Which cough medicine is the best for babies?

Babies are prone to coughing. In fact, coughing is a protective respiratory reflex. As long as the human body inhales irritating gases or the respiratory tract is stimulated, it will cause coughing. There are many types of coughs, such as wind-heat coughs, wind-cold coughs, and internal injury coughs. Different types of coughs require different medicines. So which cough medicine is more effective for babies?

First, which cough medicine is more effective for babies? Children with wind-heat cough:

The cough is uncomfortable, the sputum is yellow and sticky and difficult to cough up, there is thirst and sore throat, runny nose, accompanied by fever, headache, aversion to wind, slight sweating, thin yellow tongue coating, red tongue, and floating and rapid pulse. The treatment is suitable for dispelling wind and clearing the lungs, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Chuanbei and fresh pear tea: 6 grams of Chuanbei (core removed), 1 fresh pear, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Efficacy: Nourishes yin and moistens the lungs, resolves phlegm and relieves cough. It is suitable for cough due to lung heat, with yellow, thick and sticky phlegm that is difficult to cough up. It is also suitable for lung yin deficiency, persistent dry cough, etc. Usage: Wash the fresh pear, cut it into slices, boil it in water together with Fritillaria and rock sugar, and drink it as tea at any time. Mulberry, apricot and rock sugar drink: 5 grams of mulberry leaves (Yupin), 3 grams of almonds, and 5 grams of rock sugar. Effect: Disperse wind-heat, promote lung function and regulate Qi. It is suitable for children with exogenous wind-heat, cough, yellow sputum or white and sticky sputum, and nasal congestion. Usage: Put mulberry leaves and almonds into a pot, add 1 bowl of water, boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until half a bowl of water remains. Remove the residue and keep the juice, then add rock sugar. Take with warm water, 1 dose per day. Rock sugar almond pear: 1 duck pear, 3-5 sweet almonds, 5 grams of rock sugar. Efficacy: Clears heat and relieves cough. It is used for children with exogenous wind-heat, cough, thick and uncomfortable phlegm, dry mouth, and general heat. Usage: Wash the duck pear, cut a horizontal cut 2 cm from the stem, save the cut part for lid, and dig out the pear core; peel and crush the sweet almonds, put them into the pear belly together with rock sugar, cover the pear with the lid, put it in a bowl with the mouth facing up, and steam it. Take 1 dose every night, warm and take for 3 consecutive days. If the effect is seen, take it for another 2 days.

At the beginning, the patient has frequent coughing, itchy throat and heavy sound, thin white sputum, nasal congestion and runny nose, chills without sweating, fever and headache, or body aches, thin white tongue coating, and a floating and tight pulse. The treatment is suitable for dispelling cold, clearing lungs, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Fried eggs with mugwort charcoal: 5 grams of mugwort charcoal, 1 fresh egg, and appropriate amount of sesame oil. Efficacy: Dispel cold and relieve cough. Suitable for children with colds, coughs, sputum, nasal congestion and runny nose. Usage: Place 5 grams of dried moxa leaves in a clean bowl, burn it into charcoal, beat in 1 egg and stir well. Add appropriate amount of sesame oil to the wok, put it on the fire and heat it until it is 100% hot, then pour in the mugwort charcoal eggs and fry until the eggs are cooked. Dosage: Take once every night, eat while hot. Take it for several days.