What can children eat to get rid of phlegm in their throats?

I believe that many parents have encountered the problem of phlegm in their children's throats. Sometimes they hear their children's breathing is particularly heavy, and their coughs are particularly hoarse. Whenever this happens, parents will inevitably worry, how can they eliminate their children's phlegm? In fact, phlegm in children's throats can be divided into cold phlegm and hot phlegm. Different causes of formation can be solved through different dietary therapy methods. Let's see what to eat to relieve the child's phlegm.

Cold phlegm: Eat more yam, or boil coix seeds and drink water

According to traditional Chinese medicine, the spleen is responsible for transporting and transforming water and moisture. If a child has a weak spleen, moisture will accumulate and produce phlegm. If the phlegm is white and thin, it is "cold phlegm". If you are cold, you should heat it up. At this time, it is necessary to take measures to warm the lungs, strengthen the spleen, and resolve phlegm. I won’t talk about taking medicine, that’s the doctor’s job. What should parents do? It’s simple, just let your children eat more yam. You can eat it by steaming, cooking it into porridge, or cooking it in a dish. Just find a way to get your kids to eat.

Moms and dads should pay attention, yam is good for children, it enters the spleen, lung and kidney meridians, and it is a "neutral tonic" (neutral tonic means that the effect of the tonic is relatively mild, and children generally will not get angry after eating it). Nourishing the spleen can strengthen the spleen, eliminate dampness and remove phlegm; nourishing the lungs can strengthen lung qi and prevent respiratory diseases; nourishing the kidneys can improve children's immunity.

You can also boil coix seeds in water for your children to drink. Coix seeds have a very good effect in removing dampness. Boiling them in water can remove dampness, resolve phlegm and treat diseases. Parents, get your hands dirty! Whether your child eats or not depends on how diligent the mother is!

Hot phlegm: boil white radish and Sichuan Fritillaria in water and drink

Since there is "cold phlegm", there must be "hot phlegm". Some children's phlegm is smelly and yellow, so it is necessary to clear away heat and resolve phlegm. Use three or five slices of white radish and three or five Fritillaria cirrhosa, boil some water and give it to your child to drink. White radish can help eliminate food stagnation, promote ventilation and clear away heat. Although Chuanbei is a bit expensive, it is also a good thing for children. It can moisten the lungs, reduce phlegm, relieve cough and relieve asthma.

The second is improper diet.

There are also many children who, although they do not suffer from bronchitis, pneumonia or are in the recovery period, usually overeat and have no restraint when they see delicious food. This will cause food accumulation and affect the functioning of the spleen and stomach. According to traditional Chinese medicine, improper diet can damage the spleen and stomach, leading to dysfunction of transportation and transformation, and the generation of dampness and phlegm.

In this regard, parents are provided with a dietary therapy recipe - boil raw hawthorn in water and drink it. Hawthorn is very easy to find in the market now, but many parents may have questions. Isn’t hawthorn only used to eliminate food accumulation? In fact, in addition to "strengthening the spleen and appetite, eliminating food accumulation and digesting food", hawthorn can also "promote blood circulation and resolve phlegm". So, while hawthorn is now everywhere in the market, buy some and boil it for your children to drink!