Five manifestations of cough in children and dietary treatments

Mothers are worried that their babies have low immunity, and a little carelessness can easily cause coughs in children. At this time, parents should pay attention to distinguish what kind of cough your baby has, and prescribe the right medicine accordingly.

Five symptoms of cough in children

Wind-cold cough

Cough, itchy throat, thin phlegm, nasal congestion, loose and clear mucus, etc., and the tongue coating is white , the treatment is suitable for dispersing the lungs, dispersing cold and relieving cough.

Diet therapy: Ginger + Brown Sugar + Garlic If a child suffers from a cold, drinking warm ginger and brown sugar water can have a very good therapeutic effect. If the child also has a cough at the same time , you can add 2 to 3 cloves of garlic to the ginger and brown sugar water and cook together. Cook over low heat for 10 minutes to remove the spiciness of the garlic. Most babies don’t like this strong garlic flavor.

Wind-heat cough

Cough, yellow and sticky phlegm, runny nose, red throat and dry mouth, etc., and the tongue coating is yellow or red. Treatment should be to dispel wind, clear away heat, resolve phlegm and relieve cough.

Diet therapy: pear + rock sugar + Sichuan scallop. Cut the pear across the handle, scoop out the middle core and add 2 to 3 crystal sugar and 5 to 6 Sichuan scallops (the Sichuan scallops should be crushed into pieces) (at the end), put the pears into pairs and put them into a bowl, steam them for about 30 minutes, and give them to the baby in two portions. This prescription has the effects of moistening the lungs, relieving cough, and resolving phlegm.

Qi deficiency cough

Cough that does not heal over time, with weak cough, thin sputum, white face and excessive sweating. Treatment should be to strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, nourish the lungs and relieve cough.

Diet therapy: 250 grams of tofu, 50 grams of brown sugar, 5 slices of ginger, simmer over slow fire for 1 hour, eat every night before going to bed, and take it continuously for 1 week.

Cough with warm phlegm

Cough with excessive phlegm, thin sputum, heavy cough in the morning and evening, often accompanied by loss of appetite and excessive saliva. It should be treated by drying dampness and resolving phlegm.

Diet therapy: Orange peel porridge: 30 grams of fresh orange peel, washed and shredded, 100 grams of rice, add water to cook porridge. Barley and almond porridge: 50 grams of barley, 10 grams of almonds (peeled and tipped). Wash the barley, add water and cook until half-cooked, add almonds, add a little sugar to the porridge.

Cough due to phlegm heat

Coughing, spitting out yellow phlegm, accompanied by symptoms such as thirst, red lips, yellow urine, and dry stools. Treatment should be to clear away heat and resolve phlegm.

Diet therapy: Lily and pig lung soup: 30 grams of lily and 250 grams of pig lung. ***Simmer over slow fire, add a little salt to taste, drink the soup and eat the pig lungs.

Steamed pear (radish) with honey: 1 pear or white radish, hollow out, put 30 grams of honey into the pear or radish, steam and eat, 2 per day.

Children should not eat when they have a cough

Cold food

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "drinking cold food will damage the lungs", which means that once the body is cold, drinking cold food will damage the lungs. Foods that are cold or cool can damage the lungs of the human body, and coughs are mostly caused by lung qi not clearing and lung qi rising and falling due to lung diseases. If the food is still too cold at this time, it is easy to cause lung qi obstruction, the symptoms will be aggravated, and will not heal over time. Whether in children or adults, coughs are often accompanied by phlegm, and the amount of phlegm is related to the spleen. The spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow, and is in charge of the digestion and absorption of food in the human body. If you eat too much cold food, it will damage the spleen and stomach, cause the function of the spleen to decline, accumulate dampness and produce phlegm.

Fat, sweet and flavourful food

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that coughs are mostly caused by lung heat, especially in children. In the daily diet, eating more fatty, sweet and thick foods can produce internal heat, aggravate coughing, and make the phlegm thick and sticky, making it difficult to cough up. For children with asthma, eating too much fat and sweet food can cause phlegm and heat to accumulate, block the respiratory tract, aggravate asthma, and make it difficult to recover from the disease. So you should eat some light food during cough.

Eat less oranges