What are the folk remedies for treating babies' long-term cough?

What are some folk remedies for treating a baby’s long-lasting cough? Cough is a common disease. During the change of seasons and in spring and winter, there are always many patients with cough in the treatment rooms of hospitals. Coughing is not a serious disease, but once the cough is severe, the patient will experience shortness of breath, a bluish face, and even bloodshot eyes. Babies are prone to coughing. They will easily cough when they catch a cold. However, due to their weak constitution, the coughing condition will last for several days, which makes many parents very worried. In our country, there are many folk remedies for treating coughs. Today we will share some folk remedies for treating babies’ long-term coughs.

1. Wind-cold cough: characterized by cough, itchy throat, clear sputum, nasal congestion and clear nasal discharge. The treatment should be to clear the lungs, dispel cold and relieve cough.

(1) Perilla porridge: 10 grams of perilla leaves, 50 grams of glutinous rice, 3 slices of ginger, and 3 dates. First cook porridge with japonica rice. When the porridge is almost cooked, add perilla leaves, ginger and jujube, and drink it while it is hot.

(2) Scallion porridge: 50 grams of rice, 5 slices of ginger, 5 pieces of scallion with roots, 5 ml of rice vinegar, add appropriate amount of water to cook porridge, and drink it while it is hot.

(3) Almond and radish decoction: 10 grams of almonds (sweet), 3 slices of ginger, 100 grams of white radish, decocted in water, 1 dose per day.

(4) Walnut and ginger drink: Crush 5 walnuts and take with appropriate amount of ginger juice.

(5) Home-made Chinese patent medicine: Tongxuan Lifei Pills. Tangerine peel pills, Tangerine peel cough solution, etc.

2. Wind-heat cough: characterized by cough, yellow and sticky sputum, turbid nasal discharge, red throat and dry mouth, etc. The treatment is suitable for dispelling wind and heat, resolving phlegm and relieving cough.

(1) Two-juice drink: Take equal parts of lotus root juice and pear juice raw.

(2) Radish and rock sugar juice: Take 100-200 ml of white radish juice, add appropriate amount of rock sugar and stew it in water. Drink it once before going to bed, and use it for 3-5 times in a row.

(3) Scallion and pear juice: 7 scallions with roots, 1 pear, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Boil in water and drink.

(4) Luffa flower honey drink: Clean 10 grams of luffa flowers, put them into a porcelain cup, add boiling water, cover and simmer for 10 minutes, then add appropriate amount of honey and drink it while it is hot.

(5) Olive and radish drink: 400 grams of olives and 500-1000 grams of radish, decoct them into a soup and drink as tea.

(6) Honey and radish juice: Wash and hollow out a white radish. Add 100 grams of honey into the radish and place in a large bowl. Add water and steam until cooked.

(7) Wash the red radish (without peeling it), chop it into small pieces, add 2 to 3 spoons of maltose, set aside overnight, and drink the dissolved radish syrup frequently.

(8) Burdock porridge: Grind fresh burdock root and filter out 100 ml of juice, add 50 grams of polished rice, cook together into porridge and drink while hot.

(9) Commonly used Chinese patent medicines at home: Jizhi syrup, compound licorice mixture, Yinhuang oral liquid, etc.

3. Cough with warm sputum: It is characterized by coughing with a lot of sputum, the sputum is clear and thin, and the cough is heavier in the morning and evening, often accompanied by loss of appetite and excessive saliva. The treatment is suitable for drying dampness and resolving phlegm.

(1) Tangerine peel porridge: 30 grams of fresh tangerine peel, wash and cut into shreds, add 100 grams of rice and water to cook porridge.

(2) Job's tears porridge: 50 grams of Job's tears and 100-200 grams of glutinous rice, cook them into porridge and drink it regularly.

(3) Erchen Erren Congee: 9g dried tangerine peel, 6g pinellia, 12g poria, 15g coix seed, 15g wax gourd seed, 100g glutinous rice. Boil the first five ingredients in water for about 10 minutes, then remove the residue and take the juice. Add polished japonica rice and appropriate amount of water and cook into porridge.

(4) Barley and almond porridge: 50 grams of barley, 10 grams of almond (peeled and pointed). Wash the coix seeds, add water and cook until half cooked, put in almonds, and add a little sugar to the porridge.

(5) Pomelo peel drink: Take an appropriate amount of pomelo peel and decoct it in water.

(6) Commonly used Chinese patent medicines: Juhong Pills, Juhong Cough Syrup, etc.

4. Cough due to phlegm and heat: cough, spitting out yellow phlegm, accompanied by thirst, red lips, yellow urine, dry stool, etc. Treatment should be aimed at clearing away heat and resolving phlegm.

(1) Water chestnut and jellyfish drink: 200g water chestnuts, 100g jellyfish skin, decocted in water and taken in divided doses.

(2) Autumn pear and white lotus root juice: Peel and core the autumn pear and remove the nodes of the white lotus root, take equal amounts, chop them into small pieces, extract the juice and drink it frequently.

(3) Reed root porridge: 150g fresh reed root, 15g bamboo shavings, 3g ginger, 50g glutinous rice. First decoct the first two herbs to extract the juice, add rice to cook porridge, add ginger when cooked, and cook for a while.

Coughing has many symptoms and causes, so to solve the cough you must understand the cause of the cough. The above remedies are prepared for coughs caused by different reasons. If your baby has a persistent cough, you must not take it lightly. You must take your baby to the hospital for treatment. The effect of the treatment with folk remedies will be very good. In daily life, we must pay attention to adding clothes for our baby to prevent him from catching cold.