Recipes for children with cold and fever

Infants are more sensitive and fragile. A little cold can easily cause respiratory infections and fever, especially when the seasons change and the weather is hot and cold. For this reason, many parents are particularly worried and hope to enhance their baby's immune function and protect them from external stimulation. They can pay attention to their diet and eat more foods that help improve their baby's resistance. So what are some recipes for preventing colds and fevers?

What is a cold in children?

Children's cold, also known as acute upper respiratory tract infection, is the most common disease in children. It mainly affects the nose, nasopharynx and pharynx. Therefore, diagnostic terms such as "acute nasopharyngitis" (cold), "acute pharyngitis" and "acute tonsillitis" are often used. They can also be collectively referred to as upper respiratory tract infection, abbreviated as "upper respiratory tract infection".

In 1987, the domestic pediatric community established the diagnostic criteria for children with recurrent respiratory tract infections (recurrent children): babies aged 0 to 2 years old have 7 upper respiratory infections and 3 lower respiratory infections (including bronchitis, asthma and pneumonia) each year. Babies aged 3 to 5 years old suffer from upper respiratory tract infection 6 times and lower respiratory tract infection 2 times a year.

How to tell if your baby has a cold?

The severity of children's colds varies greatly. In mild cases, there is only clear nasal discharge, nasal congestion, sneezing, or accompanied by tearing, a slight cough, and throat discomfort. It usually heals itself within 3 to 4 days. Sometimes it is also accompanied by fever, sore throat, tonsillitis and swollen lymph nodes. Fever can last from 2 to 3 days to about 1 week.

Children's colds are often accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea. In severe cases, the body temperature can reach 39-40℃ or higher, accompanied by systemic symptoms such as chills, headache, general weakness, sharp loss of appetite, and disturbed sleep.

Dietary considerations for children with coldsGo Top

First, drink more water and urinate more, and give your children boiled water. Usually, children's fever mainly consumes water in the body, and timely and sufficient water replenishment can effectively reduce the temperature.

Second, pay attention to supplementing more foods rich in vitamin A. During the period of cold and fever, the human body's demand for various nutrients increases. At this time, lack of vitamin A can easily lead to reduced resistance of the respiratory and digestive tract mucosa, and children are more likely to develop tracheitis, pneumonia, enteritis, etc. due to colds.

Third, pay attention to supplementing foods rich in zinc. Zinc can improve children's resistance and avoid recurrent colds and oral ulcers.

Fourth, drinking an appropriate amount of fruit juice rich in vitamin C can help cure a cold. Parents can make some fresh fruit juice, such as lemon juice, pear juice, orange juice, etc., but fruit juice cannot replace water.

Recipes for children's colds Go Top

1. Radish and ginger juice

Nutritional analysis: Radish tastes spicy and sweet, and is cool in nature. It has the effects of cooling blood and stopping bleeding, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and promoting urination and detoxification. Its alcohol extract has a strong antibacterial effect on Gram-positive bacteria, and its aqueous extract has an inhibitory effect on a variety of skin fungi. Ginger is pungent and warm, dispels cold and soothes the stomach. This medicinal juice can dispel cold and wind, detoxify and reduce swelling.

Preparation method:

① Wash the radish and ginger, peel the radish and ginger, chop and mash them, and squeeze the juice with clean gauze.

② Swallow the juice slowly in several doses.

2. Burdock root porridge

Nutritional analysis: Burdock root is pungent, bitter and cold, and has similar effects to burdock. It has the functions of dispelling wind and heat, relieving sore throat and reducing swelling. In addition, taking burdock root internally can enhance metabolism, promote blood circulation, facilitate bowel movements, and regulate menstruation. When cooked into porridge with glutinous rice, it can also strengthen the stomach and soothe the stomach. This porridge can dispel wind and heat, relieve sore throat and soothe the stomach.

Preparation method:

① Cook rice porridge first. Fry the sweet potato roots in water, boil for 5 minutes, remove the residue and take the juice, add it to the porridge, and add sugar to taste.

② It can be eaten warm or cold.