What should children eat when they have a cough and phlegm? The key is to treat the disease according to its symptoms

There are two types of diseases that cause children to cough: one is wind-cold cough, and the other is wind-heat cough. When faced with these two causes of disease, a unified treatment method cannot be used. The key is to treat the disease according to its specific conditions. If you have a cough caused by a cold, you can drink ginger + brown sugar + garlic water, roasted oranges, etc.; if you have a cough caused by a cold, you can drink pears + rock sugar + Fritillaria water, etc.

1. What is the reason for the baby's cough and phlegm?

When a baby coughs and has phlegm, it is usually an exogenous cough. Exogenous coughs are divided into wind-cold coughs and wind-heat coughs. Coughing is a defensive response against germs. Coughing can help expel germs, mucus and other irritants from the airways. Although coughing is a normal physiological mechanism to clear the respiratory tract, long-term coughing is not good for your health.

Parents can observe their child's tongue coating. If the tongue coating is white, it is a wind-cold cough, which means the child has a severe cold. The sputum from the cough is thinner, whiter, and stickier, and there is also nasal congestion and runny nose. If the child's tongue coating is yellow or red, it is a wind-heat cough, which means that the child has a lot of internal heat. The sputum is yellow and thick, and is not easy to cough up, and there is a sore throat.

Parents must first understand that coughing is a self-protection reflex of the human body. Foreign objects in the respiratory tract, including sputum, will irritate the trachea and cause people to cough. Therefore, coughing is a self-protection way for the human body to eliminate foreign objects. Although it has its upside, severe and prolonged coughing can lead to respiratory bleeding. Parents must pay more attention to this. With proper care, the baby can stay away from coughing and recover his health.

When the baby coughs and has phlegm, parents should not give the baby cough medicine casually. They should observe the situation first and then treat it accordingly. If the condition is not serious, you can choose daily care or diet therapy. If the condition becomes serious, you should see a doctor immediately.

2. Cold and cough

1. Ginger + brown sugar + garlic

If your baby has a cough, add 2-3 cloves of garlic to the ginger and brown sugar water and cook them together over low heat for 10 minutes to remove the spiciness of the garlic. This will make it easier for your baby to accept it.

2. Roasted oranges

Roast the oranges directly over low heat, turning them constantly, until the peels turn black and steam comes out of the oranges. Wait for the orange to cool down a little, peel the orange peel, and let your baby eat the warm orange segments. Oranges are warm in nature and have the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough. After eating roasted oranges, the amount of sputum will be significantly reduced, and the antitussive effect is very obvious.

3. Wind-heat cold and cough

1. Pear + rock sugar + Sichuan Fritillary

Cut the pear in half horizontally along the stem, dig out the core and add 2-3 crystal sugars and 5-6 Fritillaria cirrhosa (the Fritillaria cirrhosa should be crushed into powder). Put the pear in half and put them in a bowl. Steam it for about 30 minutes and feed it to your baby in two portions. This recipe has the effects of moistening the lungs, relieving cough and resolving phlegm.

2. Boil radish water

Wash the white radish, cut it into 4-5 thin slices, put it in a small pot, add half a bowl of water, bring it to a boil, then simmer for 5 minutes on low heat. Wait until the water cools down a little before giving it to your baby. This recipe is effective in treating wind-heat cough, dry nose and throat, and dry cough with little sputum. It is more effective for babies under 2 years old.