What are the dietary treatments for children’s cough after a cold?

The weather is quite hot now, so many families use air conditioning at this time. However, due to the heat outside, children with weaker physical constitutions are more likely to catch colds, which are often accompanied by coughs. The coughs last longer and usually occur after a cold. So how should we treat cough with diet therapy?

1. Bamboo Leaf Porridge

20 grams of light bamboo leaves and 50 grams of millet.

Add appropriate amount of water to light bamboo leaves and boil them to get the soup. After filtering out the residue, add millet and cook until porridge is ready. Both fresh bamboo leaves and light bamboo leaves can clear the heart and relieve restlessness, and promote urination, but fresh bamboo leaves are more effective in clearing heart heat, cooling the stomach, and treating wind-heat in the upper part of the body; light bamboo leaves have a better diuretic effect. This product can clear heart fire, promote urination and relieve fever.

2. Cabbage root soup

3 cabbage roots and 7 green onions with roots. Appropriate amount of white sugar.

Add appropriate amount of water to cabbage roots and scallion roots, bring to a boil, then simmer for 15 minutes. Add appropriate amount of sugar and drink while hot. Cabbage produces toxins during the rotting process. The nitrite produced can cause the hemoglobin in the blood to lose its oxygen-carrying capacity, causing severe hypoxia in the human body. Therefore, rotten cabbage must not be eaten. This product is suitable for children with colds. Afterwards, the child can lie in bed and cover himself with a quilt to sweat, and the effect is better if sweating occurs.

3. White radish honey

1 large radish and 2 grams of ephedra. 30 grams of honey, 5 white peppercorns.

Put white radish slices in a bowl, pour in honey, white pepper, ephedra, etc. and steam for 30 minutes. Drink it while hot and you will recover after lying in bed and sweating. When consuming honey, you can just drink it with warm water. Do not use boiling water, and it is not suitable to be decocted. This product can induce sweating, dispel cold, relieve cough and reduce phlegm, and is suitable for children with wind-cold cough.

If a child coughs at this time, there is no need to give the child medicine. Generally, the child can be cured through diet therapy. It is also important to note that children must not eat irritating foods in the short term. It would be better to give your child something soft and warm at this time.