At present, a variety of respiratory pathogens such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae and influenza viruses are circulating, and many babies have symptoms such as cough. What foods can be given to your baby at home to help relieve cough, clear the lungs, and dissolve phlegm?
On December 22, the Chongqing Municipal Health Commission invited Zheng Shan, deputy director of the Department of Pediatrics and chief TCM physician of Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, to teach parents to make several medicinal diets.
There are many types of coughs
Parents listened to it and looked at it
According to Zheng Shan, cough is roughly divided into two categories: cold cough and hot cough, which can be judged by listening to the sound of cough and looking at the color of phlegm.
Generally speaking, the cough is dull and there is phlegm in the throat, which is mostly phlegm cough;The cough is crisp and mostly dry;The phlegm is yellow and viscous, and the phlegm white and rare foam is mostly a cold coughNasal congestion and pusular discharge are wind-heat cough, and nasal congestion and runny nose are wind-cold cough.
Parents can use the above methods to determine the type of cough of the baby, and then choose the corresponding medicinal diet for conditioning.
For each type of cough, she recommended two kinds of medicinal diets, one for porridge or soup, and the other for tea, which is convenient for parents to use.
>> 3 types of febrile cough
Choose these medicinal diets for your symptoms
1.Wind-heat cough.
Common manifestations include heavy cough, yellow nasal discharge, and nasal congestion. Choose from the following medicinal diets and teas:
1) Honey radish paste: 60 g of honey, 1 fresh radish (about 500 g), 50 g of Houttuynia cordata.
Wash and peel the radish, hollow out the center, put in the houttuynia cordata, pour in honey, serve in a bowl, steam it through water and eat.
2) Mulberry tea: 15g mulberry leaves, 15g chrysanthemums, appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Mulberry leaves and chrysanthemums are placed in a thermos cup, brewed with an appropriate amount of boiling water, covered and stuffed for 15 minutes, and then an appropriate amount of rock sugar is added, and the tea is frequently drunk, 1 dose per day.
This medicinal diet can evacuate wind and heat, promote lung and relieve cough.
2.Phlegm-fever cough.
Common manifestations include cough and shortness of breath, yellow thick and sticky sputum, accompanied by facial redness, red lips, and no obvious nasal congestion and runny nose.
1) Lugen and bamboo porridge: 30 g of reed root (50 g of fresh products), 15 g of bamboo root, 50g of coix seeds, 200g of japonica rice.
First fry the first two herbs, filter the juice and discard the residue, cook it with rice into thin porridge, and cook it slightly. Take in meals or divided doses in the morning and evening. Once daily.
2) Monk fruit tea: 50 g of monk fruit, 20 g of Houttuynia cordata, 20 g of tangerine peel, 20 g of honey. After washing the above drugs first, it is enough to brew them with boiling water.
The medicinal diet can clear away lung heat, dissolve phlegm and relieve cough.
3.Yin deficiency cough.
Common cough for a long time, not healed for a long time, dry cough with little phlegm, no nasal congestion and runny nose, dry mouth, like to drink water.
1) Stewed pear with Sichuan shellfish honey: 1 pear, 5g of Sichuan shellfish powder, appropriate amount of honey.
First of all, wash the pear with the skin, cut the upper part of the pedicle horizontally into a lid, cut off the heart under the pear, add 5g of Chuanbei powder and a little honey, cover the pear lid with the pedicle, and seal it with a toothpick. After that, put the pears in a stew pot and simmer over low heat for about 2 hours before serving.
2) Lotus root juice to moisten the lungs: 1 section of fresh lotus root, 1 pear, 200g of water chestnut (water chestnut), 100g of fresh wheat winter.
Wash first, squeeze the fresh juice, mix and bottle for later use. Take 50-100ml each time, 1 time in the morning and 1 time in the evening. Take it for 7 days.
This medicinal diet can nourish and moisturize dryness, moisten the lungs and relieve cough.
>> 2 types of cold cough
Choose these medicinal diets for your symptoms
1.Wind chill cough.
Common manifestations include cough and itchy throat, obvious nasal congestion, and runny nose.
1) Perilla porridge: 10 g of perilla leaves, 10 g of almonds, 50 g of japonica rice, 3 slices of ginger, 3 jujubes.
Cook porridge with japonica rice first, add perilla leaves, almonds, ginger, and jujube when the porridge is cooked, and then boil it. Take hot, 1 dose daily.
2) Ginger brown sugar and garlic drink: 30g of brown sugar and 5-7 slices of ginger are decoctioned, then add 2-3 cloves of garlic and cook over low heat for 10 minutes, then drink.
The medicine can relieve the cold, promote the lungs and relieve cough.
2.Phlegm-damp cough.
The common manifestations are cough with a lot of sputum, thin sputum, white in color, often accompanied by poor appetite, loose stools, and no obvious nasal congestion and runny nose.
1) Poria cocos barley porridge: 15g of soybean, 60g of coix seeds, 10g of tangerine peel, 15g of poria cocos.
After the above-mentioned herbs are washed, the suzi is wrapped in pure gauze, boiled with rice, and the porridge is taken every night.
2) Winter melon osmanthus tea: 200g of winter melon, 30g of osmanthus, 10g of tangerine peel.
Add 1000ml of water to the above herbs, boil over high heat, and then cook over low heat for 15 minutes before eating.
This medicinal diet can clear away heat and dampness, relieve cough and reduce phlegm.
Zheng Shan reminded parents that the recommended dosage in the above medicinal diet is suitable for children aged 6-14 years old, and it is recommended to reduce the amount by half for children aged 2-6 years. Generally, the medicinal diet is used for 5-7 days, and the medicinal diet can be stopped after the child's disease improves and he recovers.
It should be noted that if the Chinese medicine in the medicinal diet is duplicated with the medicinal herbs in the oral proprietary Chinese medicine, the drug needs to be removed from the medicinal diet to avoid excessive dosage of the single medicine.
Chief reporter of Hualong Net, Lian Xiao.