What to do if your baby has an itchy throat and coughs

We all know that the baby's body is relatively fragile, especially in some extreme weather. In the cold winter season, if the baby is not well kept warm, he will catch a cold, which will easily cause coughing. Many parents do not have much experience in taking care of babies. The following editor will explain to you what to do if the baby has an itchy throat and cough.

1. Wind-heat cough in children: uncomfortable cough, yellow and sticky phlegm that is not easy to cough up, thirst and sore throat, runny nose, accompanied by fever and headache, aversion to wind, slight sweating, thin yellow tongue coating, red tongue, and floating and rapid pulse. The treatment is suitable for dispelling wind and clearing the lungs, resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

1) Fritillaria and fresh pear tea: 6 grams of Fritillaria (core removed), 1 fresh pear, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Efficacy: Nourishes yin and moistens the lungs, resolves phlegm and relieves cough. It is suitable for cough due to lung heat, with yellow, thick and sticky phlegm that is difficult to cough up. It is also suitable for lung yin deficiency, persistent dry cough, etc.

Usage: Wash the fresh pear, cut it into slices, boil it in water together with Fritillaria and rock sugar, and drink it as tea at any time.

2) Mulberry, apricot and rock sugar drink: 5 grams of mulberry leaves (Yupin), 3 grams of almonds, and 5 grams of rock sugar.

Effect: Disperse wind-heat, promote lung function and regulate Qi. It is suitable for children with exogenous wind-heat, cough, yellow sputum or white and sticky sputum, and nasal congestion.

Usage: Put mulberry leaves and almonds into a pot, add 1 bowl of water, boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until half a bowl of water remains. Remove the residue and keep the juice, then add rock sugar. Take with warm water, 1 dose per day.

3) Rock sugar almond pear: 1 duck pear, 3-5 sweet almonds, 5 grams of rock sugar.

Efficacy: Clears heat and relieves cough. It is used for children with exogenous wind-heat, cough, thick and uncomfortable phlegm, dry mouth, and general heat.

Usage: Wash the duck pear, cut a horizontal cut 2 cm from the stem, save the cut part for lid, and dig out the pear core; peel and crush the sweet almonds, put them into the pear belly together with rock sugar, cover the pear with the lid, put it in a bowl with the mouth facing up, and steam it. Take 1 dose every night, warm and take for 3 consecutive days. If the effect is seen, take it for another 2 days.

4) Reed root and wax gourd seeds soup: 50 grams each of fresh reed root and wax gourd seeds, appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Efficacy: Clears heat, resolves phlegm, and relieves cough. Used for children with cough, thick sputum that is difficult to cough up, dry mouth and preference for cold water.

Usage: Wash the fresh reed root, cut it into small pieces, remove the outer mucus of winter melon seeds, put them into the pot together with the reed root, add 2 bowls of water, boil it and then simmer it on low heat until 1 bowl of water remains, remove the residue and add rock sugar. Take 1 dose daily, divided into 3-4 times. Take it for several days.

5) White radish and rock sugar drink: 1 white radish, 12 grams of rock sugar. Cut the white radish into slices, add water and rock sugar, bring to a boil, then simmer for 5 minutes on low heat. Effect: Clears heat and resolves phlegm.

6) Loquat Leaf Porridge: 12 grams of loquat leaves, 50 grams of polished rice. Wrap the loquat leaves with gauze, add water and boil, remove the residue and keep the juice, add polished rice and cook into porridge for consumption. Effect: Antitussive and expectorant.

7) Remove the core of a duck pear, add 9 grams of almonds and 15 grams of rock sugar, decoct in water and drink. It is suitable for wind-heat cough.

The above is the specific treatment method for baby's itchy throat and cough. As a healthy and beneficial fruit, snow pear can play a good role, but it is a cold fruit, so it is recommended that you feed it to your baby after cooking. You can give your baby more hot water at ordinary times, which can also play a certain lubricating role in the intestines.