What to do if your baby has a hoarse voice? TCM treatment and daily care methods

Some parents find that their children have hoarse voices when taking care of them. This may be due to the baby crying for a long time, or it may be a throat disease. Parents should take the baby to the hospital for examination in time to find out the cause, and pay attention to daily maintenance.

1: You can use Musk and Ephedra Decoction (9 parts of Musk and 6 parts of Ephedra, 9 parts of Apricot kernel, 9 parts of Sterculia lychnophora, 6 parts of Platycodon grandiflorum and 6 parts of Licorice). If there is a lot of phlegm, high fever, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and worsening of the condition, the main treatment is to clear away heat, promote lung function, resolve phlegm and relieve sore throat. Use Qinghou Ningfei Decoction (Platophore 9, Peucedanum 9, Morus alba bark 9, Concha scutellariae 9, Anemarrhena asphodeloides 9, Scutellaria baicalensis 6, Gardenia jasminoides 6, Licorice 3).

1: Drink more water on weekdays and avoid drinking alcohol and coffee for a long time. Maintaining a balance of water in the body can adequately moisturize the vocal cords. Especially when speaking for a long time, you should drink more warm water to keep your throat moist.

2: Avoid excessive throat clearing. Due to this behavior, the airflow will violently vibrate the vocal cords, thereby damaging them. If you feel hoarseness is uncomfortable, you can drink small sips of water or swallow.

3: If you have a cold or infection that causes hoarseness, it is recommended that you try not to speak.

4: Maintain appropriate indoor air humidity and temperature, open windows frequently to ventilate and increase air circulation; supplementary food can be fresh fruit juice, vegetable puree, porridge and other soft, easily digestible foods; ensure adequate sleep.

5: Speak at an appropriate volume, avoid shouting, and make good use of the microphone to make up for insufficient volume.

6: Don’t speak too fast, and pause to breathe between words. Don’t make a sentence too long.

More, the patient must first check the cause of the disease before the treatment of the disease. The patient's disease is caused by crying, he can drink more water, reduce the number of crying, and the symptoms will recover.