What should I do if my child has a cold and a stuffy nose? These are the quick solutions!

Colds are often accompanied by nasal congestion. Because children have weaker resistance, this symptom is more likely to occur in children. Therefore, all parents must know some methods to treat children's colds. In addition to taking medication under the doctor's advice, the following methods are simple and very effective.

1. Nasal congestion caused by secretion blockage

Usually, a newborn's nasal congestion is caused by blockage of secretions, and the mother can use a small cotton swab to clean it. Prepare a special cotton swab for the baby, then drip some cold boiled water into the baby's nasal cavity. After the secretions soften, use the cotton swab to gently clean it. When the mucus sticks to the cotton swab, pull it out. Be careful not to insert the cotton swab directly into the baby's nasal cavity. In addition, it can also induce sneezing in babies.

2. Ginger warms your feet

Cut the ginger into small pieces and dry it in a microwave oven. After it cools down, wrap it in gauze and place it on the soles of the baby's feet. Then put socks on the baby and let the baby sleep until dawn.

3. Soak your feet in ginger and garlic

Boil the ginger and garlic slices in boiling water, then add some salt and vinegar to the water. When the water cools to a suitable temperature, you can soak your baby's feet until the baby's feet are hot and red. After soaking, put clean socks on your baby and keep him warm for sleep.

4. Hot Hands Massage

Use warm hands to gently massage both sides of your baby's nose, from top to bottom, from the bridge of the nose to the nose wings. You can press both sides of the nose wings for a while, because massaging the acupoints here can effectively treat nasal congestion.

5. Hot towel on nose

Use a warm towel to gently press the area between the baby's eyes, and replace the towel when it becomes cold. This can effectively relieve the baby's nasal congestion.

6. Massage

Side massage

If the baby has a stuffy nose on the left side, he should lie on the right side. If the baby has a stuffy nose on the right side, he should lie on the left side. Parents can pinch the baby's nose with two fingers and massage the Yingxiang points on both sides for 1-2 minutes. The stuffy nose can be relieved. Method of locating the Yingxiang point: The point is generally located in a sitting or supine position. The Yingxiang point is located on the face, in the wrinkle about 1 cm away from the wing of the nose (next to the midpoint of the outer edge of the wing of the nose, in the nasolabial groove).

Nose massage

You can use the side of your thumbs to make cross-up and down massage on the sides of your nose, gently press out the mucus produced by the massage, use a small cotton swab dipped in sesame oil (sesame oil) to wipe the nasal cavity, then gently press out the mucus produced at this time, and finally use another small cotton swab dipped in honey to wipe the nasal cavity. This method is very effective.

Conjugation

This method is suitable for babies. When a baby has a stuffy nose, he or she often cries non-stop. At this time, you can hold the baby upright and he or she will soon fall asleep peacefully.

If your baby has severe nasal congestion, you can also use the following massage methods to help relieve the baby's nasal congestion.

(1) Parents should hold the baby in their arms or put the baby in a prone position. Use your palms to dip a little ginger juice and rub the baby's back and waist vigorously along the bladder meridian on both sides of the baby's spine until the baby becomes red and hot. Pay attention to the intensity and do not use too much force.

(2) Parents should use the thumbs of both hands to massage the Fengmen and Feishu points on the back for 1 minute respectively.

(3) The baby should lie in supine position, and the parents should use the thumbs of both hands to push the sides of the nose 20 to 30 times each, then push the Yintang and Zanzhu points, and then wipe the forehead to the left and right. After wiping to the temples, use the thumbs to press and rub. Repeat this several times until your skin turns slightly red.

(4) Parents should press and rub the Quchi and Hegu points with their thumbs for 1 to 3 minutes each.