What medicine should I take for cough and runny nose?

Many babies often have coughs and runny noses when they are sick. At this time, mothers will give their babies some Quick Capsules, Tylenol Capsules, Wutai Gankang Tablets and other medicines to improve this situation. Although some medicines can help babies relieve this condition, if the child is still young, parents are reluctant to give the child too many medicines. In fact, buying some other methods can also help your baby relieve coughing and runny nose.

What to do if your baby has a cough and runny nose

Children's coughing is a symptom of illness and a self-protective reflex action. Babies cough out the "garbage" in their respiratory tract. Appropriate coughing can help the baby clear the mucus in the trachea and facilitate breathing. Therefore, although the baby's cough sometimes makes parents feel distressed, they should never rush to find baby cough medicine as soon as the baby coughs, because baby cough medicine usually has side effects such as dry mouth, dizziness, drowsiness, etc., and will also irritate the baby's tender throat. If coughing must be relieved, parents can choose folk remedies for baby cough.

1. Drink more beverages

Drinks can thin out mucus, making it easier to cough up phlegm. In addition, the drink can moisturize a dry, itchy throat. You can drink ice water, hot juice, or decaffeinated tea with honey.

2. Desserts to relieve cough

Honey can relieve coughs and improve children's sleep, and it is even more effective than some cough syrups. Darker honey is more effective because it contains more antioxidants. Children aged 1-5 years old can take half a teaspoon, children aged 6-11 years old can take one teaspoon, and children under 1 year old should not take it.

3. Air humidification

Families with the means can buy a humidifier, which can be used to increase the humidity in the baby's room, making the baby's room moist and refreshing, especially at night to help the baby breathe more smoothly. At the same time, clean the humidifier with white vinegar and water every day to avoid the accumulation of dust and germs. Also avoid your baby becoming dependent on the humidifier.

4. Drip normal saline

Parents can spray some water into the baby's nose, use a few drops of saline to dilute the dry mucus, or flush out the dirt in the nose, or let the child blow it out.

5. Stuffing garlic in the nostrils

When your baby has a cold and a stuffy nose, you can use a clove of garlic, cut it into a shape that fits the nostrils with a knife, and stuff it into the nostrils. Repeat several times and the baby will be cured.

6. Smell peppermint oil

The main benefits of peppermint oil include reducing fever, relieving nausea and vomiting, improving digestion, and relieving respiratory pain. Smelling peppermint oil, dropping a few drops of peppermint oil into a large bowl of hot water, and inhaling the steam it emits can instantly clear your nostrils.

7. Soak your feet in hot water

If nasal congestion seriously affects your sleep, soak your feet in hot water to help relieve nasal mucosal congestion. It can not only relieve nasal congestion, but also regulate the excitation and inhibition of the cerebral cortex, thereby promoting sleep.

8. Massage acupoints

Side-lying massage to treat nasal congestion: If you have nasal congestion on the left side, lie down facing right; if you have nasal congestion on the right side, lie down facing left. Pinch your nose with your index and middle fingers, and massage the Yingxiang points on both sides of the bridge of your nose for 1-2 minutes. The nasal congestion will be eliminated.

9. Diet therapy

Chop a handful of scallion or three or four onions into small pieces, and make a soup. After it is done, inhale the hot steam through your nose. You can also boil vinegar and inhale the vinegar vapor through your nose, both are very effective.