Children's fever and cough medication

There are many common diseases in children. When treating children's diseases, you cannot blindly choose the treatment method. This will not help improve the child's physical illness. In addition, some wrong treatment methods will make the child's disease more serious. It is very common for children to have fever and cough. In such a situation, medicine is the best choice. What are the medicines for treating children's fever and cough?

Children's fever and cough medication:

Antipyretic Chinese Medicine

(1) Ephedra, gypsum, honeysuckle, scutellaria, forsythia, and isatis root all have antipyretic effects to varying degrees.

① Ephedra volatile oil has an antipyretic effect on experimental fever animals.

② The use of gypsum alone has a cooling effect, which is believed to be related to its calcium ions.

③ Honeysuckle has a significant antipyretic effect on the experimental animal fever model.

④The antipyretic effect of Scutellaria baicalensis is stronger than that of aspirin.

⑤Forsythia suspensa can significantly reduce fever in experimental animals.

⑥Isatis root can significantly reduce fever in experimental animals.

Antitussive Chinese Medicine

(2) Bitter almonds and Houttuynia cordata exert antitussive effects in different ways.

① Bitter almonds have a significant antitussive effect because they produce hydrocyanic acid, which inhibits the respiratory center, quiets respiratory movements and exerts an antitussive effect.

② Houttuynia cordata can inhibit allergic contraction, and antagonize the contraction caused by histamine and acetylcholine, thereby exerting an antitussive effect.

Expectorant Chinese medicine

(3) Ephedra and licorice have an expectorant effect.

① Ephedra volatile oil has a certain expectorant effect, which can promote the secretion of phenol red in the trachea, play a role in expectoration and expectoration. At the same time, it can also increase the peristalsis of bronchial cilia and promote expectoration;

② Licorice can promote the secretion of pharyngeal and bronchial mucosa, making thick sputum dilute and easier to cough up;

Chinese patent medicine for reducing fever, relieving cough and removing phlegm

You must be cautious when choosing Chinese patent medicine for children's fever and cough. In terms of drug treatment, you can choose pediatric lung heat cough and asthma oral liquid containing Chinese medicinal ingredients such as ephedra, almond, gypsum, scutellaria, licorice, etc. It can reduce fever, relieve cough and eliminate phlegm, and treat children's colds, fever, and cough.

After understanding the drug treatments for children's fever and cough, when choosing these drugs for treatment, you must pay attention to the child's physical condition. If these drugs are not suitable for children, they should not be chosen for children to avoid further damage to the child's body. Parents should also know this.