What to do if your child coughs? Several tips for treating coughs

Because children have relatively weak constitutions, their body resistance and immunity are still relatively weak. It is easy to be invaded by bacteria and viruses, causing problems such as coughing. What should you do if your child has a cough? If it is not serious, parents may not use medication for now and may try the following folk remedies.

1: Honey is very effective in treating baby's cough, especially night cough. Honey has a long history of treating respiratory infections and inflammations. It can effectively kill respiratory bacteria, and honey can help babies sleep more soundly at night. However, babies under one year old cannot eat honey, otherwise it will cause botulism poisoning. Parents of babies under one year old need to pay special attention.

1: Lily tastes bitter, but it can clear the heart and moisten the lungs, calm the mind and relieve coughs. Adding honey can further moisten the lungs and relieve coughs. If your baby has chronic bronchitis and frequent coughs, this soup is suitable, especially in the dry autumn and winter seasons. For babies, coughs in autumn and winter are more uncomfortable and may be accompanied by constipation. Therefore, appropriate use of lily honey in autumn and winter can effectively relieve these symptoms.

1: Remove the core of a snow pear or a duck pear, add 6 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa and some rock sugar. Put the ground Fritillaria cirrhosa into the belly of the snow pear, secure it with a toothpick, put it in a large bowl, add a small amount of water and rock sugar, steam it, and finally eat the snow pear and Fritillaria cirrhosa together. Chuanbei is a common Chinese medicine for expectoration and cough relief. It also has the effect of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs. It is mild in nature and is more suitable for babies.

1: Boil the vinegar, let it cool, and then give the baby a small spoonful each time, several times a day. The therapeutic effect of vinegar is also very obvious. It can reduce inflammation, detoxify and reduce swelling. It is very effective for sore throat, dryness and itching. However, do not eat too much vinegar, otherwise it will hurt the baby's spleen and stomach. Once the baby's cough symptoms are significantly alleviated, you can stop using it. If the baby does have symptoms of a cold, then letting the baby smell the boiled vinegar more often is also very effective.

1: Radish can promote ventilation, clear away heat, cool blood and promote salivation. It is a good dietary ingredient when the baby has a cold. Using radish to resolve phlegm and relieve cough is also an ancient practice. The role of honey has been introduced above, so we can combine several ingredients for treating baby's cough to make a radish honey drink. First, prepare some white radish, ginger, dates, and honey. Boil the water, add radish, ginger and jujube into the water, boil for about 30 minutes, filter out the residue, add honey after it is warm, drink it once or twice a day. It has a good therapeutic effect on wind-cold cough, but if the baby has wind-heat cough, then it is not suitable to drink it.

1: Crush two or three cloves of garlic, add a little rock sugar and half a bowl of water, boil water, and steam the garlic water after the water boils for 15 minutes. Let it cool down and give it to the baby. Garlic is warm in nature and has a good effect on the baby's cold and cough.

1: Although the name of this soup is water chestnut and lily soup, the ingredients are not just as simple as water chestnuts and lilies. You also need to prepare some rock sugar and a snow pear. Peel the water chestnuts, wash and core the pears, and clean the lilies. Add these three ingredients into water and cook until they are well-cooked. Then add an appropriate amount of rock sugar and cook until it becomes thick. When it is warm, you can give it to your baby. We have already introduced the effects of lily before. Water chestnut is also a good ingredient for promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, cooling blood and removing blood stasis. In particular, it is rich in protein and various trace elements. Snow pear can moisturize and relieve cough, so this soup is very effective in nourishing yin, moistening dryness, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. However, it should be noted that babies with weak constitution and loose stools are not suitable to drink this folk remedy for treating baby's cough.

Some folk remedies can help children recover their health as soon as possible and reduce the harm and pain caused by the virus. When it comes to treating children’s cough, diet therapy is a good choice. However, the dietary treatment methods used for coughs caused by different reasons and symptoms are different. It is necessary to identify the cause of the disease and then prescribe the right medicine so that the child can recover health as soon as possible and reduce the pain caused by the illness.