What to do if your baby has a runny nose and cough

If the baby has a runny nose and cough, parents and friends will definitely be very worried and feel very sorry for the baby. So what should you do if your baby has a runny nose and cough? Next, this article will introduce what to do if your baby has a runny nose and cough, for your reference only. Friends who want to know more about this can continue reading! Please see the detailed introduction below.

What should I do if my baby has a runny nose and cough? If your baby has a runny nose and cough, you can try the following folk remedies!

1. Boil the scallion in water

The method is to wash the white part of the scallion with the roots, cut it into sections, put it in a small pot and cook it. Drink 300 ml a day. It is specially used to treat early colds without fever. If the child refuses to drink it, you can add some brown sugar. Brown sugar can add flavor and also has the effect of dispelling cold. Scallion white is warm in nature and spicy in taste. It can regulate body temperature, make sweat glands work normally, and reduce and prevent the occurrence of colds. Boiling scallion whites in water can prevent colds and flu, and is suitable for children, adults and the elderly.

In addition to boiling water, you can also use 3 to 5 segments of green onion and cook it with rice into a thin porridge, which has the same effect. Cut off the white part and roots and wash them. Boil about 10 onions in 200ml of water, and use the onion water to make milk. It is very effective in the early stages of a cold and for preventing colds.

2. Apply fried ginger to the soles of your feet

The method is to cut some ginger into powder, and fry it in a dry pan until it is very dry. It doesn't matter if it is a little mushy. Use small gauze or non-woven fabric to sew a small bag and put the fried ginger into it. While it's still slightly warm, stick the bag on the soles of your baby's feet and you're done.

3. Smell peppermint oil

The main benefits of peppermint oil include reducing fever, relieving nausea and vomiting, improving digestion, and relieving respiratory pain. Smelling peppermint oil, dropping a few drops of peppermint oil into a large bowl of hot water, and inhaling the steam it emits can instantly clear your nostrils.

4. Honeysuckle porridge

Preparation method: 9 grams of honeysuckle and 9 grams of light black beans, boil in water to remove the residue, add 60 grams of polished rice and cook into porridge.

Efficacy: Honeysuckle is cold in nature, can clear away heat and detoxify, evacuate wind-heat, and also has an inhibitory effect on influenza virus; light black beans are cool in nature and are often used together with honeysuckle to treat wind-heat colds. It is very suitable for patients with wind-heat cold and influenza whose main symptoms are fever, headache and sore throat.

5. Pickled Radish

Method: 250 grams of raw radish and appropriate amount of rice vinegar. Wash and slice the radish, then soak it in rice vinegar for several hours. Eat it as a side dish every day. Take 1 dose daily.

Efficacy: This tea has a spicy and cool taste and can relieve exterior symptoms, help digestion and detoxify. Suitable for epidemic situation.

6. White radish soup

Method: Cut 250 grams of white radish into slices, add water and boil, then drink while hot.

Efficacy: White radish has a good auxiliary therapeutic effect on respiratory diseases such as cough and sputum. White radish soup has no direct therapeutic effect on colds, but it can relieve various discomforts caused by colds, such as nasal congestion and cough.

The above is an introduction on what to do if your baby has a runny nose and cough. I believe that after reading the above introduction, you already know what to do if your baby has a runny nose and cough. In fact, if your baby has a runny nose and cough, using some folk remedies to treat the condition is a good choice, and the treatment effect is quite good! I hope that the introduction in this article will be helpful to friends who want to know what to do if their baby has a runny nose and cough.