Why do children often have runny noses?

If a child often has a runny nose, parents should pay attention, because this type of situation may be caused by excessive heat in the body, which leads to a runny nose. For children who often have a runny nose, it can actually be treated through diet therapy, such as eating more fruits, eating more light dishes, drinking more water, etc.

1. What to do if your child has a runny nose?

1.1. Diet therapy: eat more fruits.

Fruits contain a lot of vitamin C, which is beneficial to the recovery of colds and thus reduces the production of runny nose. Vitamin C in fruits can enhance the baby's resistance. When the baby's resistance is enhanced, he can naturally resist the invasion of cold viruses, so eating more fruits is very beneficial.

1.2. Drug therapy: Fumigation with Xindi water or consumption of Astragalus.

At this time, you can take medicine under the doctor's prescription. Depending on the situation, you can clear the external evil, such as cold evil must be cleared, heat evil must be adjusted, and then use the method of opening the orifices to make the nose unblocked. This can be done with Xindi water fumigation. There are also cases where long-term illness or wind-cold invasion leads to qi deficiency and inability to absorb fluids. At this time, you can use Astragalus to replenish qi.

1.3. Treatment remedy: Boil scallions in water.

In addition to drinking more boiled water to replenish water, parents can try boiling scallion whites in water. Wash the white part of the scallion with roots, cut into sections, and cook in a small pot. Drink 300 ml a day. It is specially used to treat early-stage colds without fever. If your baby refuses to drink, you can add some brown sugar. Brown sugar can add flavor and also has the effect of dispelling cold, which can kill two birds with one stone.

1.4. Home care: hot compress with towel.

When your baby catches a cold, you can use a clean towel or gauze, dip it in boiling water, wring it dry, and then wrap it in layers. Since the baby's skin is very tender, be careful not to burn the baby. Adults can test the temperature on their own body first. Then place the wrapped cloth balls at the base of the baby's nose (a little below the eyebrows) for hot compress.

2. What medicine should babies take for runny nose?

2.1. Clear runny nose. Children's crying and sadness will invade the lung qi and cause runny nose. Don't worry about it, just drink more water.

2.2. When you encounter a cold, the cold air will first enter your body, causing sneezing and a runny nose. If you have just discovered it, immediately drink plenty of hot water or wipe your face with hot water to enhance your body's ability to resist the cold. If it has been going on for a long time, or the cold air has blocked your pores, making it impossible to sweat and leaving you with a runny nose, you can boil water with hot foods such as ginger, scallions, and cinnamon to generate heat and sweat, thereby removing the cold air.

2.3. If your nasal discharge lasts for a long time, it will damage the body fluids and generate heat in the body, or if the body's resistance is basically successful, the nasal discharge will become sticky. At this time, just drink more hot water.