Treatment of fever and cough in children

Children's physical health is what parents care about most. If there is any abnormality in the child's body, parents will definitely be very worried. But we should also know that children are more susceptible to diseases because of their poor disease resistance. One of the most common diseases in children is fever and cough. Below we will introduce to you the treatment methods of children's fever and cough.

Antipyretic Chinese Medicine

(1) Ephedra, gypsum, honeysuckle, scutellaria, forsythia, and isatis root all have antipyretic effects to varying degrees.

① Ephedra volatile oil has an antipyretic effect on experimental fever animals.

② The use of gypsum alone has a cooling effect, which is believed to be related to its calcium ions.

③ Honeysuckle has a significant antipyretic effect on the experimental animal fever model.

④The antipyretic effect of Scutellaria baicalensis is stronger than that of aspirin.

⑤Forsythia suspensa can significantly reduce fever in experimental animals.

⑥Isatis root can significantly reduce fever in experimental animals.

Antitussive Chinese Medicine

(2) Bitter almonds and Houttuynia cordata exert antitussive effects in different ways.

① Bitter almonds have a significant antitussive effect because they produce hydrocyanic acid, which inhibits the respiratory center, quiets respiratory movements and exerts an antitussive effect.

② Houttuynia cordata can inhibit allergic contraction, and antagonize the contraction caused by histamine and acetylcholine, thereby exerting an antitussive effect.

In the above article, we introduced one of the things that parents are most concerned about, that is, the physical health of children. Children are prone to symptoms of fever and cough. The above article gives us a detailed introduction to the treatment methods of children's fever and cough. I believe everyone has mastered it.