What medicine can cure mumps quickly?

Mumps refers to inflammation of the parotid gland: it can be acute, chronic, or chronic with acute exacerbations. Acute suppurative parotitis was a recognized complication of abdominal surgery before the routine use of antibiotics. The etiology of mumps is thought to be an oral stage of infection, and a number of risk factors are associated with acute mumps, with dehydration being the most prominent in this patient population. Staphylococcus aureus is the most common bacterial pathogen, so what medicine can cure mumps quickly?

1. Mumps - Heat and Toxin Type

It usually presents as swelling of the cheeks, which is painful with the slightest touch. Eating, chewing and swallowing are all difficult, the throat is red and swollen, the bowel movements are hard and difficult, the urine is short and yellow, the tongue is red, and the tongue coating is thick and yellow.

The treatment prescription for this type of symptoms is: Scutellaria baicalensis 12g, Picrorhizoma Ceratilis 8g, Phellodendron chinense 6g, Taraxacum mongolicum 32g, Puffball 4.5g (wrapped in cloth and decocted), Raw Pollen 3.3g (wrapped in cloth and decocted), Prunella vulgaris 18g, Bupleurum 6g, Scrophularia ningpoensis 12g, Arctium lappa 10g, and Licorice 6g. Add water and boil into 400ml, take warm twice a day. Take 1 dose per day for 3 consecutive days.

2. Mumps of wind-heat exogenous type

This type of mumps has similar symptoms to a cold, with common symptoms including headache, fever, sneezing, runny nose, swollen and sore cheeks, and uncomfortable pain in the cheeks when eating and chewing. The tongue is red with a thin yellow coating. Treatment should focus on clearing away heat and toxic substances, and dispersing the nodules.

Available: Mint 5g (added later), Forsythia suspensa 12g, Local honeysuckle 15g (locally produced honeysuckle), Scrophularia 12g, Prunella vulgaris 15g, Polygonum cuspidatum 12g, Schizonepeta tenuifolia 6g, Isatis root 25g, Burdock fruit 9g, Scutellaria baicalensis 8g, Phellodendron chinense 6g, Licorice root 6g. Add water and boil into 400ml, take warm twice a day, and can take 3 to 4 doses in a row.

What to eat when you have mumps

Children with mumps should eat liquid or semi-liquid food. They can also eat food with anti-inflammatory effects, such as mung beans, loofah, etc. Drink more warm water and light salt water every day.

1. The diet should be light, and liquids should be chewed and swallowed. Such as rice soup, lotus root powder, orange juice, fresh fruit juice, vegetable juice, watermelon juice, pear juice, sugarcane juice, carrot juice, milk, frangipani soup, soy milk, etc.

2. Change to semi-liquid or soft food as soon as the condition improves. But it must be thin, soft, and easy to chew and swallow.

3. You can eat more toona sinensis heads (young buds and leaves), purslane, coriander, mung beans, red beans, loofah, etc. You can squeeze them into juice and drink them, or apply them externally.

(1) Mung bean: Mung bean has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, and relieving inflammation and swelling. It is the most ideal food for treating mumps. You can boil mung bean soup and drink it once a day, or you can mix mung bean flour and rice vinegar into a paste and apply it to the affected area once a day.

(2) Luffa: Luffa has the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, detoxifying and reducing swelling. It is very effective for mumps, especially mumps in children. You can wash it and mix it with a small amount of salt and vinegar to eat as a cold dish twice a week. You can also burn the loofah and grind it into powder, mix it with egg white and apply it to the affected area once a day.

(3) Adzuki beans: Adzuki beans have the functions of clearing away heat, detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain, especially the effect of reducing swelling is very strong. Adzuki beans are more effective when applied externally. Grind them into fine powder, add warm water, egg white or honey, make a paste, and apply to the swollen area. Once a day.

4. Avoid spicy and irritating foods. Avoid eating oily or fried foods.

(1) Chili pepper: Chili pepper is very irritating to the oral cavity and can aggravate the redness and swelling of the parotid gland and make saliva secretion difficult, further aggravating the condition. Similar foods include curry, fennel, mustard, allspice, cinnamon, ginger, etc., which should be eaten less.

(2) Peanuts are hard objects. Chewing them will cause pain to the patient's parotid glands and cervical lymph nodes, which is not conducive to recovery. Also, eat less apples, pineapples, and various uncooked meats.

(3) Vinegar: Vinegar increases saliva secretion and thus increases the burden on the parotid gland. You should also eat less sour plum soup and sweet and sour stir-fried dishes, but rice vinegar can be applied externally to the affected area.