2-year-old baby has a cold

When taking care of a baby, what the mother worries about most is the baby getting sick. When the baby is sick, because the baby cannot express clearly, he can only cry and make a fuss. Seeing the baby in pain makes people feel very distressed. Especially when the seasons change, babies are more likely to catch colds. When the baby catches a cold, the mother can try some more natural methods to help the baby relieve the symptoms.

1. Brown sugar ginger soup

Method: Slice 10 grams of ginger, add water and boil, then add 15 grams of brown sugar and drink while hot.

Efficacy: Ginger is pungent and warm in nature, and can dispel wind and cold. If you accidentally catch a cold in winter, drinking a bowl of brown sugar ginger soup and sweating slightly can indeed help dispel the cold. But it is only suitable for patients with mild colds.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Rice Vinegar 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.

5. Hangzhou chrysanthemum sugar tea

Preparation method: 30 grams of chrysanthemum and appropriate amount of white sugar. Soak the chrysanthemums in boiling water in a teapot and add appropriate amount of sugar.

Efficacy: Let your baby drink this tea every day to clear the lung qi, relieve cough and reverse cough, and clear the accumulated fire in the three burners. Suitable for babies with the initial stage of wind-heat cold, headache and fever.

Precautions for taking medicine

(1) Strictly follow the doctor's instructions on dosage and time of use.

(2) Drink plenty of water to promote the absorption and excretion of the drug.

(3) The liver and kidneys of children under 3 years old are not yet fully developed, so paracetamol should not be used.

(4) If the child or his family has a history of allergy to antipyretics, do not use antipyretics.

(5) Amino alkali and baking soda-based alkaline drugs should not be taken at the same time, otherwise their efficacy will be reduced.

(6) Encourage children to get adequate rest.