What dietary treatment should be used for children with cough and phlegm

What should you do if your child has a cough? You don’t have to go to the hospital directly, get injections or take medicine! You can also use food therapy at the same time as drug treatment, depending on the severity of the situation! Every parent cares about their children’s health, so they can’t help but worry when their children cough and have phlegm. Then try some dietary therapy!

1. Dietary therapy for baby's cough and phlegm 1: Fritillaria cirrhosa, rock sugar and snow pear Ingredients: one fresh snow pear, appropriate amount of Fritillaria cirrhosa and rock sugar Method: Wash the snow pear first, no need to peel it. Cut a horizontal cut in 1/3 of the part, remove the core, then add rock sugar and Fritillaria cirrhosa and cover with a lid. Place the pears in a slow cooker and simmer over medium heat for about 20 minutes.

Dietary therapy for baby's cough and phlegm 2: Carrot and coriander porridge Ingredients: appropriate amounts of carrots and coriander, about 100 grams of rice. Method: First wash the rice and put it in the pot. When the porridge is 90% cooked, add shredded radish and coriander segments, and cook for about 5 minutes before removing from the pot.

Dietary therapy for baby's cough and phlegm 3: Scrambled eggs with sesame oil and minced ginger. Ingredients: 1 egg, appropriate amount of minced ginger and sesame oil. Method: Add sesame oil to a hot pan. After the oil is hot, add the minced ginger and stir-fry for a few times. When the ginger is fragrant, add the eggs and stir-fry evenly.

2. Dietary therapy for cold and cough: 1. Ginger, brown sugar and garlic. When children suffer from colds, drinking warm ginger and brown sugar water can play a good therapeutic role. If the child also has a cough, add 2 to 3 cloves of garlic to the ginger and brown sugar water and cook together. Cook on low heat for 10 minutes to cook off the spicy taste of the garlic so that the child will be willing to drink it.

2. Steamed garlic water: Take 2 to 3 cloves of garlic, smash them, put them in a bowl, add half a bowl of water, put in a piece of rock sugar, cover the bowl and put it in the pot to steam. After boiling over high heat, switch to low heat and steam for 15 minutes. When the garlic water in the bowl is warm, feed it to your child. The garlic does not need to be eaten. Generally 2 to 3 times a day, half a bowl each time. Garlic is warm in nature and enters the spleen, stomach and lung meridians. It is very effective in treating cold coughs and kidney deficiency coughs. It is also convenient and simple, and children are willing to drink it.

3. Roast the oranges directly over low heat, turning them over constantly until the peel turns black and hot air comes out of the oranges. Wait for the orange to cool down a bit, peel the peel and let your child eat the warm orange segments. If it is a big orange, the child can eat 2 to 3 slices at a time. If it is a small tribute orange, the child can eat one at a time. It is best to take it with garlic water, 2 to 3 times a day. Oranges are warm in nature and have the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough. After eating roasted oranges, the amount of sputum will be significantly reduced, the antitussive effect is very obvious, and children are willing to eat it.

Diet therapy is a very effective method to relieve and treat children's cough and phlegm. If children don't want to take medicine or get injections after being sick, they can be treated by food intake! Usually, children would rather eat delicious food to treat their cough and phlegm than go to the hospital!