Baby coughs is very common disease. Coughing is a protective reflex action of the human body to clear secretions or foreign objects in the respiratory tract. Although it has its advantages, the cough reflex of infants and young children is not fully developed, so the respiratory secretions of infants cannot be cleared in time, resulting in phlegm in the throat.
It is understood that coughs are divided into two types: exogenous and endogenous. Exogenous coughs are further divided into wind-cold and wind-heat. The medications for different types of coughs are completely different.
Baby Coughs Symptoms
1. Cold and cough
Frequent coughing, white sputum, cold body without sweating, fever, headache, stuffy nose, sneezing and runny nose, itchy throat, body aches, and clear and long urine.
2. Wind-heat
The baby has fever, phlegm in the throat, runny nose, slightly yellow phlegm, yellow and red urine, dry stool, red and purple fingerprints, and the symptoms are worse during the day and less severe at night.
3. Due to internal injury
Long-term, recurring chronic cough. Weak cough, weakness, sweating, cold limbs. Or cough caused by cold and fever. After the symptoms of cold and fever disappear, babies with recurring it have poor appetite and no appetite due to the use of more anti-inflammatory and cough medicines.
If your baby has the above symptoms, parents must not worry, you can cure your baby’s cough through diet therapy!
Brown sugar + garlic + ginger
Method: Add 2 to 3 cloves of garlic to the ginger and brown sugar water and cook over low heat for 10 minutes.
Efficacy: Drinking warm ginger and brown sugar water can have a good therapeutic effect.
Boil radish water (wind-heat)
practice:
① Wash the white radish, cut it into 4-5 thin slices, and put it into a small pot.
②Add half a bowl of water, bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.
Efficacy: It is effective in treating wind-heat cough, dry nose and throat, dry cough with little sputum. It is more effective for babies under 2 years old.
Pear + rock sugar + Fritillaria cirrhosa (wind-heat)
practice:
① Cut the pear horizontally near the stem, remove the core and add 2 to 3 crystal sugars and 5 to 6 Fritillaria cirrhosa (crush them into powder).
②Put the pears in half and put them in a bowl, then steam them for about 30 minutes.
Efficacy: It has the effects of moistening the lungs, relieving cough and resolving phlegm.
Red dates+ ginkgo (caused by internal injury)
practice:
Take 3 red dates and 3 ginkgo nuts (do not put too much) and put them in 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 going to bed.
Efficacy: Red dates replenish qi and strengthen the spleen and stomach; ginkgo nuts relieve cough and asthma, and have the effect of strengthening the kidneys, so it is very effective for children with long-term cough, recurrent colds, and fevers. It can also treat enuresis .
How to prevent your baby from coughing
1. Let your baby drink more water
Water can improve blood circulation and help expel toxins from the body. When coughing, it is easier to have a dry throat, and drinking more water can improve this situation. Babies are often reluctant to drink water, so as parents, we must always remind them to drink more water.
2. Pay attention to indoor hygiene and ventilation
The environment where the baby lives must pay attention to hygiene, otherwise bacteria will take advantage of the opportunity and cause other diseases. The baby’s resistance is already poor, and when he is sick, he is even more vulnerable.
When you are indoors, you should often open the windows to allow air to circulate, which can also help to improve your cough.
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