What to do if your child coughs in the middle of the night

Summer has arrived, the weather has become very hot, the air conditioner at home has started running, and there are many cold drinks in the refrigerator. Staying in the air-conditioned room and drinking cold soda finally helped me get rid of the heat in my body. But although this is comfortable, children's physique is weaker than that of adults, so it is common for children to cough in the middle of the night. Children coughing in the middle of the night makes parents very worried, and it is basically inconvenient to go to the hospital in the middle of the night. What should we do?

1. Diet therapy: First of all, don’t force your child to eat during these days, just follow her wishes. Being hungry can reduce the burden on your stomach and intestines, and you will feel better with an empty stomach. Secondly, you can boil some white radish water to drink, or use it to make dumplings or stir-fry. The child will see improvement after eating it a few times. Eat more vegetables and fruits these days, and avoid eating greasy or indigestible food.

2. If the cough is severe, you can consider drinking Xiaoji Zhike oral liquid to relieve the cough symptoms.

3. Ginger + brown sugar + garlic: If a child has a cold, drinking warm ginger and brown sugar water can play a good therapeutic role. If the child also has a cough, add 2 to 3 cloves of garlic to the ginger and brown sugar water and cook together. Cook on low heat for 10 minutes to cook off the spiciness of the garlic so that the child will be willing to drink it.

4. Pear + rock sugar + Fritillaria cirrhosa: Cut the pear in half horizontally near the handle, remove the core and add 2 to 3 pieces of rock sugar and 5 to 6 pieces of 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.

The above are the methods that can be taken when children cough in the middle of the night. If the child coughs severely in the middle of the night, you can also pour an appropriate amount of white wine in a cup, soak ginger in the white wine for a while, and then rub ginger on the back of the child. This can effectively relieve the child's cough. If you are still worried, you can send the child to the hospital for examination and treatment. However, children have strong adaptability, so you can let them do some extracorporeal activities. Don't let them stay in the air-conditioned room all day, and let them eat less raw and cold food as much as possible.