What medicine should children take for viral colds?

Many parents are very worried about their babies catching a cold or fever. When facing a baby's cold, mothers often cannot judge what medicine to give their children. For children's viral colds, in fact, in addition to wind-cold colds, for some common colds such as wind-heat colds and influenza, you can use symptomatic medication according to the baby's symptoms. So, next, the editor will talk about it in detail.

What medicine to take for cold

For the drug treatment of colds in children, you can choose Jingfang Baidu Powder, Tongxuan Lifei Pills, Mahuang Zhisou Pills, Xiaoer Sizhen Jiu and Shensu Lifei Jiu, Baoying Dan, Children's Cold Tea, Xiao Chaihu, Qingxuan Zhike Granules, etc. When giving medicine to children, you need to follow the doctor's orders or the drug instructions to determine the dosage and frequency of administration. While taking the medicine, you can use ginger and scallion decoction as a medicine to enhance the effect of the medicine.

In addition to the above-mentioned medicines, to treat children's colds, you can also give them scallion soup (3-4 segments of scallion + 2-3 slices of ginger boiled), and add some children's honey for flavoring. You can also fry the minced ginger and wrap it around the soles of your child's feet before bed to relieve your child's nasal congestion symptoms. In addition, you can also give your child Jianer Qingjie Solution (stop drinking if diarrhea occurs) or take Tairuining Taurine Granules.

Note: For children with colds caused by wind and cold, avoid using Sangju Cold Tablets, Yinqiao Jiedu Tablets, Lingqiao Jiedu Tablets, Compound Cold Tablets, etc., so as to avoid taking the wrong medicine.

Wind-heat cold or influenza: Children's Jindan Tablets (traditional Chinese medicine), Wang's Baochi Pills, Hiya Qiying Pills, Children's Cold Detoxification Granules, Children's Cold Granules, Children's Quick-acting Cold Granules, Isatis Root, Cook's;

Mild cold (sneezing and clear runny nose): Xiaoer Baotaikang, Xiaoer Jindan tablets;

Severe or viral cold: Hongtai brand children's cold granules (Chinese patent medicine), Shuanghuanglian oral liquid, Aichang drops;

Cold with cough: Qilinsan.

Diet therapy for colds

Ginger, jujube and brown sugar water: Suitable for ages: 6-12 months

Ingredients: 1 small piece of ginger, 3 red dates, a little brown sugar

Preparation method:

Peel the ginger and cut it into thin strips. Wash the red dates, remove the core and tear them into several pieces. Put shredded ginger and red dates in an appropriate amount of water, boil for 10 minutes, then add brown sugar and boil again.

Take out the shredded ginger and dates, get the soup, let it cool to a temperature close to body temperature, and then feed it to the baby as drinking water. Ginger is spicy, so if you are worried that your baby cannot adapt to it, you can use less. Sugar will increase the burden on your baby's digestive system, so a moderate amount is enough. If you have concerns, you can leave it out.

Ginger, jujube and brown sugar water has the effect of replenishing qi and dispersing cold, and is suitable for treating colds caused by wind and cold.

Chinese cabbage root and scallion water: Suitable for children aged 4-12 months

Ingredients: 1 piece of green onion, 1 piece of Chinese cabbage root

Preparation method:

Slice the Chinese cabbage roots and green onions, and boil them in clean water.

Remove the scallion and cabbage root residue, let the soup cool to a temperature close to body temperature, and then feed it to the baby as drinking water.

Chinese cabbage roots can clear away heat, detoxify, and relieve coughs, while green onions can induce sweating and promote yang. Chinese cabbage and scallion water is very effective in assisting the treatment of colds.

Once a child catches a cold, it is best to choose a safe medicine specially provided for children which can completely relieve the various symptoms such as fever, cough, headache, runny nose, etc. caused by children's cold. So what medicine is good for children’s colds?

Due to the large temperature difference between morning and evening, sudden changes from warm to cold, and the poor air quality, colds are increasing seasonally. The characteristics of colds this spring are different from those in previous years. The infection rate has increased significantly not only among infants and young children, but also among older school-age children.

What should we do if children catch colds in spring?

The doctor said: There are many treatments for colds. Medication treatment is adopted by consumers because it is the most convenient and economical. Different colds require different symptomatic medicines. The common cold is prone to be complicated by bacterial respiratory tract infection, and the treatment is mainly symptomatic treatment and secondary infection treatment.

Antipyretic and analgesic ingredients such as acetaminophen fight headaches and fever; relieving mucosal symptoms such as nasal congestion and runny nose is the job of decongestants and antihistamines; and there are cough suppressants to deal with persistent coughs.

For example, for the common cold, you can use Baijiahei and Nimesulide capsules to relieve fever and pain; you can use Xinli syrup and Chuanbei loquat syrup to suppress cough. For influenza, in addition to using some comprehensive anti-influenza drugs for symptomatic treatment, you can also choose ribavirin lozenges, anti-toxic oral liquid, isatis root granules, etc. for antiviral treatment.

How can parents prevent their children from catching colds in spring?

Spring is a season when epidemics are more frequent. Try to avoid taking children to public places as much as possible. Children should keep warm, breathe fresh air, and maintain ventilation. If your child has a fever, cold or cough, you should see a doctor immediately without delay. If someone is found to be suffering from pneumonia, chickenpox or other diseases in a kindergarten or school, they should be isolated to avoid cross-infection. Families who have the conditions can take their children to get pneumococcal and varicella vaccines.

The editor reminds everyone that once children catch a cold, it is best to choose safe medicines specially provided for children that can completely relieve the fever, cough, headache, runny nose and other symptoms caused by children's colds. For example, the small white syrup specially developed for children is a good choice. Never blindly give children cold medicine according to adult medication standards.