What should I do if my child keeps coughing?

Coughing is very torturous for children, and it happens repeatedly. Sometimes coughing will bring a lot of pain to our children. In severe cases, it will cause many diseases. As parents, we must feel very sorry for our children. So, what should we do when our children keep coughing? Let’s learn about it together below.

The first is nighttime coughing in children caused by improper sleeping position. This situation can cause poor breathing in the lungs or bronchial tubes, manifested as shortness of breath, tears, etc. At this time, you can raise the child's pillow. 2. Frequent coughing at night in children may also be caused by inflammation of the throat, or dryness and itching that irritates the respiratory mucosa. In the intervals between coughs, you can let the baby change to a side-lying position or hold him or her in a side-lying position. Gently pat your baby's back to help the mucus come out. It is important to note that you should not take cough suppressants casually, as this may suppress the cough center and hinder expectoration. 3. Children’s night coughing may also be caused by poor indoor ventilation. In order to prevent the baby from catching a cold, people may close the doors and windows when sleeping at night, making the indoor air turbid, which makes the baby prone to coughing at night. The best solution to this situation is to keep the indoor air circulating, not dry, and free of odor, and do not burn mosquito coils. 4. Changes in indoor temperature may also cause children to cough at night. It is hot in summer and cold in winter. Many friends are accustomed to turning on the air conditioner when sleeping at night, but they don’t know that this will cause the baby to cough at night. What should we do if children cough at night due to this situation? The editor suggests that it is best not to turn on the air conditioner. You can turn it on for a while before going to bed to adjust the indoor temperature, or take other methods to adjust the indoor temperature to create a comfortable sleeping environment for your baby.

Of course, both medication and diet therapy can effectively relieve children's nighttime cough. For example, Nianci'an Honey-Refined Fritillary and Loquat Paste, takes a sip and feels refreshing, and your throat will no longer be itchy! Snake gall, Fritillaria and loquat paste can be used as a liquefied expectorant drug for babies to inhale. The Chinese medicine Chuanbei stewed with snow pear is also beneficial for resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Take a pear, cut off the head to make a lid, dig out the core, add 10 grams of rock sugar and 6 grams of Chuanbei powder, cover the pear head, put it in a bowl, steam it over fire, eat the pear and drink the juice. Also, make sure your baby drinks plenty of water.

1. Radish and honey drink (for cough)

Ingredients: 5 slices of white radish, 3 slices of ginger, 3 dates, and 30 grams of honey.

Preparation and administration: Boil radish, ginger and jujube in appropriate amount of water for about 30 minutes, remove the residue, add honey and boil again.

Take while warm. 1 to 2 times a day.

Function and indications: Radish tastes spicy and sweet, and is cool in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting body fluid, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, and resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Its alcohol extract has a strong antibacterial effect on Gram-positive bacteria. Ginger is a commonly used medicine for dispelling wind and cold, stopping vomiting and relieving gas. Jujubes are mostly used to harmonize the stomach, nourish blood and harmonize medicines. Honey moisturizes and relieves cough. This drink can dispel cold, clear the lungs, dispel wind and relieve cough.

For the treatment of colds and coughs, it is better to treat them with wind-cold and cough.

Note: This product can be tried on weak infants who are prone to frequent colds and coughs, or whose symptoms cannot be cured or persist for a long time. However, it is not suitable for patients with wind-heat cough, fever and yellow sputum.

2. Lily honey (specially used to treat cough)

Ingredients: 60 grams of lily and 30 grams of honey.

Preparation and administration: Wash and dry the lilies, mix well with honey, and steam them in a pot.

This honey-cooked lily can be used as a snack for babies.

Indications and functions: Lily tastes sweet and slightly bitter, and is slightly cold in nature. It has the effects of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, clearing the heart and calming the nerves. Contains starch, protein, fat, various alkalis, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other ingredients. Pharmacological tests have shown that its decoction has an antitussive effect on children's cough caused by ammonia, and can counteract toad spider asthma caused by histamine. Use with honey to enhance its lung-moistening and cough-relieving effects.

It is suitable for treating chronic bronchitis in infants, dry cough in the throat, especially dry cough after the beginning of autumn, accompanied by constipation.

Note: It is not suitable for infants with spleen deficiency and loose stools. This method is easy to take and is suitable for use in autumn and winter.

The above methods can all help us solve the problem of children's constant coughing. When we find that the child is coughing non-stop, don't panic. We must take the child to the hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible. Don't delay the time to treat the cough. So have you learned all the solutions to children's constant coughing?