What to do if your child has a severe cough

In autumn and winter, the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, which is the peak season for children to catch colds and coughs. Especially when children cough at night, it is more serious. A slightly serious case will affect the child's sleep. In the long run, the child's appetite will also be poor, which will affect the child's normal development. Parents have always been very worried about this issue, so let us understand what to do if a child has a severe cough.

1. Brown sugar, ginger and jujube soup for cold and cough

Boil 30 grams of brown sugar, 15 grams of fresh ginger, 30 grams of red dates and three bowls of water together until half of the water is boiled. Take it while hot, and you will recover after you start sweating slightly. It can dispel wind and cold, treat colds and coughs, stomach cold and stabbing pain, postpartum cold diarrhea, aversion to the Yin, etc.

2. Radish and scallion white can treat cold and cough

1 radish, 6 green onions, 15 grams of ginger, and 3 bowls of water. First boil the radish, then add the scallion and ginger. Cook until there is one bowl of soup left. Drink it all at once, including the residue. It can clear the lungs and relieve exterior symptoms, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. Treats wind-cold cough, foamy sputum, chills, fatigue and body aches, etc.

3. White radish and honey can treat cold and cough

1 large white radish, 30 grams of honey, 5 white peppercorns, and 2 grams of ephedra. Wash the radish, slice it, put it in a bowl, pour in honey, white pepper, ephedra, etc. and steam it for half an hour. Drink it while it is hot. You will recover after lying in bed and sweating. It can induce sweating and dispel cold, relieve cough and reduce phlegm, and treat cough caused by wind and cold.

The above description is the dietary therapy method for treating children's cough. Taking medicine to treat children's cough is one aspect, but if you do not pay attention to your diet in daily life, it will aggravate the symptoms of children's cough. Children should not be given greasy or spicy food during coughing, and they should also be careful not to eat sweets. Giving children more snow pears stewed with rock sugar can effectively achieve the effect of relief and healing.