What are the common cough suppressants for children? There are 4 kinds of cough suppressants for children

Children's cough suppressants can be divided into Western medicine and Chinese medicine. Common Western medicine cough suppressants include compound pholcodine oral solution, Kebiqing and guaiac pseudoephedrine oral solution; Chinese medicine cough suppressants include Children's Cough Elixir, Snake Gall and Fritillaria Powder, Children's Qingfei Huatan Oral Liquid and Jizhi Syrup.

Coughing is a common symptom of disease. Children are more likely to cough because their body resistance is relatively weak. If they are not careful, they will be attacked by viruses or bacteria, so they are more likely to cough. If a child coughs severely and has affected his normal life and sleep, he usually needs to take some medicine to suppress the cough. So what are the children's cough medicines?

1. Western medicine cough suppressants for children

1. Compound Pholcodine Oral Solution

This is a common pediatric cough suppressant in clinical practice. It has the effects of cough suppression, analgesia and sedation. It is usually used in cases of severe thirst. After taking this medicine, it generally does not cause digestive tract dysfunction, but occasionally nausea and drowsiness. However, this medicine cannot be taken for a long time, otherwise it may become addictive.

2. Kebiqing

Kebiqing is also a commonly used Western medicine cough suppressant for children. It is mainly used to treat dry cough caused by upper respiratory tract inflammation. The effect of the medicine is better for infants and young children than for adults. However, the medicine is not suitable for children with phlegm.

3. Pseudoephedrine oral solution

This medicine can relieve cough and expectorate, relieve postnasal drip syndrome caused by nasal congestion and runny nose, and prevent babies from suffering from long-term coughing.

2. Children's Chinese herbal cough medicine

1. Children's cough elixirs

Xiaoer Zhisou Jindan contains a variety of Chinese medicinal ingredients such as fried bitter almonds, Arisaema consanguineum, Platycodon grandiflorum, Scrophularia ningpoensis, etc. It mainly targets symptoms such as fever, cough, yellow sputum, and dry mouth and tongue. It is a commonly used medicine for treating children's cough in clinical practice.

2. Snake Gallbladder and Fritillaria Powder

The main ingredients of Shedan Chuanbei Powder are Chuanbei and snake bile. This medicine is mainly used to treat lung heat cough and excessive phlegm. It is suitable for children with cough and phlegm.

3. Children's Qingfei Huatan Oral Liquid

This medicine contains a variety of Chinese medicinal ingredients such as ephedra, peucedanum, scutellaria, and perilla seed. It is mainly used to treat cough, sputum, wheezing, and throat noise caused by lung heat and cold in children.

4. Acute bronchitis syrup

The main ingredients of acute bronchitis syrup are Houttuynia cordata, Fagopyrum scabra and Oleaster chinensis. It is mainly used to treat acute bronchitis or acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis. It can also treat cough after cold, paroxysmal cough at night and other symptoms.