What should I do if my baby has a cough and a runny nose? Can I use peppermint oil on my baby's cough and runny nose?

During the onset of cough and runny nose, the baby needs to be treated with medicine in time. You can take Xiaoqinglong granules, Chaihuyin granules and other medicines according to the symptoms. You can also choose to take Xiaoer Baifuning and Meilin syrup. At the same time, you should strengthen diet conditioning, rinse the nasal cavity with normal saline, and you can also relieve it by smelling peppermint oil.

Babies' resistance is often not as high as that of adults, so they are prone to coughing and runny nose. If the condition is serious, the baby may have a persistent cough or a severe cough at night, which will make the baby extremely uncomfortable. A runny nose can also cause nasal congestion, so it must be treated in time. So how can we improve a baby's cough and runny nose?

1. How to treat a baby's cough and runny nose

1. Cold

When the baby has a cough and runny nose, medication should be used for treatment in time, but the type of cold needs to be determined before medication. If it is caused by wind and cold, it is necessary to take medication with the main functions of dispersing wind and cold and relieving cough for conditioning. At this time, the child can be fed with Chinese patent medicines such as Children's Feire Kechuan Oral Liquid, Xiaoqinglong Granules, Chaihuyin Granules, and Qingxuan Cough Granules. You can also choose to feed the child with Western medicines such as Children's Aminophenol Sulfonamine Granules.

2. Wind-heat cold

If the baby has a wind-heat cold, accompanied by fear of wind, headache, sneezing and other symptoms, it is necessary to adhere to the principle of antitussive and antitussive and lung heat-clearing as the main principle for treatment. At this time, you can feed the baby Chinese patent medicines such as Children's Cold Syrup, Children's Heat Quick Clearing Oral Liquid, Hulusan, Children's Baotaikang Granules, or choose to use Western medicines such as Tylenol Cold Syrup, Children's Baifuning and Meilin Syrup.

2. How to care for your baby with cough and runny nose

1. Diet adjustment

If the baby is already able to eat complementary foods, the symptoms can be alleviated through dietary therapy. It is recommended to stew lily and pear syrup, garlic and brown sugar water, sugarcane syrup porridge, brown sugar and ginger soup, white radish soup and other soups and porridges. At the same time, the child can drink more boiled water or honey water, which will also promote the improvement of symptoms.

2. Drip normal saline

When your baby has a stuffy nose, you can use saline solution to clean the nasal cavity, which helps keep the nasal mucosa moist and flushes out dirt in the nose.

3. Smell peppermint oil

Smelling peppermint oil can improve runny nose symptoms. You can drop a few drops into a large bowl of hot water and let your baby lean in and inhale the vapor.