Two-year-old baby with cough and runny nose diet therapy
In addition to medication and active care, the baby can also eat some dietotherapy, such as scallion porridge, honeysuckle porridge, brown sugar ginger soup, white radish soup and so on. These diets have a good effect on colds, coughs and runny noses.
1, chopped green onion porridge
Method: Wash a handful of glutinous rice, 3? Wash 4 shallots (about 3 cm each) and set aside. Put half the water in the pot, put the glutinous rice in the pot and cook it on low heat until the glutinous rice blooms. Add the onion and continue to cook until the onion is almost dissolved.
Efficacy: If the baby drinks it, it can immediately stop the runny nose. In severe cases, it can greatly reduce the speed of runny nose and reduce the yellow runny nose to clear white. Scallion has the function of dispelling wind-cold, which is suitable for the early stage of wind-cold cold cold, that is, when there are symptoms such as runny nose, cold, sore throat and slight fever. This method is better if 3 slices of ginger are added to strengthen the function of dispelling cold.
Note: less glutinous rice and more water. Because it usually takes more than 40 minutes to get the maximum effect. Every time it is cooked and drunk, it will lose its effect if it is stored for too long. In addition, onion porridge should be eaten while it is hot, which is conducive to sweating and cold. However, this method should not be used when the child has jaundice, fever and sore throat.
2, honeysuckle porridge
Practice: 9 grams of honeysuckle, 9 grams of lobster sauce, decoction to remove residue, and 60 grams of japonica rice to cook porridge.
Efficacy: honeysuckle is cold, can clear away heat and toxic materials, disperse wind and heat, and also has inhibitory effect on influenza virus; Light fermented soybean is cool, and honeysuckle is often used to treat wind-heat cold. It is very suitable for patients with wind-heat cold and influenza patients with fever, headache and sore throat as the main symptoms.
3, brown sugar ginger soup
Practice: Boil10g ginger slices with water and add15g brown sugar for hot service.
Efficacy: Ginger tastes pungent and warm, and can dispel wind and cold. If you accidentally catch a cold in winter, drinking a bowl of brown sugar and ginger soup and sweating slightly will really have the effect of dispelling cold evil. But it is only suitable for mild colds.
4. white radish soup
Practice: Slice 250 grams of white radish and take it while it is hot after decocting in water.
Efficacy: White radish has a good auxiliary treatment effect on respiratory diseases such as cough and expectoration. White radish soup has no direct therapeutic effect on colds, but it can relieve nasal congestion, cough and other discomfort caused by colds.
Preventive measures for infant cough and runny nose
1, the biggest impact of baby's runny nose is nasal congestion, poor breathing and even affect breastfeeding and sleep, which will make the baby very uncomfortable and he will be emotional, which is a normal reaction. Parents should know that home care is mainly to relieve the baby's nasal congestion symptoms and make the baby more comfortable.
(1) Parents can spray some water on their baby's nose. Dilute the dry nose with a few drops of normal saline and let the child blow it out.
(2) Give the baby a hot bath. Take the baby to the bathroom, turn on the hot water or shower, close the door, and let the baby stay in the house full of steam 15 minutes. The baby's nasal congestion will be greatly improved. Don't forget to put the baby in dry clothes immediately after taking a shower.
(3) Lift the baby's head. When the baby sleeps, give him a pillow and let him raise his head so that his nose will flow smoothly; Children with small contrast can put pillows under the mattress, which will be more comfortable.
2, cough caused by the common cold, generally do not need special treatment, give your baby some warm water, ginger juice or onion water. Use cold medicine as little as possible, avoid using adult antipyretics, do not feed cough medicine such as cough syrup and cough tablets, and do not abuse antibiotics.
What should the baby do with cough and runny nose?
1, drink more
Drinks can dilute mucus and make phlegm easier to cough up. Besides, drinks can moisten a dry and itchy throat. Drink ice water, hot fruit juice and decaffeinated honey tea.
2, dessert cough
Honey can relieve cough and improve children's sleep, even better than some cough candy. Black honey works better because it contains more antioxidants. 1? Five-year-olds eat half a teaspoon, 6? 1 1 year-old can eat a teaspoon, 1 year-old should not eat.
3, air humidification
Conditional families can buy a humidifier, which can increase the humidity of the baby's room, make the baby's room moist and refreshing, and help the baby breathe more smoothly, especially at night. At the same time, clean the humidifier with white vinegar and water every day to avoid the accumulation of dust and germs. Also avoid the baby's dependence on the humidifier.
Step 4 drop physiological saline
Parents can spray a little water on the baby's nose, dilute the dry nose with a few drops of physiological saline, or flush the dirty things out of the nose or let the child blow them out.
5, nostrils stuffed with garlic
When the baby has a cold and stuffy nose, the garlic 1 flap can be cut into the same shape as the nostril with a knife, and it can be cured by stuffing it into the nostril several times in a row.
Step 6 smell peppermint oil
The main function of peppermint oil is to reduce fever, relieve nausea and vomiting, improve digestion and relieve respiratory pain. Smell your nose with peppermint oil, drop a few drops of peppermint oil in a big bowl of hot water and inhale the steam it emits, which can immediately make your nostrils unobstructed.
7. soak your feet in hot water
If nasal congestion seriously affects sleep, you can soak your feet with hot water to promote the disappearance of nasal congestion. It can not only relieve nasal congestion, but also regulate the excitement and inhibition of cerebral cortex, thus promoting sleep.
8. Massage acupoints
Side massage to treat nasal congestion: Lie down with the left nasal congestion facing the right side and the right nasal congestion facing the left side, hold the nose with the forefinger and middle finger, and massage Xiang Ying point 1-2 minutes on both sides of the bridge of the nose to eliminate the nasal congestion.
9, food therapy
Chop a handful of onions or three or four onion heads, boil soup, and suck hot air with your nose while it is hot. You can also cook vinegar and suck vinegar gas through your nose, which has a good effect.