What are the treatments for children's cough? What should we do if children have cough?

Children with cough can be treated with cough suppressants such as aminophylline tablets. At the same time, antibiotics and expectorants should be used as appropriate. Those with allergies also need to take antihistamines such as loratadine syrup. In addition, children can also take Xingsu powder or Sangju drink, or directly use Chinese patent medicines such as Shedan Chuanbei liquid, and acupuncture and massage therapy can be used when necessary.

For children, coughing is a very common symptom. Once a child has a cough, the cough may persist, especially at night when it becomes more severe. The child may not be able to sleep properly and cry uncomfortably, so it is best to receive treatment in time. So, what are the specific treatments for children's cough?

1. Western medicine for children's cough

When a child has a cough attack, the first thing to do is to find the cause. Generally, cough suppressants such as Ketalin or aminophylline tablets can be given. If it is a respiratory infection, antibiotics and antiviral drugs can be used as appropriate. If accompanied by phlegm in the throat, expectorants such as ambroxol should be added. For coughs caused by allergies, anti-allergic drugs such as loratadine syrup or diphenhydramine syrup can also be given to the child.

2. TCM treatment for children’s cough

1. Oral medication

(1) Traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions

Traditional Chinese medicine can be used as the first choice for children's cough, but it is necessary to treat it according to the syndrome differentiation. If it is a cold cough, you can boil Xingsu powder and feed it to the child. If it is a wind-heat cough, you can use Sangju drink. Children with phlegm-heat cough need to use Qingjin Huatan Decoction for conditioning. In addition, you can also boil Buzhong Yiqi Decoction and Shashen Maidong Decoction according to the symptoms.

(2) Chinese patent medicine

During the period of coughing in children, they can be fed with Chinese patent medicines with antitussive and antitussive effects, such as snake gall and Fritillaria cirrhosa liquid, compound loquat paste or cough syrup according to the course of treatment. If the examination finds that it is caused by bronchitis, children's phlegm-relieving and cough-relieving granules can be used instead. If it turns into a chronic cough, Guilong cough pills need to be fed.

2. Acupuncture

Acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine can help children with cough. Specifically, it can stimulate multiple acupoints such as Zusanli, Feishu, Shenmen, Hegu and Fengchi. For cough caused by wind and cold, it is also necessary to leave needles in Fengmen and Chize.

3. Massage therapy

Massage can effectively improve cough in children. Generally, it adopts the techniques of clearing the lung meridian, moving the inner eight trigrams and kneading the tanzhong point. When massaging acupoints such as Zusanli, each acupoint can be massaged for 15 to 20 minutes.