What are the dietary treatments for children with phlegm and cough?

Although children's cough is a common lung disease, it is a problem encountered by many parents. Children's cough is usually a defensive reaction caused by wind-cold or wind-heat. Many diseases may cause children to cough. Therefore, when a child has coughing symptoms, parents should first observe their cough to see if there are any complications and systemic symptoms. If things go on for a long time, various relatively serious symptoms will appear, causing greater harm to the patient. So, what are the dietary treatments for children with phlegm and cough?

1. Pear + rock sugar + Fritillaria cirrhosa. Cut the pear vertically at the stem, remove the core at both ends and put 2-3 rock sugars and 5-6 Fritillaria cirrhosa (the Fritillaria cirrhosa should be broken into pieces). Pair the pear into pieces and put them into a bowl. Steam 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. Because the babies nowadays are generally fed with wind-heat cough, the number of babies suffering from wind-heat cough has been significantly reduced.

2. Boil radish water: Wash the carrots, cut them into 4-5 thick slices, put them into a small pot, add half a bowl of water, turn on the fire first, then simmer on low heat for 5 minutes. Wait until the water cools down a little before giving it to your baby. This recipe is very effective in treating wind-heat cough, wet nose and dry throat, and wet cough with sputum. It is even more effective for babies under 2 years old.

3. You can also give your baby the following foods: ① Persimmon: It is slightly cold in nature and can clear heat, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. But the baby can only eat one at a time, and eating too much will make his stomach uncomfortable. ② Watermelon: It is cold in nature and can cure all fever symptoms. If your baby suffers from wind-heat cough in winter, you can give him more winter melon. ③Loquat: cool in nature, can moisten the lungs, reduce phlegm and relieve cough. It is suitable for babies with cold cough and yellow sputum. ④ Water chestnut: It is cold in nature, and its fire can resolve phlegm and turbid heat. Peel 2-3 water chestnuts, cut into thick slices, put them into the pot, add a bowl of water, and boil them for 5 minutes. This prescription has a bad effect on those who have cold cough and phlegm in their throat. Other foods include summer melon soup, fried loofah, fried lotus root slices, fried sweet melon, etc., which can also help eliminate internal heat, remove fire, and relieve cough. Avoid eating spicy or irritating foods, such as mutton, dog meat, black-bone chicken, fish, shrimp, dates, cinnamon meat, lychees, walnut kernels, peppers, cherries, and silkworm pupae.

Through the above simple introduction to the dietary treatment methods for children with phlegm and cough, everyone should have a certain understanding. Since children have phlegm cough, this disease is now very common, but as long as we pay attention to the changes in the weather in our daily life, we can effectively control this disease.