What medicine should babies take when they catch a cold?

Children often like to kick off the quilt at night. Because there is heating in every home now, many children may cover themselves with more clothes when they sleep, which will make them very hot and they will kick off the quilt accidentally. After kicking it off, they will catch a cold after sleeping all night. The body becomes very cold and it is easy to catch a cold. Children can take medication to relieve the cold after catching a cold, but how can we treat it through some methods?

What medicine should children take for colds?

What medicine to take for cold

For the drug treatment of colds in children, you can choose Jingfang Baidu Powder, Tongxuan Lifei Pills, Mahuang Zhisou Pills, Xiaoer Sizhen Jiu and Shensu Lifei Jiu, Baoying Dan, Children's Cold Tea, Xiao Chaihu, Qingxuan Zhike Granules, etc. When giving medicine to children, you need to follow the doctor's orders or the drug instructions to determine the dosage and frequency of administration. While taking the medicine, you can use ginger and scallion decoction as a medicine to enhance the effect of the medicine.

In addition to the above-mentioned medicines, to treat children's colds, you can also give them scallion soup (3-4 segments of scallion + 2-3 slices of ginger boiled), and add some pediatric honey for flavoring. You can also fry the minced ginger and wrap it around the soles of your child's feet before bed to relieve your child's nasal congestion symptoms. In addition, you can also give your child Jianer Qingjie Solution (stop drinking if diarrhea occurs) or take Tairuining Taurine Granules.

Note: For children with colds caused by wind and cold, avoid using Sangju Cold Tablets, Yinqiao Jiedu Tablets, Lingqiao Jiedu Tablets, Compound Cold Tablets, etc., so as to avoid taking the wrong medicine.

In addition to colds caused by wind and cold, for some common colds such as wind-heat colds and influenza, you can use symptomatic medication according to your baby's symptoms:

Wind-heat cold or influenza: Children's Jindan Tablets (traditional Chinese medicine), Wang's Baochi Pills, Hiya Qiying Pills, Children's Cold Detoxification Granules, Children's Cold Granules, Children's Quick-acting Cold Granules, Isatis Root, Cook's Herb;

Mild cold (sneezing and clear runny nose): Xiaoer Baotaikang, Xiaoer Jindan tablets;

Severe or viral cold: Hongtai brand children's cold granules (Chinese patent medicine), Shuanghuanglian oral liquid, Aichang drops;

Cold with cough: Qilinsan.

Cold remedies

The main characteristics of a cold caused by wind and cold are: fever, aversion to cold (fear of cold), no sweating, runny nose, loose joints in the head, neck and back, a floating and tight pulse, and may be accompanied by diarrhea and vomiting. In response to these symptoms, parents can take some small remedies to alleviate the baby's condition:

If your baby's cold symptoms are not serious, there are many non-medical treatments in life: taking a sauna, soaking your feet in hot water, drinking ginger and sugar water, drinking ginger porridge, etc.

If your baby has a cold and fever, you can rub his body with white wine, but this method is only suitable for children over 3 years old. Dip a smooth hard object such as a copper coin or other penny in white wine, and gently scrape the front and back chest, Quchi, and Quwo of the lower limbs until the skin turns red and hot. Then drink a bowl of hot ginger and sugar water, and you will start to sweat profusely after about 15 minutes. After sweating, the whole body will feel relaxed and comfortable. At this time, be careful to avoid colds and the cold will heal quickly.

Note that the best way to treat a cold is to make the baby sweat, but avoid profuse sweating. Let the baby sweat slightly, and it should continue for an hour. If the child is kept too warm, it will cause "damage to body fluids", and because the child sweats too quickly, the cold cannot be completely eliminated and the cold cannot be completely cured.