What are the dietary treatments for children’s colds and coughs?

When children are young, their resistance is relatively weak. As long as there is a major change in the weather, most children will have symptoms of cold and cough. Many parents feel very headache about this. In addition to taking their children to see a doctor in time, they don’t know what their children should eat during the illness. Now let me introduce to you the complete dietary therapy for children’s colds and coughs!

Cold cough

1. Ginger + brown sugar + garlic

If a child has a cold, drinking warm ginger and brown sugar water can be a good therapeutic treatment. If the child also has a cough, add 2 to 3 cloves of garlic to the ginger and brown sugar water and cook together. Cook over low heat for 10 minutes to remove the spiciness of the garlic. Only then will the child be willing to drink it.

2. Steamed Garlic Water

Take 2 to 3 cloves of garlic, smash them, put them in a bowl, add half a bowl of water, put in a piece of rock sugar, cover the bowl and put it in the pot to steam. After boiling over high heat, switch to low heat and steam for 15 minutes. When the garlic water in the bowl is warm, feed it to your child. The garlic does not need to be eaten. Generally 2 to 3 times a day, half a bowl each time. Garlic is warm in nature and enters the spleen, stomach and lung meridians. It is very effective in treating cold coughs and kidney deficiency coughs. It is also convenient and simple, and children are willing to drink it.

3. Roasted oranges

Roast the oranges directly over low heat, turning them constantly, until the peels turn black and steam comes out of the oranges. Wait for the orange to cool down a bit, peel the peel and let your child eat the warm orange segments. If it is a big orange, the child can eat 2 to 3 slices at a time. If it is a small tribute orange, the child can eat one at a time. It is best to take it with garlic water, 2 to 3 times a day. Oranges are warm in nature and have the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough. After eating roasted oranges, the amount of sputum will be significantly reduced, the antitussive effect is very obvious, and children are willing to eat it.

Wind-heat cough

1. Pear + rock sugar + Sichuan Fritillary

Cut the pear in half horizontally along the stem, remove the core and add 2-3 rock sugars and 5-6 Fritillaria cirrhosa (the Fritillaria cirrhosa should be crushed into powder). Put the pear in half and put them in a bowl. Steam it for about 30 minutes and feed it to your baby in two portions. This recipe has the effects of moistening the lungs, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. Because babies nowadays generally like to stay cool, they turn on the air conditioner when they are hot and eat cold fruits all year round, so the number of babies suffering from wind-heat cough has decreased significantly.

2. Boil radish water

Wash the white radish, cut it into 4 to 5 thin slices, put it in a small pot, add half a bowl of water, bring it to a boil, then simmer for 5 minutes on low heat. Wait until the water cools down a little before giving it to your baby. This recipe is very effective in treating wind-heat cough, dry nose and throat, and dry cough with little sputum. It is more effective for babies under 2 years old.

After reading the editor’s introduction, I believe you should know how to treat your child when he or she catches a cold or cough again, right? When a child is sick, it is also important to let the child rest more. Prompt treatment of the child can effectively alleviate the child's symptoms. However, it should be noted that a cold takes a certain amount of time to heal and cannot be cured all at once.