What can children eat to get better quickly when they have a cough?

Because the baby's body has not yet fully developed, his resistance is very low and he can catch a cold easily. Coughing is the most common symptom of a cold, but mothers feel distressed when their babies keep coughing, so they all want to cure the cold as soon as possible and stop the coughing. So what should children eat to get better quickly from a cold and cough?

1. Causes of cough in children

1. Children's cough caused by upper respiratory tract infection

If a child's upper respiratory tract is infected, the child's nasal mucosa will become inflamed. During breathing, the child will unconsciously inhale dry air, making the nasal cavity more uncomfortable and even aggravating the cough. Therefore, when the child is at home, the mother can appropriately use a humidifier, hang a wet towel, mop the floor with water, or place a basin of clean water in the room to increase the humidity of the air appropriately and reduce the irritation of the dry air to the child's nasal mucosa. If your child's cough and nasal congestion symptoms persist for a week and do not improve, you should take your child to see a doctor as soon as possible.

2. Children's cough caused by bronchitis

Children suffering from bronchitis mainly occur under 3 years old, which is also an acute upper respiratory tract infection. Children's cough caused by bronchitis mainly occurs in children around 1 year old and is common in spring and winter. Bronchitis initially irritates the upper respiratory tract, causing a dry cough in children, followed by the production of bronchial secretions, which worsens the cough. If a child's cough does not heal for a long time, he should go to the hospital for treatment and take pediatric cough suppressants prescribed by the doctor. The child should not eat food that is too sweet or too salty, otherwise it will aggravate the night cough.

3. Children's cough caused by pharyngitis

Discomfort in the pharyngeal mucosa often stimulates children to cough, which is quite severe. They will cough as soon as their throat feels itchy. In this case, parents cannot solve the problem by themselves at home. They should seek medical attention in time and ask the doctor to make a clear diagnosis and provide symptomatic treatment.

4. Allergic cough

Be careful not to let your children catch colds, and go to the hospital to consult a doctor. For babies with a family history of asthma or other allergic diseases, special attention should be paid to coughing, and they should seek medical treatment as soon as possible, get a clear diagnosis, and actively treat it to prevent it from developing into asthma.

2. Diet therapy

1. Garlic water

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, garlic is spicy, sweet and warm in nature. It can warm the middle and strengthen the stomach, help digestion and regulate qi, detoxify and kill insects. It also has the effects of protecting cardiovascular system, protecting liver function, preventing colds, and having strong bactericidal effects. Therefore, drinking some garlic water in moderation can help children recover from cough.

2. Pear

When I was a child, whenever I had a cold or cough, my family would boil a pear and add sugar to it. Pears are very effective for coughs caused by dryness and heat, colds, measles, and tracheitis.

3. Loquat

In Compendium of Materia Medica, loquat is described as "quenching thirst, relieving gas, benefiting the lungs, and stopping vomiting, thirst and phlegm." It can be seen that loquat has a very good effect in relieving and treating children's cough.

4. Radish

Radish has the effects of clearing heat and promoting body fluid, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, promoting urination, and detoxifying. Radish water, radish ginger juice, radish soup, candied radish, etc. are all good for coughs.

5. Roasted oranges

Oranges are sweet and sour, and warm in nature. For children, they have the effects of stimulating appetite, regulating qi, quenching thirst and moistening the lungs. When children have a cold and cough, you can roast oranges and let them eat them.

3. Cough Syrup

1. Snake gall and Fritillaria cirrhosa liquid is a common medicine for treating cough in babies, and it is more effective when combined with stewed pears. Snake Gallbladder and Fritillaria Liquid has the effects of dispelling wind and relieving cough, removing phlegm and dispersing nodules. It is mainly used to treat wind-heat cough, cough with phlegm and other symptoms. It should not be used for cough caused by wind-cold, coughing up white and thin sputum, or cough that is worse at night and better during the day.

2. Compound loquat paste has the effects of clearing the lungs, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for symptoms such as wind-heat cough, dry throat and uncomfortable cough.

3. Fresh bamboo juice has a cold nature and can clear away heat and moisten the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. It is suitable for those with dry cough and yellow phlegm with blood. It should not be taken for cough caused by wind and cold.

4. Pediatric phlegm-resolving and cough-relieving granules can be used to treat cough and sputum caused by bronchitis in children.