What food is good for children with cough?

If a child has a cough, the first thing to do is to distinguish whether it is a heat cough or a cold cough, because the causes of the two are different, so the treatment is also different. For wind-cold cough, you can use methods to dispel the cold and relieve the cough, while for wind-heat cough, you can eat foods that clear away heat and detoxify.

1. Wind-cold cough: characterized by cough, itchy throat, clear sputum, nasal congestion and clear nasal discharge, etc. The treatment should be to clear the lungs, dispel cold and relieve cough.

1. Perilla porridge: 10 grams of perilla leaves, 50 grams of japonica rice, 3 slices of ginger, and 3 dates. First cook porridge with japonica rice. When the porridge is almost cooked, add perilla leaves, ginger and jujube, and drink it while it is hot.

2. Scallion porridge: 50 grams of rice, 5 slices of ginger, 5 pieces of scallion with roots, 5 ml of rice vinegar, add appropriate amount of water to cook porridge, drink while hot.

3. Almond and radish decoction: 10 grams of almonds (sweet), 3 slices of ginger, 100 grams of white radish, decocted in water, 1 dose per day.

4. Walnut and ginger drink: Mash 5 walnuts and take with appropriate amount of ginger juice.

5. Home-made Chinese patent medicine: Tongxuan Lifei Pills. Tangerine peel pills, Tangerine peel cough solution, etc.

2. Wind-heat cough: characterized by cough, yellow and sticky sputum, turbid nasal discharge, red throat and dry mouth, etc. The treatment is suitable for dispelling wind and heat, resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

1. Two-juice drink: equal parts of fresh lotus root juice and pear juice, taken raw.

2. Radish and rock sugar juice: Take 100-200 ml of white radish juice, add appropriate amount of rock sugar and stew it in water. Drink it once before going to bed, and use it for 3-5 times in a row.

3. Scallion and pear juice: 7 scallions with roots, 1 pear, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Boil in water and drink.

4. Luffa flower honey drink: Clean 10 grams of luffa flowers, put them into a porcelain cup, brew with boiling water, cover and simmer for 10 minutes, then add appropriate amount of honey and drink it while hot.

5. Olive and radish drink: 400 grams of olives, 500-1000 grams of radish, decoct them and drink as tea.