What to do if your child has a cough due to internal heat

After becoming mothers, many young female friends hope that their babies will be healthy and eat well. However, the child's body functions are not fully developed, and the baby's immune system is not as mature as that of an adult. It is inevitable that they will have various symptoms such as fever, cough, and inflammation. Young mothers have no experience, and they have to go to the hospital for injections, drips, and various medicines. This is not only a hassle for the adults, but also for the children. So here are some solutions to children's inflammation and cough.

Safety first when treating children's heat syndrome

If the baby is "getting hot", most parents will choose foods such as honeysuckle, herbal tea, mung bean soup to reduce the heat. If the situation is serious, they will give the child some Niuhuang Jiedu Pills. In fact, parents are completely unaware that the medicines or foods they have chosen have caused harm to the baby's health. If the baby frequently takes honeysuckle, the gastrointestinal function will be damaged to a certain extent. If parents blindly reduce the dosage of adult medicines for children, the danger cannot be ignored. For example, Niuhuang Jiedu Tablets (Pills) are actually a kind of poison tablets. Long-term use can lead to chronic poisoning and cause damage to the nerves, blood vessels, heart, liver, kidneys, and spleen.

1. Give your child some mung bean soup or mung bean porridge. Mung bean is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It can cool down and detoxify, clear away heat and relieve irritability. It is most suitable for babies with bad temper and upset.

2. Let more children eat some fruit.

Such as grapefruit and pear: they are cold in nature and slightly sour in taste. In addition to clearing away heat, their characteristic is that they can moisten the lung system. They are very suitable for babies with lung heat, cough, yellow sputum, and dry and sore throat.

Water chestnut: It is slightly cold in nature and rich in juice. It is very suitable for babies who have residual heat after a fever, such as irritability, thirst, mouth sores, dry stools and yellow urine, etc.

Star fruit: It is cold in nature, tastes sour and sweet, and can clear away heat and promote salivation. It is most suitable for babies with excessive internal heat and oral ulcers.

3. Eat more heat-clearing vegetables, such as cabbage: it is slightly cold in nature, and has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving restlessness, and promoting bowel movements. Celery: It is cold in nature, can remove liver fire and relieve heat in the lungs and stomach. Babies who are prone to "getting angry" can benefit from eating it regularly.

Lettuce: It is slightly cold in nature, crisp and tender in texture, and rich in water. Its effects are clearing heat, relieving gas, and resolving phlegm. Suitable for babies with heat in the lungs and stomach.

Every parent hopes that their children can grow up healthy and happy. However, it is inevitable that the children may suffer from various diseases. Therefore, we provide some solutions here and hope they will be helpful to all parents. At the same time, parents should also be reminded to pay attention to the balance of food when raising their children, and not to let their children eat meat or foods that are easy to cause inflammation.