What to do when children have a cold and cough? Diet therapy can help

Children's colds are extremely common minor ailments, but we cannot be careless about them. If they are not treated promptly or improperly, they often cause many complications, and the consequences can be very serious. Therefore, timely and effective treatment is necessary. So, what should we do if children have a cold and cough?

1. Lily Honey

Lily contains starch, protein, fat, various alkaloids, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other ingredients, which can relieve cough. When lily is used together with honey, its lung-moistening and thirst-quenching effects are stronger. This product is more suitable for treating infant chronic bronchitis, dry throat and cough, especially cough with constipation after autumn.

Ingredients: 60 grams of lily, 30 grams of honey.

Preparation: Wash and dry the lilies, mix them with honey, put them in a porcelain bowl, and steam them in a pot of boiling water until cooked.

Features: Light and sweet, can be eaten as a snack for children.

2. Walnut Duck

Duck meat is sweet, salty, and slightly cool in nature. It can nourish yin and blood and clear away heat. Duck meat is rich in protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B5 and other nutrients, which are good for health. Walnut kernels are sweet and warm in nature. They can nourish the kidney and yang, moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements. They are rich in fat and a large amount of protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, carbohydrates and other ingredients. Water chestnuts are sweet and cold in nature. They can clear away heat and promote the production of body fluids, resolve phlegm and eliminate accumulation. Dishes can nourish the kidney and warm the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. They are effective in treating chronic cough caused by kidney deficiency in infants and young children and chronic bronchitis.

Ingredients: 200 grams of walnut kernels, 150 grams of water chestnuts, 1 old duck, 100 grams of chicken paste, 1 egg white, a little onion, ginger, salt, MSG, and appropriate amounts of wet starch and peanut oil.

3. Radish and honey drink

Radish is spicy, sweet and cool in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting body fluid, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It also has a strong bactericidal effect. Ginger is a common medicine for dispelling wind and cold, stopping vomiting and relieving gas. Jujube is mostly used to harmonize the stomach and nourish blood. Honey moisturizes and relieves cough. This drink can dispel cold, clear the lungs, dispel wind and relieve cough. It is the most effective in treating colds and coughs, especially those caused by wind and cold.

Ingredients: 1 to 3 large pieces of white radish, 3 small pieces of ginger, 3 dates, and 30 grams of honey.

Preparation: Add appropriate amount of water to radish slices, ginger slices and jujube and boil for about 30 minutes. Remove the residue, add honey and boil again.

Features: The drink is sweet and fragrant with a slight spicy ginger taste.

4. Loofah Congee

Luffa contains saponin, luffa bitter element, citrulline, xylan, fat, protein, vitamin B, vitamin C and other ingredients. It tastes sweet and cool in nature. It can clear away heat, cool blood, and detoxify. It can be used to cook porridge with rice and dried shrimps to clear heat and soothe the stomach, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. It has a certain effect on the treatment of chronic bronchitis, cough complications or sore throat, and can be used for breakfast and dinner.

Ingredients: 500 grams of loofah, 100 grams of glutinous rice, 15 grams of dried shrimp, and appropriate amounts of ginger and onion.

Production:

1. Wash the loofah, remove the pulp and cut into pieces for later use; wash the glutinous rice and set aside.

2. Add water to the pot, bring to a boil, pour in the washed glutinous rice and cook porridge. When it is almost cooked, add loofah pieces, dried shrimps, green onions and ginger and boil until it is seasoned.

Features: The porridge is soft, fragrant and tasty.

How to care

When coughing and wheezing occur, the cause should be determined first. Coughing with mild wheezing is normal, but if the wheezing is severe and affects other normal life conditions, you should seek medical attention in time and prescribe the right medicine.

For patients whose condition is not serious, food therapy can be used. Food therapy is slow to take effect, but it has a good curative effect and is also the most cost-effective treatment. Patients can drink more warm rice porridge, milk, and less irritating fruit juice, and try to avoid overly sweet or salty foods. It is best to eat light and diluted foods.

If the cough is caused by a cold or fever, it is best not to use cough medicine. Treat the cold, fever and other symptoms first, and then observe the cough. If it is an infant, take the medicine under the guidance of a doctor, and do not treat it randomly to avoid the development of pneumonia.

Pay attention to the cleanliness of the environment. For patients who often cough, it is best not to live in places where waste gas, sewage, and dust are likely to float.

In the future, when children have a cold or cough, parents can follow the recipes introduced in the article to give them food therapy. It tastes good and has no side effects. During a cold, you must let your child rest in bed more often. This is a good way to treat a cough. It reduces the amount of breathing and makes it less likely to cough. If the condition is serious, you must go to the hospital for treatment.