Rectal medication for children's colds?

It is very common for children to catch a cold. Currently, there are many medicines for treating colds, including Western medicine and Chinese medicine. There are many medicines for treating colds, and different medicines are used to treat different types of colds. Some cold medicines for children are administered rectally. Parents do not need to worry too much, as this is normal. The blood in the rectum is relatively abundant, and rectal administration can allow children to absorb it well.

Cold symptoms

Traditional Chinese medicine generally divides colds into two categories: wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds. A cold is usually caused by fatigue, lack of rest, wind or cold. Colds usually occur more frequently in autumn and winter. Its characteristic symptoms are:

1. Severe pain in the back of the head, which is accompanied by difficulty in turning the neck and even soreness all over the body.

2. Afraid of cold and wind, usually need to wear a lot of clothes or cover with a big quilt to feel comfortable.

3. Sneezing, runny nose, white or slightly yellowish; heavy nasal congestion. If you have a stuffy nose but no runny nose, drinking some hot water will cause clear runny nose, which is also a cold caused by wind and cold.

4. The tongue has no coating or a thin white coating.

5. Aversion to cold, no fever or mild fever, and no sweating.

6. The pulse is floating and tight. Floating pulse means that the Yang Qi is on the surface and can be felt with light touch.

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 children's 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.