What should a six-month-old child eat if he has a cough?

In today's social life, colds and fevers are very common symptoms of diseases, and coughs are mostly caused by colds. Especially when children have a cold, children under six months old can hardly speak, so they will cry loudly when they feel unwell, and parents have no idea why they are in this state. It is best to treat children's cough through diet, otherwise it will cause harm to the child. So what should a six-month-old child eat when he has a cough?

1. Garlic

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, if you drink some garlic water in moderation, it will be very effective in curing children's 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. In fact, pears do have the effect of treating coughs. Because pears themselves contain a lot of protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, glucose, fructose, malic acid, carotene and various vitamins. In addition, pear peel, pear blossoms, leaves, and roots can also be used as medicine, with good effects of clearing heat, eliminating phlegm, moistening the lungs, and detoxifying. It has good effects on dryness-heat cough, cold cough, measles cough and tracheitis cough.

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. Of course, the most common way to eat loquat is to remove the skin and eat it directly. But be sure to clean the leather because it is very dirty.

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. The simplest way is to boil a bowl of radish water for the child, which is very effective for cough. Of course, you can also make radish ginger juice, radish soup, candied radish, radish sake decoction, etc. as medicinal food to better treat children's cough.

5. Oranges

Oranges are sweet and sour, and cool in nature. For children, they have the effects of stimulating appetite, regulating qi, quenching thirst and moistening the lungs. When a child has a cough, you can roast the oranges or stir-fry them in a pan. If children eat it, the effect of treating cough will be better.

6. Chinese Cabbage

Chinese cabbage is slightly cold in nature and has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving restlessness, quenching thirst and promoting urination, promoting bowel movements, and clearing lung heat. This home-cooked dish can be used to prevent and treat colds, hot coughs, hoarseness, constipation, etc. It is better for babies with dry coughs to eat more Chinese cabbage.

7. Tomatoes

Tomatoes are cool in nature, slightly cold, and taste sweet and sour. It can clear away heat and quench thirst, nourish yin and cool blood. It enters the liver, stomach and lung meridians. It has the effects of promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, strengthening the stomach and aiding food, clearing away heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and calming the liver, nourishing blood and increasing appetite.

The tomatine contained in it has the effect of inhibiting bacteria. Therefore, it can also have an anti-inflammatory effect for patients with cough.

After reading the above introduction about what a six-month-old child should eat when he has a cough, I think everyone should have some understanding. There are many things that a six-month-old child should eat when he or she has a cough. Parents should correctly understand and master the relevant knowledge in these aspects, and choose the food that is suitable for their children accordingly. We must pay attention to the health and safety of our diet.