What should I do if my baby has hives?

Babies' skin is inherently more fragile than that of adults, and their skin is in a continuous process of improvement, so the chance of developing skin diseases is much higher at this time. Among them, urticaria is a common skin disease in babies. Adults will feel extremely itchy when suffering from urticaria, let alone children. Therefore, parents must understand some solutions for children suffering from urticaria.

Effective treatment for urticaria in children

Urticaria in children can be divided into acute and chronic. Acute urticaria is relatively easy to treat, while the treatment time of chronic urticaria needs to be extended. When a child develops urticaria, the cause should be found out first, contact with allergens should be avoided, and the medications and foods that cause allergies should be discontinued. If the child is severely itchy, calamine lotion or other medicines can be applied externally to prevent the child from scratching the skin. Other methods can also be used to distract the child's attention so that he or she does not always pay attention to the itchy skin.

Prescription 1

Ingredients: 20 grams of Angelica sinensis, 30 grams of Astragalus membranaceus, 10 grams of Artemisia argyi, 10 dates, 15 grams of Cyperus rotundus, 20 grams of Schizonepeta tenuifolia, 10 grams of Ephedra sinica, 5 grams of Asarum, 20 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis, 20 grams of Tangerine peel, 25 grams of Seabuckthorn fruit, and 25 grams of Codonopsis pilosula.

Usage: This is the adult dose, reduce the dose for children. Take 3 times a day, each dose is about 200 ml.

Function: Nourishing blood, dispelling wind and relieving itching.

Indications: urticaria, papular urticaria, pruritus.

Prescription 2

Ingredients: Ephedra, Forsythia, Schizonepeta, Bombyx Batryticatus, Morus alba bark, Adzuki bean, and raw licorice.

Usage: All medicines are given in regular doses. Children usually use 1/3-1/2 of the adult dose. Ephedra is used raw and added last during decoction. Soak the whole medicine in water for 30 minutes and then boil for 30 minutes. Decoction each dose twice and mix the two decoctions. Take 1 dose daily, once in the morning and once in the evening.

Indications: papular urticaria.

Add or subtract: If the itching is severe due to wind excess and there are many wheals, add wind-removing drugs such as Saposhnikovia divaricata, Uncaria rhynchophylla, and Chantuo; if the dampness excess causes many and large blisters, add Coix seed and Plantago seed to enhance the effect of removing dampness; if the heat excess causes red rashes, add Gardenia jasminoides and Scutellaria baicalensis to enhance the ability to clear heat; if the patient usually has blood deficiency, pale face and pale tongue, and weak and moist pulse, add Angelica sinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, White Peony Root, and Salvia miltiorrhiza to make up for the deficiency; if the skin is scratched and secondary infection occurs, resulting in pus and erosion, then this prescription should remove Ephedra sinica and Bombyx batryticatus, and add Taraxacum mongolicum, Coix seed, Patrinia salviae miltiorrhiza, etc., focusing on clearing heat and detoxifying.

Prescription 3

Ingredients: 10-20 grams of Rhizoma Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae, 6-10 grams of Prunus Mume, 6-10 grams of Pheretima Saposhnikoviae, 6-10 grams of Cicada Shell, 3-6 grams of Cortex Moutan, and 3-10 grams of Licorice.

Function: Soothe wind and clear heat, cool blood and promote blood circulation, detoxify and dredge meridians, relieve rash and relieve itching.

Indications: Allergic skin diseases of the wind-heat type, with skin lesions such as papules, erythema or wheals, accompanied by mild fever, thirst, itching, etc., thin yellow tongue coating, and floating pulse.

Add or subtract: For those with blood deficiency, add Angelica sinensis; for those with qi deficiency, add Codonopsis pilosula and Astragalus membranaceus; for those with exterior symptoms, add Schizonepeta tenuifolia.

Non-proven prescription: 6 grams of Schizonepeta, 6 grams of Saposhnikovia, 9 grams of Sesame, 9 grams of Clematidis, 9 grams of Polygonum multiflorum, 12 grams of Phellodendron chinense, decocted in water before taking.