Is the Qingrezhike oral liquid effective for children?

Children's Qingrezhike Oral Liquid is a relatively common Chinese patent medicine. Its main functions are to clear away heat and promote lung function, relieve cough and asthma. It also has a good effect on the conditioning of the throat. It is also effective for colds caused by exogenous wind and cold. In addition, its side effects are relatively low. When children have coughs, wheezing with phlegm, and sore throats, they can be treated with pediatric heat-clearing and cough-relieving oral liquid.

Medicinal properties

1. Ephedra in the formula is pungent, sweet and warm, which can warm the lungs, relieve exterior symptoms and relieve asthma; gypsum is pungent, sweet and very cold, which can clear away the heat from the lungs and stomach to produce body fluid. The two medicines complement each other, both can nourish the lungs and clear away heat, and are both the main medicines. Almonds are bitter in taste, and can reduce lung qi and relieve asthma and cough.

2. When paired with ephedra, they have the effects of promoting descending and dispersing; when paired with gypsum, they have the effects of clearing and purging, and they are the assistant medicine. Use the bitter and cold Scutellaria baicalensis to clear the lungs, reduce fire and detoxify, while Isatis root and Northern Soybean root can clear heat, detoxify and relieve sore throat. The whole formula can eliminate cold and heat, reduce swelling and pain, and have the effects of clearing away heat, promoting lung function, relieving asthma, and relieving sore throat.

Characteristics

This product is a brown-yellow liquid; it tastes sweet and slightly bitter.

Dosage

For oral administration, 3-5 ml each time for children aged one to two years old, 5-10 ml each time for children aged three to five years old, 10-15 ml each time for children aged six to fourteen years old, 3 times a day, shake well before use.

Applicable diseases

It is used to treat colds in children caused by exogenous wind-heat, with symptoms including fever, chills, cough with yellow sputum, shortness of breath, dry mouth, hoarseness, and sore throat.

Contraindications

1. Avoid spicy, cold, and greasy foods.

2. It is not advisable to take tonic Chinese medicine at the same time while taking this medicine.

3. Infants should take the medicine under the guidance of a physician.

4. Use with caution in children with hypertension or heart disease. Children with diabetes and those with spleen deficiency and prone to diarrhea should take the drug under the guidance of a physician.

5. Patients with fever exceeding 38.5℃ should go to the hospital for treatment.

Note:

When a child has a cough, if he needs to use pediatric clearing heat and relieving cough oral liquid for treatment, he must use the medicine under the guidance of a doctor to avoid the situation where the medicine is not suitable for the disease. In addition, if the cough and asthma are more serious, he should go to the hospital for examination in time to find out whether the child has an allergic constitution. If so, he should take this medicine with caution.