In the previous article, Dashu shared with parents and friends that cough is divided into two categories: physiological cough and pathological cough.
In this article, Dashu will introduce the corresponding dietary therapy methods for children's common wind-cold cough.
When a child coughs, the first thing parents should do is to observe the child's tongue.
If the tongue coating is white, it is a wind-chill cough. It means that the child is cold, the cough sputum is thin, white and sticky, and accompanied by nasal congestion and runny nose, at this time, you should eat some warm, phlegm and cough food
It is recommended that parents can use the following dietary remedies:
1. Ginger + brown sugar + garlic.
When children suffer from wind chill and cold, ginger brown sugar water becomes the best medicine. If your child has a cough, we can add 2-3 cloves of garlic to the ginger brown sugar water and simmer together for 10 minutes. In this way, the pungency of the garlic fades away, leaving only a faint sweetness, which tempts the child to drink.
2. Garlic + rock sugar.
In a small bowl, add two or three cloves of crushed garlic, a piece of rock sugar, and half a bowl of water. Once covered, put it in a pot and steam. After the heat boils, switch to low heat and steam for 15 minutes. Give the garlic water to your child while it is warm, and do not need to overheat it. Garlic is not to be eaten. 2 3 times a day, a small half bowl at a time. After the garlic is steamed, there is no spicy taste, and the garlic water is slightly sweet and garlic fragrant, which is acceptable to children.
3. Roasted oranges.
Roast the oranges over low heat, turning constantly. Stop until the orange skin turns black and the heat continues to rise. When the oranges are warm, peel and serve. Large oranges 2-3 petals at a time. Kumquats, tribute oranges, one at a time. 2-3 times a day. Paired with the garlic water above, the effect is best. After eating roasted oranges, the amount of phlegm will be significantly reduced, and the antitussive effect is very obvious.
4. Scrambled eggs with sesame oil and minced ginger.
A teaspoon of sesame oil, a slice of ginger cut into foam, an egg. The usual scrambled egg method is sufficient. Let the child eat it once a night before going to bed, and the effect is obvious for coughing and coughing with weakness.
5. Pears + Sichuan peppercorns + rock sugar.
Cut the pears in the middle, remove the core, and put them in the middle. Then add 10-20 peppercorns and 2-3 rock sugars. Steam in the pot for about half an hour. A pear can be eaten in two parts. Steamed pepper rock sugar pear has a very obvious effect on ** wind chill cough, and the effect is better than boiled rock sugar pear water.
The above is the dietary prescription for wind cold cough, parents should also pay attention to the following cold foods can not be eaten by children while using these methods to treat diseases: mung beans, crabs, mussels, snails, snails, persimmons, grapefruits, bananas, kiwifruit, sugarcane, watermelon, melon, bitter gourd, water chestnut, cucumber, kelp, seaweed, raw radish, eggplant, reed, lotus root, winter melon, loofah, sweet potato, etc.
In the next article, Dashu will share with parents and friends the judgment of wind-heat cough and the corresponding dietary therapy.
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