What medicine is better for children with cough? How to use medicine for children with cough

Children have relatively weak resistance and are more prone to coughing in autumn and winter. At this time, parents should give their children some cough suppressants according to their specific condition. They should not just go to the pharmacy and give them some blindly. Below we will analyze what medicine to take for children's cough and the precautions for taking medicine.

1. Medicines for children’s cough

1. Wind-cold cough: Generally speaking, it is caused by catching a cold. In addition to cough, there are also some runny nose symptoms. We call this an exogenous wind-cold cough. We recommend that you take some Tongxuan Lifei oral liquid and Qingxuan cough relieving granules at home to dispel the wind-cold and relieve the symptoms.

2. Wind-heat cough: Generally, there is yellow nasal discharge, sore throat, and yellow sputum. We can take some Jianer Qingjie solution, Xiaoer Qingre Lifei, and Jubei mixture at home.

3. Phlegm-damp cough: If the child coughs for a long time and has a lot of phlegm, and has a phlegm-damp cough, we recommend that parents give the child's cough-relieving oral liquid, Liujunzi pills, or children's lung cough granules.

4. Obvious phlegm heat: that is, spitting out a lot of yellow phlegm, then we recommend taking compound fresh bamboo juice, which can treat children's lung heat, cough and asthma, and other such medicines.

5. Allergic rhinitis: If the cough is caused by allergic rhinitis, leukotriene receptor antagonists and antihistamines can be used for treatment.

In addition, when children have a cough, parents should let them drink more water and eat more foods rich in vitamins. At the same time, they should pay attention to a light diet and avoid foods that are too sweet, too spicy, or easily crumbed.

2. Precautions for medication

There are many kinds of cough suppressants for children, and the medicine should be selected according to the specific symptoms. For mild coughs, you can temporarily stop taking medicine; for frequent coughs, you can choose Chinese medicine or a combination of Western medicine; cough suppressants should not be taken with multiple Chinese and Western medicines at the same time to avoid the superposition of medicines and side effects, which will have a bad impact on the body; when a more serious cough causes infection, antibiotics need to be used reasonably.