Children's cold and stuffy nose

Nasal congestion is a very uncomfortable phenomenon because it affects a person's normal breathing function and also produces mucus. Patients with rhinitis or colds may suffer from nasal congestion. If children have nasal congestion, parents are often worried. Most children experience nasal congestion later, which is caused by a cold, so what method should be used to solve it at this time?

What to do if your baby has a cold and stuffy nose

When a baby has a stuffy nose, the first thing to do is to clean the secretions in the baby's nasal cavity. Just use a moist cotton swab to gently roll out the secretions. In addition, covering the soles of the baby's feet with slightly scalded ginger powder, warming the fontanelle with a thick hot towel, or giving the baby water soaked with scallions are all good ways to relieve nasal congestion.

1. Clean nasal secretions: You can use a soft cotton swab to gently roll out the nasal secretions. If the secretions are too hard, you can drop a little breast milk or clean water into it to soften it before rolling it out.

2. To relieve exterior symptoms and open up the orifices: squeeze about 50-100 ml of breast milk into a small bowl, take 1-2 scallions (with roots), wash them and put them into the milk, steam them in water for 5-10 minutes (you can smell the fragrance of scallions), take them out and let them cool, then feed them to the baby with a spoon. It has the effect of relieving exterior symptoms and opening up the orifices to treat colds and nasal congestion.

3. Cover the soles of the baby’s feet with ginger powder: When the baby has a stuffy nose in the early stage of a cold, you can put slightly hot ginger powder on the soles of the baby’s feet when the baby is sleeping at night. This can make the nose breathe smoothly and the cold heal faster. Method: Cut the ginger into shreds and fry in a dry pan until the ginger aroma comes out (it’s okay if it’s a little mushy). Put the fried shredded ginger into a small gauze bag and then stick the slightly hot gauze bag on the soles of the baby’s feet. (Be sure not to make the ginger too hot to avoid scalding your baby.)

4. Hot compress method: A stuffy nose may be caused by the baby's fontanelle being cold. Mothers can use a thick towel to place it on the radiator or wrap it around a container of boiling water to release heat. You can warm the baby's fontanelle for a while and continue to apply hot compress until the baby's forehead is sweating. If you cannot tell whether the baby's fontanelle is cold, you might as well give it a try. It will not harm the baby.

5. Soak the white part of scallion in water and fumigate the baby's mouth and nose: If the baby has a stuffy nose due to a cold, you can soak the white part of scallion in water. Cut the white part of scallion into shreds (for ease of flavor), put it into boiling water, and fumigate the baby's mouth and nose while it is hot. This method is effective for the baby's nasal congestion caused by cold.

6. If the baby's left side of the nose is blocked, the baby can lie on the right side. Similarly, if the right side is blocked, the baby can lie on the left side. You can also press the Yingxiang points on both sides of the nose with your fingers for 1-2 minutes. After the massage, drink a cup of hot water, which can quickly relieve or even eliminate the nasal congestion.