What medicine should children take for mumps?

Mumps can be a local epidemic in densely populated areas. Although the disease is less contagious than measles and chickenpox, it is also very easy to get sick in late winter and early spring. Moreover, the disease can occur at any age, and the most common one is children aged five to ten. Very young babies are immune to this disease. So what medicine should children take for mumps?

First, what medicine should children take for mumps? Mumps of the severe heat and toxic type. It usually presents as swelling of the cheeks, which is painful with the slightest touch. Eating, chewing and swallowing are all difficult, the throat is red and swollen, the bowel movements are hard and difficult, the urine is short and yellow, the tongue is red, and the tongue coating is thick and yellow. The treatment prescription for this type of symptoms is: Scutellaria baicalensis 12g, Picrorhizoma Ceratilis 8g, Phellodendron chinense 6g, Taraxacum mongolicum 32g, Puffball 4.5g (wrapped in cloth and decocted), Raw Pollen 3.3g (wrapped in cloth and decocted), Prunella vulgaris 18g, Bupleurum 6g, Scrophularia ningpoensis 12g, Arctium lappa 10g, and Licorice 6g. Add water and boil into 400ml, take warm twice a day. Take 1 dose per day for 3 consecutive days.

Second, the wind-heat exogenous type of mumps. This type of mumps has similar symptoms to a cold, with common symptoms including headache, fever, sneezing, runny nose, swollen and sore cheeks, and uncomfortable pain in the cheeks when eating and chewing. The tongue is red with a thin yellow coating. Treatment should focus on clearing away heat and toxic substances, and dispersing the nodules.

What medicine should children take for mumps? Children with mumps should eat liquid or semi-liquid food. They can also eat food with anti-inflammatory effects, such as mung beans, loofah, etc. Drink more warm water and light salt water every day. The diet should be light, with liquids that can be chewed and swallowed. Such as rice soup, lotus root powder, orange juice, fresh fruit juice, vegetable juice, watermelon juice, pear juice, sugarcane juice, carrot juice, milk, frangipani soup, soy milk, etc. As the condition improves, change to semi-liquid or soft food as soon as possible. But it must be thin, soft, and easy to chew and swallow. You can eat more toona sinensis heads (young buds and leaves), purslane, coriander, mung beans, red beans, loofah, etc. You can squeeze them into juice and drink them, or apply them externally. Mung beans: Mung beans have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing inflammation and swelling, and are the most ideal food for treating mumps. You can boil mung bean soup and drink it once a day, or you can mix mung bean flour and rice vinegar into a paste and apply it to the affected area once a day. Luffa: Luffa has the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, detoxifying and reducing swelling. It is very effective for mumps, especially mumps in children. You can wash it and mix it with a small amount of salt and vinegar to eat as a cold dish twice a week. You can also burn the loofah and grind it into powder, mix it with egg white and apply it to the affected area once a day. Adzuki bean: Adzuki bean has the function of clearing away heat, detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain, especially it has a strong effect in reducing swelling. Adzuki beans are more effective when applied externally. Grind them into fine powder, add warm water, egg white or honey, make a paste, and apply to the swollen area. Once a day.

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