Treatment for baby's cough and phlegm during sleep

As parents, we are all worried when our babies cough and have phlegm while sleeping. For this reason, we often take our children to seek medical treatment in the middle of the night, which tortures the children and many parents. So, is there any good way to treat babies coughing and having phlegm while sleeping? It can not only solve the problem of babies coughing and having phlegm while sleeping, but also reduce the troubles for our parents. Here we will introduce the treatment methods for babies coughing and having phlegm while sleeping.

Treatment:

1. Treatment of fever cough:

The treatment for hot cough is mainly to suppress cough, clear lung heat and treat bacterial infection. If there is thick sputum, expectorant drugs are used. The treatment should be to dispel wind and heat, promote lung function and relieve cough. You can choose Ma Xing Shi Gan Decoction with modifications. Take 3 grams each of ephedra and licorice, 10 grams of gypsum, 5 grams each of mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, almond, peucedanum, forsythia, dalis chinensis, fritillaria, platycodon, and bamboo shavings. Decoction in water, 1 dose per day. Chinese patent medicines include cough-relieving loquat syrup, snake gall and Fritillaria liquid, three snake gall and Fritillaria liquid, etc.

2. Hot cough care:

Just like treating a cold cough, parents should maintain good hygiene in their baby’s room, keep the temperature moderate, and prevent irritation from smoke, dust, and special odors. Eat a light diet and avoid spicy food. Patients should pay special attention to abstaining from desserts, cold drinks, spicy foods, and sweet and sticky foods such as cola and coffee to avoid irritating the larynx and trachea. If the cough improves, they should abstain from these foods for one or two weeks to avoid recurrence of irritation.

3. Hot cough diet therapy:

1. Pear + rock sugar + Sichuan Fritillary

Cut the pear in half horizontally near the stem, dig out the core and add 2 to 3 crystal sugars and 5 to 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.

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.

The above content introduces us to how to treat the situation where the baby coughs and has phlegm while sleeping. When our baby coughs and has phlegm while sleeping at night, we can treat our child faster and better, make the child recover faster, and also save our parents from unnecessary worries. I hope the above content is helpful to everyone.