How to treat pneumonia in children?

In addition to Western medicine, neonatal pneumonia can also be treated with traditional Chinese medicine. So, how does traditional Chinese medicine carry out related treatments? Here is some common knowledge about traditional Chinese medicine treatment of neonatal pneumonia. I hope it will be effective for your child's disease.

1. Internal heat and external cold syndrome: nasal congestion, runny nose, aversion to cold without sweating, severe cough and asthma, white fur, floating pulse, this is the lung qi is blocked and cannot be promoted and descended. The treatment should be to clear away heat and cold, promote lung qi and calm asthma, use Ma Xing Gan Shi Tang with added ingredients: 3g of ephedra, 6g of apricot kernel, 9g of raw gypsum, 3g of licorice, 9g of raw mulberry bark, 9g of roasted loquat leaf, 3g of peucedanum, decocted in water. If asthma is urgent, add 6g of earthworm and 6g of scutellaria baicalensis.

2. Warm pathogens attacking the lungs: high fever and coma, dry nose without mucus, frequent cough with little sputum, thin yellow fur, and rapid pulse. Treatment should be to clear away heat and detoxify, promote lung function and relieve cough. Yinqiao powder with added ingredients: 12g of honeysuckle, 18g of dandelion, 12g of isatis indigo leaf, 9g of reed root, 9g of bamboo leaf, 9g of burdock seed, 6g of almond, 9g of houttuynia cordata, 3g of licorice, and 0.5g of antelope powder (taken with water). If the cough is severe, add 6g of platycodon and 9g of roasted loquat leaf; if the thirst is severe, add 9g of pollen and 9g of Yuanshen.

3. Dryness damages the lungs: dry lips, tongue, and nose, dry cough with little sputum, sticky sputum that is difficult to cough up, dry and sore throat, thirst, red tongue, and rapid pulse. Treatment should be to nourish yin, clear dryness, moisten the lungs and stop coughing. Add or subtract Sangxing Decoction: 6g of Adenophora, 6g of Apricot, 6g of Fritillaria, 6g of Platycodon, 9g of Dendrobium, 3g of Licorice, 9g of Sterculia, 6g of Pollen, and pear peel as an introduction. If the dryness is severe, add 9g of Qingguo and 9g of Radix Ophiopogonis.

4. Damp-heat stagnation in the lungs: chest fullness and phlegm obstruction, flaring of the nostrils, heavy phlegm in the throat, thick and greasy tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse. Treatment should be to clear the lungs and relieve depression, remove phlegm and remove turbidity. Qianjin Weijing Decoction combined with Beimu Gualou Powder is modified: 9g of reed root, 9g of wax gourd seeds, 9g of raw coix seeds, 9g of raw mulberry bark, 6g of Gualou, 6g of apricot kernel, 9g of Zhejiang Fritillary, 9g of Radish Seed, and 3g of Tianzhuhuang. If spitting out phlegm is not smooth, add 3g of Pinellia and 6g of Bamboo Shavings.

In daily life, there are many common treatments for neonatal pneumonia. If these diseases are not treated in time, it will endanger the healthy growth of the child. I hope that the above treatments will keep children away from neonatal pneumonia.