, affecting the entry and exit of lung qi, and thus causing cough. When wind and cold are trapped outside the body and the pores are blocked, the patient will suffer from chills, no sweating, and headache and body pain.

From the perspective of Western medicine, coughing is a protective measure of the human body. When the respiratory mucosa is stimulated by foreign objects, inflammation, secretions or allergic factors, coughing is caused reflexively, which helps to expel foreign objects or secretions that invade the respiratory tract from the outside and eliminate respiratory irritants.

The treatment for wind-cold cough should be to dispel the wind-cold, promote lung function and relieve cough. The important thing is that it can promote the expulsion of phlegm in the trachea and reduce secretions in the trachea. You can choose to add or subtract Sanao Decoction. Take 3 grams each of ephedra and licorice, 5 grams each of almond, schizonepeta, peucedanum, platycodon, perilla seed, fennel, tangerine peel, cinnamon twig, stemona, and scutellaria. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day. Chinese patent medicine can be used Xingsu cough syrup

Recipes for cold and cough

1. Ginger + brown sugar + garlic

If a child has a cold, drinking warm ginger and brown sugar water can be a good therapeutic treatment. If the child also has a cough, add 2 to 3 cloves of garlic to the ginger and brown sugar water and cook together. Cook over low heat for 10 minutes to remove the spiciness of the garlic. Only then will the child be willing to drink it.

2. Steamed Garlic Water

Take 2 to 3 cloves of garlic, smash them, put them in a bowl, add half a bowl of water, put in a piece of rock sugar, cover the bowl and put it in the pot to steam. After boiling over high heat, switch to low heat and steam for 15 minutes. When the garlic water in the bowl is warm, feed it to your child. The garlic does not need to be eaten. Generally 2 to 3 times a day, half a bowl each time. Garlic is warm in nature and enters the spleen, stomach and lung meridians. It is very effective in treating cold coughs and kidney deficiency coughs. It is also convenient and simple, and children are willing to drink it.

3. Perilla porridge: 10 grams of perilla leaves, 50 grams of japonica rice, 3 slices of ginger, and 3 dates. First cook porridge with japonica rice. When the porridge is almost cooked, add perilla leaves, ginger and jujube, and drink it while it is hot.

4. Scallion porridge: 50 grams of rice, 5 slices of ginger, 5 pieces of scallion with roots, 5 ml of rice vinegar, add appropriate amount of water to cook porridge, drink while hot.

5. Almond and radish decoction: 10 grams of almonds (sweet), 3 slices of ginger, 100 grams of white radish, decocted in water, 1 dose per day.

6. Walnut and ginger drink: Mash 5 walnuts and take with appropriate amount of ginger juice.