What should I do if my child keeps having a dry cough?

If a child keeps coughing, many parents don't know how to deal with it. If a child keeps coughing, the child's lungs will definitely be affected and damaged in the long run. If the child's abnormal phenomenon is not dealt with in time, it is easy for the child's cough to become more and more serious. Especially if the child has pneumonia, it is easy to have a fever if it is not dealt with in time. So what should the child do if he keeps coughing?

Baby coughs Hello, if your baby coughs and the tongue coating is white, it is a cold cough, which means the child has a severe cold. The sputum from the cough is thinner, white and sticky, and there is nasal congestion and runny nose. At this time, you should eat some warm, expectorant and cough-relieving foods. 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 phlegm in the cough is yellow, thick, and difficult to cough up, and there is a sore throat. At this time, the child should eat some food that clears the lungs, resolves phlegm and relieves cough. Internal injury coughs are mostly long-term coughs and recurrent coughs. At this time, parents should pay attention to giving their children some foods that regulate the spleen and stomach, nourish the kidneys, and replenish the lung qi. The specific methods are as follows:

Cold cough

1. Ginger + brown sugar + garlic. When a child catches a cold, drinking warm ginger and brown sugar water can play a good therapeutic role. If the child also has a cough, add 2 to 3 cloves of garlic to the ginger and brown sugar water and cook together. Cook over low heat for 10 minutes to cook off the spiciness of the garlic so that the child will be willing to drink it.

2. Steamed garlic water: Take 2 to 3 cloves of garlic, smash them, put them in a bowl, add half a bowl of water, put in a piece of rock sugar, cover the bowl and put it in the pot to steam. After boiling over high heat, switch to low heat and steam for 15 minutes. When the garlic water in the bowl is warm, feed it to your child. The garlic does not need to be eaten. Generally 2 to 3 times a day, half a bowl each time. Garlic is warm in nature and enters the spleen, stomach and lung meridians. It is very effective in treating cold coughs and kidney deficiency coughs. It is also convenient and simple, and children are willing to drink it. 3. Roast the oranges directly over low heat, turning them over constantly until the peel turns black and hot air comes out of the oranges. Wait for the orange to cool down a bit, peel the peel and let your child eat the warm orange segments. If it is a big orange, the child can eat 2 to 3 slices at a time. If it is a small tribute orange, the child can eat one at a time. It is best to take it with garlic water, 2 to 3 times a day. Oranges are warm in nature and have the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

If you see your child coughing non-stop, you cannot rush to give him random treatment. This treatment method is definitely not suitable for children. Instead, you must know how to properly moisten the child's lungs when treating the child's cough. Let the child eat some rock sugar and snow pears, which can moisten the lungs and reduce phlegm. If there is phlegm, you can choose this method to remove it. If the child keeps coughing, remember to pat the child on the back and let the child drink more water.