Coughs that require immediate medical attention

1. The child suddenly coughs severely and has difficulty breathing. There may be a foreign body blocking the trachea. Things that are easy to swallow include peanuts, pencil covers, pills, buttons, coins, etc. This situation is very dangerous and you should go to the hospital in time.

2. If you have high fever, cough, stridor and difficulty breathing, you need to be sent to the hospital for emergency treatment immediately.

3. Babies are prone to bronchiolitis, a type of pneumonia. The child's complexion is not good, often turns purple, or the breathing speeds up, the shoulders are raised when breathing, and the lower part of the chest wall is sunken when inhaling, they should be sent to the hospital for treatment in time.

2. Parents can observe the cough first and do not rush to the hospital

1. Although there is cough and fever, but the patient is in good spirits, most of them are colds or tonsillitis.

2. Coughing after cold, fever and cough.

3. Cough and phlegm, but no fever and in good spirits.

4. Cough that only occurs in the early morning.

5. Slight cough when nervous or after exercise.

Parents with the above five types of coughs do not need to worry too much. They can relieve symptoms and treat coughs through dietary therapy.

Because coughs are divided into exogenous coughs and internal injury coughs, and exogenous coughs are divided into wind-cold coughs and wind-heat coughs. Different types of coughs have completely different medications, and the dietary treatments are also different. Here we teach parents a simple way to distinguish, which is to observe the child's tongue coating. If the tongue coating is white, it means a cough due to wind-cold, which means the child is severely cold, and the phlegm produced by the cough is thin, white and sticky, as well as a stuffy nose and runny nose. At this time, you should eat some warm, phlegm-resolving and cough-relieving foods. If the child's tongue coating is yellow or red, it means that the child has a wind-heat cough, which means that the child has a large internal heat, and the phlegm produced by the cough is yellow, thick, difficult to cough up, and there is a sore throat. At this time, you should eat some food that clears the lungs, resolves phlegm and relieves cough. . Coughs caused by internal injuries are mostly long-lasting and recurring coughs. At this time, parents should pay attention to giving their children some foods that can regulate the spleen and stomach, nourish the kidneys, and nourish lung qi. The specific methods are as follows:

Cold cough

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, you can drink warm ginger and brown sugar water. Add 2 to 3 cloves of garlic to the water and cook together. Cook over low heat for 10 minutes to remove the spiciness of the garlic so that the child is willing to drink it.

2. Steam garlic water

Take 2 to 3 cloves of garlic, smash it, put it in a bowl, add half a bowl of water, add a grain of rock sugar, cover the bowl and put it Put it into a pot to steam. After it boils over high heat, steam over low heat for 15 minutes. When the garlic water in the bowl is warm, feed it to the child. You don’t have to eat the garlic. Usually 2 to 3 times a day, half a bowl at a time. Garlic is warm in nature and enters the spleen, stomach and lung meridian. It is very effective in treating cold cough and kidney deficiency cough. It is also convenient and simple, and children are willing to drink it.

3. Grill the oranges

Put the oranges directly on a low fire and flip them constantly until the orange peel turns black and steam comes out of the orange. After the oranges have cooled down a bit, peel off the peel and let the children eat the warm orange segments. If it is a large orange, the child can eat 2 to 3 pieces at a time. If it is a small orange, the child can eat one at a time. It is best to take it with garlic water, 2 to 3 times a day. Oranges are warm in nature and have the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough. After eating roasted oranges, the amount of phlegm will be significantly reduced, the antitussive effect is very obvious, and the children are willing to eat them.

4. Scrambled eggs with sesame oil and minced ginger

Put a small spoonful of sesame oil into the wok. When the oil is hot, add the minced ginger. Pass it through the oil for a while, then add 1 egg. Fry the eggs well. When a child has a cold cough or a cough due to physical weakness, let the child eat it while it is hot once before going to bed every night. If you insist on eating it for a few days, you will get obvious results.

5. Pear + Sichuan peppercorns + rock sugar

Wash one pear, cut it crosswise and remove the core, add 20 Sichuan peppercorns and 2 rock sugar, and then pair the pear Put it together into a bowl and steam it for about half an hour. One pear can be eaten in two times. Steamed Sichuan peppercorns and rock sugar pears are very effective in treating cold coughs, but some children don’t like the taste of Sichuan peppercorns, so parents can make their own choice.

The above are dietary prescriptions for treating wind-cold cough. While using these methods to treat diseases, parents should also pay attention to the following foods that are cold in nature and not allowed to be eaten by their children: mung beans, crabs, clams, snails, and snails. , persimmon, grapefruit, banana, kiwi, sugar cane, watermelon, melon, bitter melon, water chestnut, arrowhead, kelp, seaweed, raw radish, eggplant, artemisia, lotus root, winter melon, loofah, sweet potato, etc.

Baby’s wind-heat cough can be treated with food

1. Pears + rock sugar + Sichuan clams

Cut the pear transversely by the handle, scoop out the middle core and put it aside Add 2 to 3 grains of rock sugar, 5 to 6 pieces of Sichuan clams (the Sichuan clams should be crushed into powder), put the pears 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. Because today's babies are generally greedy for cold, they turn on the air conditioner when they are hot, and eat cold fruits all year round, so the number of babies suffering from wind-heat cough is significantly reduced.

2. Boil radish water

Wash the white radish, cut into 4 to 5 thin slices, put it in a small pot, add half a bowl of water, put it on the fire and boil it, then use it again Cook over low heat for 5 minutes.

Wait for the water to cool down slightly before giving it to the baby. This prescription is effective in treating wind-heat cough, dry nose and throat, dry cough with less phlegm, and the effect is better for babies under 2 years old.

3. You can also give your baby the following foods:

①Persimmon: It is cold in nature and can clear away heat, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. But the baby can only eat one at a time. If you eat too much, your stomach will feel uncomfortable.

② Watermelon: Cold in nature, it can cure all fevers. If your baby suffers from wind-heat cough in summer, you can give him more watermelon.

③Loquat: cool in nature, can moisten the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. It is suitable for babies with hot cough and yellow purulent phlegm.

④Water chestnut: cold in nature, water chestnut water can resolve phlegm and clear away heat. Peel 2 to 3 water chestnuts, cut them into thin slices, put them in a pot, add a bowl of water, and cook on the fire for 5 minutes. This prescription is effective for those with febrile cough and vomiting purulent phlegm.

When your baby suffers from wind-heat cough, you can also give him simmered winter melon soup, fried loofah, fried lotus root slices, and fried bitter melon, which can also eliminate internal heat, dispel fire, and relieve cough. Spicy and easily irritating foods are prohibited, such as mutton, dog meat, black-bone chicken, fish, shrimp, dates, longan meat, lychees, walnuts, peppers, cherries, and silkworm chrysalis.

Internal injury cough

Internal injury cough refers to a long-term, recurring chronic cough. Or a cough caused by a cold or fever. Although the symptoms of the cold and fever have disappeared, the cough never gets better.

Babies who cough repeatedly have poor appetite, no appetite, and almost white tongue coating because they use more anti-inflammatory drugs and cough suppressants. Therefore, parents must first regulate their baby's spleen and stomach and improve their physical fitness. The specific dietary therapies are as follows:

1. The dietary therapies for wind-cold cough are suitable for babies with cough due to internal injuries.

2. Yam porridge

Peel the yam, cut it into small pieces and put it into a food grinder. Add half a bowl of water to process the yam into a thin paste. Then pour it into the pot, put it on the fire, stir constantly, and bring it to a boil. It is best for babies to eat it on an empty stomach. A bowl of prepared yam porridge can be fed to the baby in 2 to 3 times. Yams strengthen the spleen and stomach, nourish lung qi, and replenish kidney essence. This recipe is most suitable for infants and young children. It not only relieves coughs and cures asthma, but also has a good therapeutic effect on children's anorexia, excessive sweating, drooling, qi deficiency, and timidity. It should be noted that yam should not be boiled for too long, otherwise the amylase contained in it will decompose and lose its nourishing effect.

3. Red dates + ginkgo

This recipe is suitable for babies over 2 years old. Put 3 red dates and 3 ginkgo nuts into a small pot, add half a bowl of water, and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes. Give it to your baby every night before bed. Red dates are warm in nature, replenishing qi, and strengthening the spleen and stomach; ginkgo is calm in nature and astringes lung qi, calms cough and asthma, and has the effect of strengthening the kidneys, so it is very effective for some children with persistent coughs, repeated colds, coughs, and fevers. , and it can also treat enuresis. It should be noted that the amount of red dates and ginkgo must be controlled well, and is limited to 3 pieces. Too much may cause the baby to get angry and have qi stagnation.

4. Walnuts + sesame + red dates + honey

Half a catty of walnut kernels, 2 taels of black sesame seeds, and half a catty of red dates. Crush them and put them into a large bowl and mix well. Then add 1 rice spoon of honey and 3 rice spoons of water (because it is difficult to stir the honey evenly, you can heat the honey and water over the fire first). Cover the large bowl and put it into the large pot to steam. After it boils over high heat, steam over low heat for 40 minutes. Give your baby one spoonful every morning and evening. This recipe is most suitable for children. It can not only cure chronic cough, bronchitis, and asthma in children, but also has a very good effect on constipation in children. If this recipe is consumed for a long time, it can enhance the baby's physical fitness.

Massage for coughing in children

1. Pat on the back

Infants and young children do not spit, and they will only swallow the phlegm even if it has been coughed up. Stomach. When the baby coughs, parents should pick up the baby and gently pat the baby's back with their free hands, up, down, left and right. If the baby coughs as soon as a certain part is patted, it means that the baby's sputum accumulates there, and the patting should be focused. Most of the time, phlegm accumulates in the area under the shoulder blades, that is, at the bottom of the lungs. As long as there is phlegm stimulation, the baby will cough. Once the phlegm is discharged, the cough can be temporarily relieved. Therefore, patting on the back can widen the chest, regulate Qi, and promote the discharge of phlegm. It is best to pat your baby on the back when they just wake up or before going to sleep.

2. For babies with wind-heat cough, sore throat and tonsil inflammation, foot massage can be used.

First rub the soles of the baby's feet up and down, 30 times on each foot. Then massage each toe up and down 20 to 40 times. Focus on massaging the areas on both sides of the base of the big toe on the top of the foot. This area will be very painful as long as the tonsils are inflamed. Massage each foot for 5 minutes. After massage, the symptoms of baby's sore throat will be significantly reduced. After the massage, the baby should be given plenty of warm water, or lightly salted water. If you insist on massaging your baby twice a day, coupled with dietary therapy, your baby's illness will heal quickly.

The dietary remedies introduced above can also be consumed by adults, but the amount of food is slightly larger.

Pay attention to "nurture" when coughing in children

As the saying goes, "three-point cure, seven-tenths of nourishment", if you want to cure a cough in children, you must pay attention to "nurture".

Keep the indoor air fresh. Dirty air will cause adverse irritation to the respiratory mucosa. It can cause congestion, edema, abnormal secretion, or aggravate coughing. In severe cases, it can cause wheezing symptoms.

Therefore, it is necessary to keep the indoor air fresh, exhaust fumes from the kitchen, and parents should not indulge in smoke at home. Windows should be opened regularly for ventilation.

Many parents believe that children must be more afraid of the cold than adults by adding or removing clothes in a timely manner. They often cover their children too thickly and wrap them too tightly regardless of the season, indoors or outdoors to prevent them from getting cold. A little coldness will result in poor body regulation and low resistance.

Adjust room temperature. Children who cough are often accompanied by fever, and room temperature that is too high is not conducive to the body's heat dissipation. Slightly cooler and fresh air can shrink the respiratory mucosa, reduce congestion and swelling, and keep the airway open. However, if the temperature is too low, too much of the digested and absorbed nutrients will be used for oxidation to generate energy to maintain body temperature, weakening disease resistance and affecting growth and development. The suitable temperature is 25-28℃, which is called neutral temperature. It is difficult to maintain this temperature under normal conditions, but the room temperature can be kept from being too high or too low. Opening and closing doors and windows appropriately to avoid crowding indoors, and using fans, heaters or air conditioners are all simple and easy measures.

Maintain appropriate humidity in the room. If the environment is too dry, the air humidity will decrease, the mucous membrane will become dry and brittle, small blood vessels may rupture and bleed, ciliary movement is restricted, and phlegm is difficult to spit out. When there is inflammation in the respiratory organs, the impact is more obvious. Maintaining a certain humidity indoors is not difficult. When the climate is dry, you can mop the floor with a wet mop or sprinkle some water on the ground.

Pay attention to diet regulation. As the saying goes, "Fish makes fire, meat makes phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you safe." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that fish, crab, shrimp, fatty meat and other fishy and greasy foods may help dampness and phlegm production, and some may even cause allergic reactions and aggravate the condition. Spicy products such as chili, pepper, and ginger can irritate the respiratory tract and aggravate coughs, so be careful to avoid them. Fresh vegetables such as vegetables, carrots, tomatoes, etc. can provide a variety of vitamins and inorganic salts, which are beneficial to the recovery of the body's metabolic function.

Ensure adequate sleep. During sleep, the muscles of the whole body relax, the response to external stimuli is reduced, and activities such as heartbeat, breathing, and excretion are reduced, which is conducive to the recovery of various organ functions and the recovery of diseases.

We should try to let the child rest in bed more often to ensure that the child gets enough sleep to facilitate the body's recovery