What are the folk remedies for children's cold and fever?

Children are the little treasures of every family. It is naturally a very important matter if a baby catches a cold or has a fever. Most people will use Western medicine to treat it, but the chemical components of Western medicine will cause certain damage to the delicate internal organs of the child. It is better to use some small folk remedies. Here are some folk remedies for treating children's colds and fevers. Let's take a look.

Home remedies for treating high fever

1. Hot towel compress method: When you have a cold and a runny nose, you can put a clean towel in a basin of boiling water, take it out and apply it to your head after it cools down a little. It is usually best to apply hot compress for 10 minutes before going to bed at night.

2. Steam inhalation method: Fill a thermos with boiling water, place your nostrils above the thermos, take deep breaths for 10-15 minutes, inhale the steam, once a day.

3. Vinegar fumigation method: Take 200-400 ml of vinegar, place it on the stove, close the doors and windows, and fumigate for half an hour to one hour, which can effectively prevent and treat colds.

4. Ginger tea therapy: Take appropriate amounts of ginger and tea leaves, and make tea or soup to drink. Taking it for 3 consecutive days can relieve cold symptoms and shorten the course of the disease. The effect will be better if brown sugar is added.

5. Hot air blowing on the face: Aim the hair dryer at the temples on both sides, blowing alternately for 3-5 minutes, 3 times a day, which can quickly relieve symptoms such as runny nose, nasal congestion, sneezing, and headache.

6. 30 grams each of white radish, cabbage root and green onion. Decoction in water and drink as tea.

7. 30 grams of Isatis indigotica. Decoction in water and drink as tea.

8. 3 slices of ginger, 3 scallions, and appropriate amount of brown sugar. Decoction in water, sweating.

9. 50 grams of mung beans, 5 scallions, and 5 slices of ginger. Decoction in water, sweating.

10. 6 grams of ginger, 12 grams of green onion, and 9 grams of coriander. Decoction in water, sweating.

11. 9 grams of Guanzhong and 6 grams of licorice. Decoction in water, sweating.

12. 10 grams each of Perilla frutescens and Schizonepeta tenuifolia, and 30 grams of fresh reed root. Decoction in water, sweating.

13. Use appropriate amounts of radish and green onion. Slice the radish and cut the scallion into sections, add water and boil them, then drink it while hot to induce sweating.

14. Treatment with mint porridge: Cold patients have symptoms such as high fever, mild chills, runny nose, dry throat and thirst, which are wind-heat colds and can be treated with mint porridge. The method is: chop 15 grams of fresh mint, add 100 ml of water and mash it, then use gauze to squeeze out the juice. Put 50 grams of polished japonica rice in a pot, add appropriate amount of water to cook porridge. After the porridge is done, add mint juice and appropriate amount of sugar and boil again. Mix well and eat. Take 1 bowl twice a day. Stop when you recover.

15. Treatment of cold secondary to chronic bronchitis: 4.5 grams of pure ephedra, 9 grams of pure apricot kernel, 24 grams of raw gypsum (fried first), 3 grams of roasted licorice, 9 grams each of Codonopsis pilosula, cooked aconite, and roasted perilla seed, 30 grams each of Ginseng lock and Houttuynia cordata, 12 grams of Stephania tetrandra, and 18 grams of Zexie. Decoction in water. This prescription is mainly used to treat colds secondary to chronic bronchitis.

16. Mild colds and physical weakness in the elderly: 2 scallions, 30 grams of brown sugar, 15 grams of ginger. Cut the scallion and ginger into small pieces, put into a pot, add appropriate amount of water and boil for 10 minutes, then add brown sugar, drink it while it is hot and go to bed, cover yourself with a quilt to sweat. Take twice a day until recovery. This prescription is effective for mild colds caused by wind and cold and for the elderly with physical weakness. Generally, the patient will recover after sweating after taking the medicine. A few people may need to take the medicine 3-4 times.

17. Wind-cold cold: 15 grams of mung beans, 3 slices of ginger, 1 scallion, 30 grams of radish slices, and 4 dates. Add appropriate amount of water and cook until the mung beans bloom and are cooked. Take it while hot to induce sweating until the disease is cured. This recipe is suitable for colds caused by wind and cold.

18. Initial treatment for influenza: 12 grams of Pueraria root, 3 grams each of Perilla seed, Apricot kernel, Peony root, and Ligusticum chuanxiong, 2 grams each of dried ginger and licorice. Add water and boil twice, mix the juice evenly, and drink it 3 times a day. This recipe is more effective in the early stages of influenza.

19. 30 grams each of perilla leaves and ginger, 15 grams of brown sugar. Wash and chop the first two, put them into a cup, add 200-300 ml of boiling water, cover and soak for 10-15 minutes, then add brown sugar and mix well, drink while hot. It is mainly used to treat colds, headaches, fever accompanied by nausea, vomiting and asthma, and to treat fish and shrimp poisoning with the above symptoms.

20. 50 grams of mung beans, 15 grams of rock sugar, and 30 grams of green tea leaves. Mash the mung beans, add rock sugar and green tea leaves, pour in boiling water, soak for 15 minutes and drink the soup instead of tea. This recipe is effective in both preventing and treating colds.

21. To prevent and treat influenza, add appropriate amount of radish, onion, ginger slices, and brown sugar (depending on the number of people drinking it), add appropriate amount of water and boil, drink it once in the morning and once in the evening. If the patient does not have a fever, an appropriate amount of white wine can be added to the drink. This recipe can prevent and treat influenza.

22. Add one part of ordinary household vinegar to two parts of cold boiled water, put it in a clean bottle and set aside. When a cold first occurs, dip a cotton ball in vinegar and apply it to both nostrils. Then twist the ball inside the nostrils or inhale it through the nose. (Several consecutive sneezes may occur at this time)

23. On the day of a cold, take a bottle of Ten Drops Water and drink it with boiled water to induce slight sweating all over the body. On the next day, take 1-2 pills of Bu Zhong Yi Qi Pills (1 pill each time). (Especially suitable for the elderly, not very effective against influenza)

24. Nasal drops of soda can prevent and treat influenza. Influenza patients can recover in 2-3 days after using soda drops. Apply 2-3 drops into the nose once every 3 hours. (Soda solution preparation: 6 grams of soda plus 100 ml of cold boiled water)

25. When washing your face every night, rub your ears with a towel dipped in hot water. Gently rub the auricles up and down 40 times to prevent and cure colds.

26. Add 90 grams of glutinous rice, 5-7 scallions, 5-7 slices of ginger, appropriate amount of water, and simmer over low heat. After cooking, add 100 ml of rice vinegar and mix well. Then take out the onion and ginger, take it while hot, cover yourself with a quilt and lie down until you sweat slightly. This will have a better therapeutic effect.

27. 15 grams each of scallion and ginger, 3 grams of salt. Mash them into a paste, put them in a gauze bag, and apply them to the following ten parts: chest, back, soles of feet, palms of hands, elbows, and popliteal fossa. Rub the chest heavily, then lie down to rest. You will start sweating and the fever will go away after half an hour. This recipe is mainly used to treat colds and high fevers.

28. 9 grams each of mint, imperata root, and vitex, 10 grams each of patchouli and taro. Decoction in water, once in the morning and once in the evening.

29. Half a handful of mung beans, 3 pinches of tea leaves, 7 sections of reed roots, 5 bamboo leaves, 7 sections of millet stalks, and a little white sugar. Decoction in water.

30. Take a handful of raw mung beans, mash them, and soak them in a large bowl of boiling water. Take it while hot and induce sweating.

31. 1 Chinese cabbage root (peeled on the top), 1 handful of mung beans, 1 pinch of tea leaves, and a little white sugar. Decoction in water, and induce slight sweating after taking it.

32. Put a pinch of tea leaves and brown sugar into a pot with boiling water, brew with it, and induce sweating after taking it.

33. One Chinese cabbage root (peeled on the top), a handful of mung beans, and 30 grams of reeds. Take it in decoction, once a day, for 3 consecutive days. This recipe is best used to prevent influenza.

The above are some folk remedies for treating children’s colds and fevers. Nowadays, people are becoming more and more aware of the dangers of Western medicine, and are increasingly using some small folk remedies for treatment. This not only reduces the long-term harm of drugs to the body, but also achieves the purpose of treating diseases. At the same time, Chinese medicine can also play a role in regulating the body.