What to do if your child doesn't take medicine for a cold

When a baby has a cold, he will cry non-stop because he feels uncomfortable. If parents force the baby to take medicine, the baby will cry even more, because the medicine is really bitter. After feeding the child the medicine, you can give the child some candy, and at the same time, you should also train the child to take medicine on his own initiative. Especially boys, they must develop an independent and strong character from an early age, which will have a good effect on their future development.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that when a cold first occurs, the pathogenic qi is still superficial, and intervention and treatment at this time are most likely to lead to recovery. For babies over one year old who do not often get sick and have a good physical constitution, if they only have mild symptoms such as clear runny nose, sneezing, mild nasal congestion or cough, they can skip medication, drink more water, and use some massage methods to relieve the symptoms.

fever

Traditional Chinese medicine is different from Western medicine in reducing fever. Western medicine believes that colds are mostly caused by viruses. There is currently no effective antiviral method, and antipyretic drugs can only reduce fever temporarily. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the initial outbreak of a cold is mostly due to cold, and dispersing wind and cold at this time will usually achieve better results.

External treatment for babies - covering the fontanelle

When a baby with an unclosed fontanelle has a cold or fever in the early stages, parents can wash their hands, rub them together to warm them up, and then cover the baby's fontanelle with their palms. Alternatively, they can place a small towel under a cup of warm water, warm the towel first, and then cover the fontanelle with the towel. After covering it for about 20 minutes, the tip of the baby's nose will start to sweat. If you do this three times a day, the baby will see obvious improvement. This method can not only reduce fever, but also relieve the symptoms of baby's nasal congestion.

External treatment for the initial onset of a cold - soaking your feet in perilla leaf water

Soak basil leaves in hot water or boil them for 3 minutes, let them cool to about 37°C, and use them to soak your baby's feet until the baby's nose starts to sweat slightly. If the baby is willing to drink basil water, the effect will be better. This method is suitable for the initial stage of a cold, when the patient is infected with wind and cold.

When you have a fever and no sweat - drink Qingtianhe water 200 times

Use the tips of your index and middle fingers to push in a straight line on the middle of the inner side of the baby's left forearm, from the wrist crease to the elbow crease. This is called Qing Tianhe Water, with a frequency of 200 times per minute. When doing massage, you can dip your fingers in a little water to help reduce fever. This method is suitable for when the baby has a fever but no sweat.

Sweating and fever-reducing-scallion and black bean soup

Take three pieces of scallion roots and 15g of fermented black beans, boil them together in water and give it to your baby to drink. If there is no light black beans, just boiling water with scallion whites can also have the effect of inducing sweat and reducing fever. This method is suitable for fever caused by colds. The characteristics of colds are obvious causes of cold, including fever without sweating, nasal congestion, sneezing, clear runny nose, and thin white tongue coating.

Navel compress - Huoxiang Zhengqi water to reduce fever

Dip a cotton ball in Huoxiang Zhengqi water, place it on the baby's navel, and then secure it with gauze and adhesive strips. This can help reduce fever. Please note that you must choose alcohol-free Huoxiang Zhengqi Water to avoid the alcohol contained in it irritating and damaging the baby's delicate skin.