Do you always hear the child's cough coming from the next room when you sleep in the middle of the night? I think mothers are more reluctant and anxious than waking up …

Dr Chen Mengyu explained that children always cough in the middle of the night, and the common causes are runny nose and allergic tracheitis. When a child has a runny nose, it will cause throat and tracheal mucosa. Lying in bed at night, most of the runny nose will flow inward from the nasal cavity, which is easy to cause respiratory cough and chronic night cough. In addition, if you cough often at night, it may also be one of the characteristics of allergic bronchitis. The trachea of allergic children is particularly sensitive to the changes of the surrounding environment, especially when sleeping at night, the temperature drops and the humidity changes, which is prone to cough symptoms.

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From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, cough can be divided into three categories, namely, hot cough, cold cough and dry cough. Many people think that a child's cough in the middle of the night is a cold cough, but it is not necessarily, mainly according to the child's symptoms.

First, hot cough: it is a serious cough, and the expectoration can be yellow-green and sticky.

Second, cold and cough: it is easy to itch when the throat blows to the wind, and it is easy to appear in people who are allergic or have a cold. The expectoration is transparent and thin.

Third, dry cough: the throat is easy to itch, and it has been coughing and coughing.

In the treatment of cough, children with allergic constitution will not only take the right medicine and acupuncture to improve symptoms, but also adjust the digestive function of the spleen and stomach, so that the spleen and stomach can work normally, remove phlegm and dampness in the body and relieve allergic symptoms.

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Doctors also remind mothers that if their children are prone to cough at night, they should pay attention to less contact with cold drinks, eat less sweets and biscuits that are prone to phlegm and avoid contact with allergens. In addition, remember to drink plenty of warm water to help stabilize the respiratory mucosa. If you want to help your child relieve cough symptoms, you can also help your child press the following two acupoints at home.

1. Zhongshan point: two * * * horizontal lines, the middle point, belong to Ren meridian, just above the sternum. It can relieve asthma and cough and relax the mind.

2. Legue point: located on the bone side near the thumb of the wrist, at 1.5 inch on the wrist transverse striation, belonging to the lung meridian, which can improve symptoms such as cough, asthma and sore throat.

Parents should also pay special attention to the pressing technique. When pressing, it can be from light to heavy, making children feel sore and numb.