Can children drink fish soup when they have a cough?

Fish soup is rich in nutritional value. In fact, fish soup made from different types of fish has different effects on the human body. Common dishes in our daily life include crucian carp soup, carp soup, etc. Because of its delicious taste and rich soup, it also attracts the taste buds of many children and they like to drink fish soup. However, parents are not sure whether their children can drink fish soup when they have a cold or cough.

1. Traditional Chinese medicine has the saying that "fish generates fire and meat generates phlegm". When you have a cough or bronchitis, you should eat less fish, shrimp, crab, fatty meat, etc., so as not to help generate fire and phlegm. In addition, greasy food can easily aggravate cough, which is not conducive to the recovery of colds and bronchitis. Therefore, it is better to eat light and easily digestible food when you have a cold and cough.

Among all fishy foods, silver carp, hairtail and other fish are most likely to aggravate cough symptoms, so patients should pay special attention to avoid eating these two types of fish. Some children with cough will have their cough aggravated after eating fish, which is related to the fishy smell irritating the respiratory tract and the allergy to the protein in fish and shrimp foods. Children who are allergic to certain fish or eggs should be especially careful to avoid these foods.

2. The baby's internal organs are delicate and cannot tolerate cold or heat. If the baby has a weak spleen and a hyperactive liver, the external wind and cold will affect the lungs or cause spleen deficiency and loss of normal function. Children with long-term cough can be treated with crucian carp soup.

3. Crucian carp is sweet and mild in nature, enters the spleen, stomach, and large intestine, and has the effect of strengthening the spleen and relieving cough. In the medical book “Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica”, it is said that crucian carp head “cures cough”. The method is to take 150 grams of fresh crucian carp, remove the belly and internal organs, wash it, add appropriate amount of lard and salt for seasoning, boil it in water, then add a scallion, a slice of ginger, 20 grams of fresh mint, and boil the water. Eat soup and meat together. Take one dose per day for 3 to 5 days.

4. Adding scallion and ginger can relieve the symptoms of cold and invigorate the stomach. Mint can also relieve wind and relieve the symptoms of cold. The whole prescription has the functions of strengthening the body, eliminating evil, dispelling wind and cold, strengthening the spleen and relieving cough. It is used to treat weak babies with long-term chronic cough. If your baby is weak and sickly, you should pay attention to a reasonable diet and correct your picky eating and bad eating habits. Of course, you should also do proper exercise, gradually strengthen your physical fitness, and seek timely treatment if you are ill.