What to do if children cough with yellow phlegm

In our daily life, we often see children coughing and coughing up yellow sputum. When this phenomenon occurs, our mothers are very worried. However, since mothers may not have much knowledge about treatment in this area, they are still quite panicked about this problem and don’t know what to do. So what should we do if children cough and have yellow phlegm? Let’s take a look at how authoritative experts explain this issue based on years of clinical experience.

What should I do if my child coughs with yellow phlegm? Traditional Chinese medicine divides coughs into two categories: external and internal. The treatment of cough should first distinguish between external infection and internal injury. Different types of coughs require completely different ingredients and medicinal materials. Therefore, if the mother uses traditional Chinese medicine to treat the baby's cough, she must find out the type of the baby's cough.

1. Exogenous cough

A. Wind-cold attacking the lungs

Main symptoms: cough and itchy throat, thin white sputum, sneezing, nasal congestion and runny nose, headache and body pain, chills without sweating, thin white tongue coating, and floating, tight and strong pulse.

Treatment: Mainly to dispel wind and cold, promote the flow of lung qi, and choose the prescription of Jinfeicao San with modifications.

Diet therapy: scallion porridge, cook the porridge and drink it while it is hot. 60g glutinous rice, 5 slices of ginger (mashed), 5 pieces of green onion with roots, 5ml rice vinegar.

B. Wind-heat attacking the lungs

Main symptoms: uncomfortable cough, yellow and sticky phlegm, thirst and sore throat, runny nose, accompanied by fever, headache, aversion to wind and sweating, red tongue with thin yellow coating, and floating and rapid pulse.

Treatment: Mainly to dispel wind and heat, promote lung function and resolve phlegm, and the prescription of choice is Sangju Drink.

Diet therapy: pear porridge or 1 pear, 7 green onions with roots, 10g white sugar, decocted in water.

2. Cough due to internal injury

A. Phlegm-heat obstructing the lungs

Main symptoms: cough, yellow and sticky sputum, fever and red face, irritability, short and dark urine, dry stool, red tongue with yellow coating, slippery and rapid pulse, and purple fingerprints.

Treatment: Mainly focus on clearing the lungs and resolving phlegm, and the prescription of Qingning Powder can be modified.

Diet therapy: water chestnut and jellyfish shreds. 200g water chestnuts, 100g jellyfish skin (rinsed), wash with cold water, cut into strips and eat

B. Phlegm-dampness accumulation in the lungs

Main symptoms: cough with thin white sputum, chest tightness, poor appetite, fatigue, greasy white tongue coating, slippery and moist pulse.

Treatment: Mainly focus on strengthening the spleen and drying dampness, regulating qi and resolving phlegm, and the prescription of Erchen Decoction is modified.

Diet therapy: Coix seed, yam and winter melon seed porridge. Add 50g of coix seed rice, 100g of yam and japonica rice, cook into porridge and eat.

C. Lung Qi Deficiency Syndrome

Main symptoms: weak cough, clear white sputum, poor appetite and loose stools, spontaneous sweating, shortness of breath and laziness to speak, preference for warmth and aversion to cold, pale white tongue coating, and weak and thready pulse.

Treatment: Mainly focus on strengthening the spleen and replenishing Qi, and choose Liujunzi Decoction with modifications.

Diet therapy: almond, radish and pork lung soup. 1 pig lung, 1 white radish (cut into pieces), 9g almonds, stew until cooked.

D. Lung Yin Deficiency Syndrome

Main symptoms: dry cough without sputum, or small and sticky sputum that is difficult to cough up, thirst and dry throat, hoarse cough, red tongue with less saliva, and thin and rapid pulse.

Treatment: Mainly nourish yin and moisten the lungs, and choose the prescription of Adenophora and Ophiopogon japonicus decoction with modifications.

Diet therapy: lily and pig lung soup. 30g lily, 250g pig lung, stew until soft, add a little salt, drink the soup and eat the pig lung.

What should we do if children cough and have yellow phlegm? Through the above content, we have learned some useful information. We all know that children coughing with yellow phlegm is common in life, but we must pay attention to this disease. This disease can also lead to more serious illness if it is not treated. Therefore, we must take good care of our babies in life. Finally, I wish all the sick babies a speedy recovery and a healthy life!