What is the cause of children's cough? What is the method of traditional Chinese medicine to treat children's cough?

Children's cough is a defensive reflex movement, the main purpose of which is to expel respiratory secretions, exudates and foreign objects inhaled into the airway. Children with coughs caused by different reasons will show different symptoms, and some children will also have obvious accompanying symptoms, such as sputum, sneezing, runny nose, etc. When treating children's cough, it mainly includes cause treatment and symptomatic treatment. Next, let's follow Dr. Fan Huijie from Yangjiang People's Hospital to learn more about it.

What causes cough in children?

The causes of children's cough are internal injuries and external factors. External factors are more common, such as cough caused by cold air, colds caused by wind and heat. Colds caused by cold air in winter are mostly colds caused by wind and cold. If the child is exposed to the sun in summer, the cold may be caused by wind and heat. There are also some colds caused by dry lungs, because the weather is dry in autumn and winter, and children drink less water. In addition, there are colds and coughs caused by food accumulation, and indigestion after eating a full meal can also cause colds and coughs.

What causes nighttime coughing in children?

Children's night cough is caused by internal injuries, including spleen and qi deficiency. This situation is relatively common in clinical practice. It may be related to the increased sensitivity of the respiratory tract caused by viral, bacterial, mycoplasma and chlamydia infections caused by the patient's cold. Many children cough for several months. The method of treating cough in traditional Chinese medicine is generally to regulate the spleen and stomach and then replenish lung qi.

What are the methods of traditional Chinese medicine to treat children’s cough?

There are three common methods of TCM treatment for children’s cough:

1. Decoction of medicine, but many children have difficulty taking or swallowing medicine;

2. Medicated bath: Children's skin absorption is better and they can absorb drugs directly through the skin;

3. For acupoint plastering and pediatric massage, select acupoints such as Dazhui, Tanzhong, Tiantu, and Feishu for plastering. Before performing pediatric massage, it is necessary to distinguish whether it is caused by food accumulation or wind-cold or wind-heat.

Children's cough is the most common symptom of respiratory diseases. When using traditional Chinese medicine to treat children's cough, parents must remind their children to take medicine according to the doctor's orders on time. In addition, during the treatment period, they must strengthen exercise and do more outdoor sports activities to improve the resistance of the respiratory mucosa, strengthen the body's physical fitness and improve the body's immunity.