Recommended 3 folk remedies for treating pneumonia in children 4 symptoms of pneumonia in children

If there is a child with pneumonia at home, in addition to receiving regular treatment, parents are actively looking for effective ways to treat their children. Most parents will choose traditional Chinese medicine. Let’s take a look at 3 traditional Chinese medicine remedies for treating pediatric pneumonia!

4 symptoms of pneumonia in children

Most fevers are high, around 39-40℃, irregular, and of uncertain fever type, mostly remittent fever. Infants and young children with rickets and malnutrition may not have a high temperature; newborns with pneumonia may not have a high temperature.

Coughing is an early symptom of this disease. It starts with frequent irritating dry coughs, followed by phlegm sounds in the throat. Coughing may be accompanied by vomiting and choking on milk.

Respiration is shallow and rapid, with nasal flaring, and some children have mild cyanosis around the mouth and nails.

Pulmonary signs are not obvious in the early stage, with only coarse breath sounds or slightly reduced breath sounds. After a few days, moderate and fine moist rales can be heard, especially fine moist rales. They are denser at the bases of the two lungs and beside the spine on the back and clearer at the end of deep inspiration. When large areas of lung lesions are fused, signs of pulmonary consolidation such as increased vocal fremitus, dullness on percussion, weakened breath sounds on auscultation, or tubular breath sounds may occur.

In addition to respiratory symptoms, children may also have systemic symptoms such as mental depression, irritability, loss of appetite, shivering, diarrhea, etc. If the treatment is timely and appropriate, they will recover within two weeks.

Children with pneumonia generally have the above symptoms. So how does traditional Chinese medicine treat children with pneumonia?

1. Heat inside and cold outside: Symptoms include nasal congestion and runny nose, aversion to cold without sweating, severe cough and asthma, white fur, and floating and rapid pulse. This is because the lung qi is blocked and cannot be promoted and descended.

[Prescription for pneumonia] Ephedra 3g, almond 9g, licorice 6g, gypsum 12g, honeysuckle 6g, forsythia 9g, platycodon 6g, mustard spicate 12g, fresh reed root 30g

【Usage】 Decoction in water.

[Comments on pneumonia] This is a symptom of wind-heat invading the lungs, so the treatment is mainly based on the use of pungent and cool herbs to dispel the evil, supplemented by clearing away heat and detoxifying. The treatment is effective with Ma Xing Shi Gan Gan Decoction and Yin Qiao Powder, which can be described as simple and magical.

2. Warm pathogens attack the lungs: symptoms include high fever, coma, dry nose without mucus, frequent cough with little sputum, thin yellow fur, and rapid pulse. Treatment should be to clear away heat and detoxify, promote lung function and relieve cough.

[Prescription for pneumonia] 4.5g tender peucedanum, 12g water bean roll, 9g water roasted mulberry leaf, 9g honeysuckle, 9g forsythia shell, 9g almond, 4.5g elephant shell powder, 9g black gardenia, 3g raw licorice

【Usage】 Decoction in water.

【Comments on pneumonia】 Wind-heat, fever with unrelieved sweating, and no cold headache. The pathogenic factors enter the interior from the exterior, and are still between the Wei and Qi. Ye Xiangyan said, "It is OK to sweat in the Wei, but it can only be cleared when it reaches the Qi." Therefore, the treatment is to use the Zhizi Shi Tang method to clear the Qi and penetrate the Wei. Because the fever and sweating indicate that the exterior Wei is already weak, so penetrating the Wei only requires

Mulberry leaves, bean rolls and other slightly sweet ingredients should not weaken the body's exterior to avoid excessive sweating and loss of yang. Since the patient already has the symptoms of rapid pulse and yellow tongue coating, but no irritability, thirst and other symptoms, and the internal heat is not yet intense, so to clear the Qi only use light and clear ingredients such as honeysuckle, forsythia, gardenia, etc., so that the medicinal power will not affect the middle and lower Jiao and do not exceed the affected area. Since the patient "has not yet spread to the pericardium and the evil is still in the lungs", use hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hu

3. Damp-heat in the lungs: Symptoms include chest fullness and phlegm, flaring of the nostrils, heavy and turbid phlegm in the throat, thick and greasy tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse. Treatment should be aimed at clearing the lungs, relieving depression, and removing phlegm and turbidity.

[Prescription for pneumonia] Gentiana scabra, Gardenia jasminoides, Akebia, Alisma orientalis, Rehmannia glutinosa, Dictyophora indica, Scutellaria baicalensis, Pinellia ternata, Trichosanthes kirilowii seed (no dosage recorded)

【Usage】 Decoction in water.

【Comments on pneumonia】Coughing occurs due to liver qi stagnation, which turns into fire, wood fire punishes metal, and lung metal loses its restraint; bitter taste in the mouth occurs due to liver and gallbladder fire; excessive liver qi causes chest and flank pain, impatience and irritability. The prescription uses Longdan Xiegan Decoction to clear the liver and purge fire, with Xiaoxianxiong added.