What are the precautions for taking children's heat-clearing and cough-relieving syrup?

What parents worry about most is that their children get sick. If a child has a slight cold, he or she will have symptoms such as runny nose and cough. If not treated in time, pneumonia and other hazards will occur. Coughing becomes an important basis for parents to diagnose diseases. At this time, some parents give their children a lot of cough suppressants and anti-inflammatory drugs, worried that the drugs will stimulate their children's health. More parents use Chinese patent medicines, such as heat-clearing and cough-relieving syrup. So what are the precautions for taking children's heat-clearing and cough-relieving syrup?

The main ingredients of children's heat-clearing and cough-relieving syrup are ephedra, bitter almonds (fried), gypsum, licorice, scutellaria baicalensis, isatis root, and northern bean root. Auxiliary ingredients: sucrose, honey, sodium benzoate. This product is a brown-yellow viscous liquid with a small amount of precipitation after long-term storage; it tastes sweet and slightly bitter. Functions and indications: clearing away heat, promoting lung function, relieving asthma and relieving sore throat. It is used for children with exogenous evil and internal toxins, fever, chills, cough with yellow sputum, shortness of breath, wheezing, dry mouth, hoarseness, and sore throat. oral. 3-5 ml once for children aged one to two years old, 5-10 ml once for children aged three to five years old, 10-15 ml once for children aged six to fourteen years old, 4 times a day.

【Notes】

1. Avoid spicy, cold, and greasy foods.

2. It is not advisable to take tonic Chinese medicine at the same time while taking this medicine.

3. Infants should take the medicine under the guidance of a physician.

4. Use with caution in children with hypertension or heart disease. Children with diabetes and those with spleen deficiency and prone to diarrhea should take the drug under the guidance of a physician.

5. Patients with fever exceeding 38.5℃ should go to the hospital for treatment.

6. If cough and asthma worsen, go to the hospital for treatment immediately.

7. If symptoms are not relieved after taking the medicine for 3 days, you should go to the hospital for treatment.

8. People who are allergic to this product are forbidden to use it, and those with allergic constitution should use it with caution.

9. It is forbidden to use this product when its properties change.

10. Children must use this product under adult supervision.

11. Please keep this product out of reach of children.

12. If you are using other medicines, please consult your physician or pharmacist before using this product.

There are many precautions when taking pediatric heat-clearing and cough-relieving syrup. Parents should pay attention to observe whether their children are suitable for taking this medicine when giving the medicine to their children. The medication should be taken according to the doctor's instructions. Do not buy medicine at will in the pharmacy, especially cough medicine, because this disease is divided into many types according to the development of the disease, dry cough or phlegm cough, lung heat, etc. The medication is different. The patient's disease should be diagnosed first and then treated reasonably to prevent the wrong medicine from being used for ineffective treatment.