What to do if a child has a persistent cough

Coughing is the most common symptom of illness in children, indicating that the child suffers from respiratory diseases, which have a great impact on physical health. Long-term coughing can easily cause brain development problems in children, and the coughing process will become longer and longer, and symptoms of long-term cough will appear. Therefore, correct measures need to be taken to deal with it. Let’s take a look at what to do if a child has a long-term cough?

If it is a cough caused by phlegm and heat, the baby will cough and spit out yellow phlegm, and will also have symptoms such as red lips and yellow urine. At this time, you can consider using the winter melon seeds and brown sugar water diet therapy. Specific operation method: Wash and peel an appropriate amount of winter melon seeds, cut them into cubes, then add a little brown sugar, mash them together and take them with boiling water. Take orally twice a day. If you take it for several days in a row, the cough effect will be significantly improved.

If it is a phlegm-damp cough, the baby will spit out more phlegm when coughing, and the cough will be more severe in the morning and evening. At the same time, there will be symptoms such as excessive drooling and loss of appetite. At this time, parents can prepare orange peel porridge for their children. This porridge is very simple to cook. Use 30 grams of fresh orange peel, wash it and cut it into shreds, then add 100 grams of rice, finally mix it with water and cook it into porridge and then feed it to your baby. Eat it a few more times and your cough will stop.

If it is a Yin deficiency cough, the baby will spit out less sputum, and most of the time it is a dry cough, accompanied by a series of symptoms such as dry mouth, hot hands and feet, etc. At this time, babies really need their mothers to prepare better dietary therapy for them, such as Tremella fuciformis porridge. You need to prepare 25 grams of Tremella fuciformis, 100 grams of polished rice, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar. When the Tremella is cooked in water until it is 60% cooked, add the glutinous rice and continue to cook it into porridge. Add rock sugar and dissolve it before serving. Then serve it to the child.

If it is a wind-heat cough, turbid nasal mucus will flow out, the sputum will be yellow and thicker, and the baby's tongue coating will be yellow or red. If this type of cough occurs, you need to give your baby some radish and rock sugar juice. Just take 100-200 ml of white radish juice, add appropriate amount of rock sugar, and stew it over water. Give your baby the medicine all at once before he goes to bed. After taking it for three to five days, his condition will gradually improve.