Is garlic effective in treating children's cough?

Garlic plays many roles in our lives. Not only does it play an important role in our daily diet, but it also has a certain role in our lives. It can also play a therapeutic role after a cough. There are also many parents who use garlic to treat their children's coughs. However, the treatment effect varies from person to person. Generally, the effect is very good after symptomatic treatment. So, is garlic effective in treating children's coughs? Let’s take a look.

Garlic is warm in nature, can dispel cold, and also has a certain bactericidal effect. For example, some people are accustomed to eating two cloves of garlic when eating out. Scientific research has also proved that garlic has a certain antibacterial effect. Now there are allicin products extracted from garlic. However, it should be pointed out that the antibacterial effect of garlic is "weak" and is mainly aimed at intestinal infections. Garlic is rarely used to treat respiratory tract infections. In response to netizens’ suggestion of using garlic to treat children’s cough, the doctor said, “When a child coughs, it is important to distinguish what type of cough it is.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, there are two types of coughs: exogenous and endogenous. For short-term cough caused by external factors, if the external factors are wind-cold, garlic is warm and can dispel the cold evil, so it still has a certain effect; but if it is a cough caused by lung heat, garlic will not have the corresponding therapeutic effect and may even have a counterproductive effect. For coughs caused by internal injuries, if the cough is caused by phlegm and dampness, garlic with warm nature can warm the cold and dampness and help to expel phlegm. However, for coughs caused by yin deficiency and internal heat, eating garlic will instead consume yin fluid and may have an adverse effect on the recovery of the disease. If a child's cough does not heal for a long time, it is best for parents to take the child to the hospital to see if he or she has diseases such as tuberculosis, variant asthma, etc. These diseases cannot be cured no matter how garlic is processed. For adults, if a cough persists for a long time, you can’t rely on garlic, but you need to check whether there is a lung tumor, etc.”

The above is about the effect of garlic in treating children's cough. After the child has a cough, we must first find out the cause of the child's cough, and then treat it according to the child's specific situation. Do not blindly treat it on your own. Sometimes it is not only ineffective, but also detrimental to the child's condition. If the child's cough is serious, go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.