What should children eat if they have lung heat and cough?

Children will always encounter problems of one kind or another during their growth process. Especially when a child has a lung heat cough, parents will feel very worried, especially when the child coughs violently and even has blood in the sputum. Most parents will take their children to the hospital for treatment in time, but what should children eat when they have a lung heat cough? Let’s take a look together!

The so-called lung heat refers to when there is cold air in the lungs and the body's blood and qi capacity is improved to an appropriate stage and has the ability to excrete the cold air, it will first improve the capacity of the lungs to expel the cold air. The state at this time is lung heat. Sometimes when you sleep until four or five in the morning, you will suddenly feel very hot, and when you wake up there is a lot of sweat on your chest. This is one of the phenomena of lung heat expelling cold air. Symptoms of lung heat include cold, cough, runny nose, yellow phlegm, acne, etc.

Children with lung heat need to see a doctor for diagnosis. I have a slight upper respiratory tract infection, which is caused by excessive lung fire. Eat more pears, cabbage, and radishes. Do not eat spicy food and eat less oily and meaty food. Little boys are in good health and have very strong fire energy. They mainly rely on conditioning and should be fed more vegetables and fruits. Also make sure you get enough sleep, which is good for your brain. The reason why children do not sleep may be that they do not get enough exercise during the day, or it may be that they are dressed too thickly or covered with too thick a quilt. If you have a bad smell in your mouth when you wake up in the morning and your saliva is yellow, it means that you have lung heat. You can make some soup with lily, rehmannia, ophiopogon and angelica to nourish yin and clear the lungs.

The following foods are suitable for people with wind-heat cough or lung-heat cough. Pears are cool in nature, sweet in taste, can clear away heat and resolve phlegm, and are suitable for people with hot coughs. People usually peel the pears, take out the cores, add 1 to 3 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa powder, and stew them in water, twice a day, one pear each time. Or you can choose the method of the late famous doctor Pu Fuzhou, use 3-5 grams of the Chinese medicine ephedra, mash or pound it, then put it into the heart of the pear and steam it for consumption. Luo Han Guo can clear the lungs and relieve cough, and is suitable for people with lung heat cough and wind heat cough. You can use 1 monk fruit and 15 grams of persimmon cake, boil them in water and drink them. Persimmon is cold in nature and can clear away heat, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, so it is suitable for people with hot cough. According to modern pharmacological experiments, persimmons do have expectorant and antitussive effects, and the expectorant effect is stronger than the antitussive effect. Loquat is cool in nature, sweet in taste, and can moisten the lungs, reduce phlegm and relieve cough. "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" says: "Loquat can cure cough and spitting." It is suitable for people with hot cough and spitting yellow purulent sputum. Figs can clear away heat, resolve phlegm, and regulate qi, and are suitable for people with wind-heat type cough, excessive phlegm, and chest tightness.

When a child has a lung heat cough, you must pay more attention to his diet. Do not let the child eat snacks, and especially do not let the child eat spicy and irritating foods. The diet must be light. You can eat some fruits that can relieve cough and clear the lungs. Let the child drink more boiled water and pay more attention to rest. During the illness, parents must take good care of their children.