What to do if your baby coughs? Keep these cough medicines at home to be prepared

Coughs are divided into exogenous coughs and endogenous coughs. Among exogenous coughs, those caused by colds are usually exogenous coughs, which are further divided into wind-cold coughs and wind-heat coughs. Different types of coughs require completely different medications. Parents can distinguish between wind-cold coughs and wind-heat coughs by observing their children's tongue coating.

1. Caused by exogenous wind-cold: symptoms include fear of cold, pale complexion, runny nose, sneezing, clear sputum, cough, no thirst, no fever or slight fever, no redness or swelling of the throat, etc. The following drugs can be used:

Chinese patent medicine: Xiaoqinglong Granules, Qingxuan Cough Relief Granules, Chaihuyin Granules, etc.

Western medicine: Chengong Zaixin, Children's Paracetamol Sulfonamine, Xiaobai Syrup, etc.

2. Exogenous wind-heat: Symptoms include red face, persistent fever, nasal congestion, cough with sputum, runny nose, sore and swollen throat, thick and yellow sputum, dry mouth and preference for water, etc. The following drugs can be used:

Chinese patent medicine: Hulusan, Xiaoer Ganmao Ning Syrup, Xiaoer Baotaikang Granules, Xiaoer Resuqing Oral Liquid are suitable for babies under 2 years old. Xiaoer Ganmao Granules, Yinhuang Oral Liquid, Xiaoer Yanbian Granules, Shuanghuanglian Oral Liquid, Antiviral Oral Liquid, etc. are suitable for babies over 2 years old.

Western medicine: Tylenol cold syrup, Pediatric Medications, Motrin syrup, etc.

3. Colds and indigestion: When the baby has cold symptoms, abdominal distension and pain, loss of appetite, red lips, sour and smelly mouth, dry stools, or vomiting, scanty and yellow urine, and a yellow and greasy tongue coating, the following drugs are suitable:

Chinese patent medicines: Jianer Qingjie Liquid, Xiaoer Xiaoji Zhike Oral Liquid, Jiawei Baohe Pills, Zhupo Houzao Powder, Xiaoshi Antipyretic Syrup, etc.

4. Coughing is the main symptom: Parents must pay attention to whether the baby has phlegm. Since babies cannot spit, it is mainly based on whether there is phlegm in the throat. Pay attention to distinguish whether it is the initial cold or a long-term cough. If the condition changes, choose medicine appropriately.

At the beginning of a cold (cough as the main symptom): it is usually an irritating dry cough with little or no sputum. It is advisable to choose a strong cough suppressant:

Chinese patent medicine: Feili Ke mixture, Jizhi syrup, Shenqi cough syrup, snake gall and tangerine peel oral liquid, etc.

Western medicine: Otis (compound pholcodine), Chengong Huafen, etc.

5. Late stage of cold (cough as the main symptom): The cough lasts for a long time, especially when lying down at night, with more sputum, sometimes vomiting caused by cough, and the vomit is white and sticky sputum. It is appropriate to choose expectorant and cough suppressant drugs:

Chinese patent medicines: Jinzhen oral liquid, Feire Kechuan oral liquid, pediatric lung clearing granules, children's lung clearing oral liquid, compound fresh bamboo sap oral liquid, Nianci'an Chuanbei cough paste, etc.

Western medicine: Belai syrup, Yitanjing syrup, Ipecac syrup, etc.