What medicine should children take for cough and white sputum

Many children have severe coughs, because their coughs are usually caused by colds, and the coughing is more obvious when they sleep at night, which can easily lead to insomnia in children. In order to make children get better quickly and avoid pneumonia or pharyngitis due to coughing, they must take medicine in time. So what medicine is effective for children with cough and white sputum?

When children cough up white sputum, the main choice of medicine should be based on the clinical manifestations, symptoms, severity and cause. If the sputum is large and thick, you can take symptomatic expectorant drugs, such as ambroxol syrup, carbocisteine ​​oral solution, etc.; Chinese medicine can choose honey-refined Fritillaria and loquat paste, Lanqin oral solution, snake gall and Fritillaria liquid, etc. Routine blood tests can also be performed, and a chest X-ray can be taken if necessary to identify possible acute upper respiratory tract infection, acute bronchitis, or even pneumonia. Choose drugs for anti-pathogen treatment, such as penicillin, amoxicillin, cefadroxil, azithromycin and other drugs for antibacterial treatment.

When a child coughs and has phlegm, it means that the child's respiratory tract is infected by bacteria and/or viruses and becomes inflammatory. Western medicine uses antibiotics and antiviral drugs, such as cephalosporins. However, long-term use of antibiotics is not good for the child's health in the long run. Frequent use will cause bacteria to develop drug resistance and easily produce drug-resistant strains in the child's body. Therefore, when the child is prone to colds and coughs but the condition is not very serious, the doctor will prescribe some Chinese patent medicines, such as cold and cough syrup, children's cough and lung moistening oral liquid, cold granules, isatis root, etc., because these drugs have small side effects and are easy for children to accept.

If you have a cough with white phlegm, drink Sichuan Fritillary Pear Water

Ingredients: one pear, 1-3 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa powder, 3-5 grams of ephedra.

Method: Peel the pears, take out the core, add Fritillaria cirrhosa powder, and stew in water. Eat 1 pear twice a day. Or you can choose the method of the late famous doctor Pu Fuzhou, use 3-5 grams of the Chinese medicine ephedra, mash or pound it, put it into the heart of the pear, steam it and eat it.

Efficacy: Ephedra volatile oil has a certain expectorant effect. It can promote the excretion of phenol red in the trachea, play a role in resolving phlegm and removing phlegm. At the same time, it can also increase the peristalsis of bronchial cilia and promote expectoration.

If you have a cough and white phlegm, drink honey and white radish juice

Ingredients: 1 large white radish and 100 grams of honey.

Method: Wash the radish, hollow out the center, add honey, put it in a large bowl, add water and steam for 20 minutes. Eat when cooked. Take once in the morning and evening every day, in appropriate amount.

Efficacy: Suitable for patients with acute bronchitis and excessive sputum.

If you have a cough with white phlegm, drink sugarcane and water chestnut drink

Ingredients: 1 piece of red sugarcane, 10 water chestnuts.

Preparation method: Wash and peel the sugarcane, squeeze out the juice, squeeze out the juice from the water chestnut, pour the two juices into a cup and mix well.

Efficacy: Nourishes the lungs and relieves cough.

If you have a cough with white phlegm, drink licorice tea

Ingredients: some licorice leaves.

Preparation method: Soak licorice leaves directly with boiling water. It is recommended to drink hot water and do not wait until it cools down before drinking. Patients with coughs are not suitable for drinking cold things.

Efficacy: Licorice can promote the secretion of pharyngeal and bronchial mucosa, dilute thick sputum and make it easier to cough up.