What should I do if my child coughs and has yellow phlegm?

Children's cough and yellow phlegm are mainly caused by excessive internal heat, which may be a symptom of wind-heat cold. However, it is best not for children to take medication during treatment, because medications have certain side effects. It is better to choose dietary adjustment. Many foods have the effect of relieving cough and reducing phlegm. Here we will introduce some foods that can relieve cough and reduce phlegm.

1. Pear: It is sweet and cold in nature. Eating it raw can clear away heat and detoxify, promote fluid production and moisten dryness, and clear the heart and reduce fire. Whenever there is heat in the heart, or evil heat acts as yin, there is thirst and irritability, or it is in the late stage of fever, it is advisable to use nourishing food therapy, which has the effects of clearing heat and moistening the lungs, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It can treat symptoms such as yin deficiency and lung dryness, cough, dry throat and hoarseness, shortness of breath, and constipation.

2. 30-40 grams of sweet almonds (wrapped in cloth), a pig's stomach, 9-10 grams of ephedra. Put the almonds and ephedra into the pig's stomach, add 1 kg of vinegar, and simmer on low heat until the vinegar is gone. Take out the almonds and ephedra, dry them on a tile, and grind them into powder. Take 3 grams each time, twice a day, and eat the pig's stomach at will. It is used for asthma caused by deficiency and cold.

3. Persimmon: sweet and astringent, cold in nature. Eating it raw can moisten the lungs and eliminate phlegm, and relieve coughs. It can be eaten for all patients with tuberculosis cough that does not heal for a long time, cough with a lot of phlegm, and consumptive disease with a little blood. Red and soft ripe persimmons have the effect of clearing heat from the lungs and stomach, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and can treat symptoms such as dry mouth and chapped lips, and irritability.

4. Pomelo: sweet and sour in taste, cold in nature. Its juice can produce body fluid and quench thirst, harmonize the stomach and eliminate stagnation, and aid digestion. It can stimulate the appetite. The pomelo fruit can be boiled and honey can be added to make a paste, which can regulate qi and eliminate phlegm. It can be eaten to treat chronic bronchitis and chronic pharyngitis.

5. Mango: It is sweet, sour, cool and non-toxic. It has the functions of benefiting the stomach, quenching thirst and promoting diuresis. Mango has good color, fragrance and taste, high nutritional value and is rich in vitamins and sugars.

6. 500 grams of fresh pears, 6 grams of Fritillaria powder, and 30 grams of white sugar. Peel the pear, split it in half, remove the core, fill it with ground Fritillaria and sugar, put it in a bowl and steam it until cooked. Eat in the morning and evening. Clears away heat and resolves phlegm, dissipates stagnation and relieves exterior symptoms.

The above article introduces some foods that can relieve cough and reduce phlegm, clear away heat and detoxify. In addition to these foods, you can also take some Chinese patent medicines appropriately, which can also be used as auxiliary treatment, such as Chuanbei loquat paste, cough syrup, Sanjiu cough granules, etc. There are also some folk remedies, such as steamed oranges with salt, garlic water, boiled corn silk, etc., which all have the effect of relieving cough and reducing phlegm.