Article excerpt: "Traditional Chinese Medicine Ancient Methods for Infant and Child Health Preservation"
A child with a mild cold, especially a careful mother, will quickly notice symptoms. Before the symptoms become particularly severe, we can use some small folk remedies and dietary therapy to help solve the problem.
Wind cold type cold:
The wind cold type of cold is mainly characterized by typhoid fever, and an important manifestation of coldness is fear of cold. At this time, children show fever and fear of cold, but fear of cold is the main symptom, as well as a runny nose like water. If you cough, there may not be much or no phlegm. If there is phlegm, it is also clear phlegm, and you do not feel thirsty or like to drink water. These are all manifestations of wind cold type cold.
It usually occurs in winter, but it also happens in summer, such as after blowing air conditioning. In this case, simple dietary therapy can cure it.
Scallion ginger sugar water
Ingredients: Three sections of scallion white, five large slices of ginger, two spoons of brown sugar.
Method: Put two bowls of water in the pot, pour in scallions, ginger, and brown sugar, and then start cooking. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 15 to 20 minutes. That's it. Drink about half a bowl each time, and older children can drink one bowl at a time.
Tip: It is necessary to use the white color of scallions together. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this white color can open the nose and promote sweating. Be sure to sweat, as the wind cold type of cold requires sweating to express it. After drinking the medicine, you can drink some hot porridge. Help the medicine exert its effects. Send out the coldness, and as soon as you sweat, the child's fever may subside, and the symptoms can be much milder.
After sweating, if all the clothes on your body are wet, it means they have turned cold. You need to change into dry clothes and wipe your body with warm water, but be careful not to get cold or exposed to wind in a closed room.
Traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations for wind cold type cold:
Fenghan Cold Granules are produced by many pharmaceutical factories, which can be purchased at pharmacies. The dosage for children is halved, or one-quarter. For very young children, it is one sixth and over-the-counter medication, which is relatively safe.
Wind heat type cold
The symptoms of wind heat type cold are severe fever, not very afraid of cold, and having a thick or yellow nose when drinking. Some children may experience coughing, and the phlegm they spit out is sticky and yellow in color, indicating heat. His little tongue will turn red. This situation is undoubtedly wind heat. This situation should be resolved in a cool and straightforward manner. Use the cool and pungent substance to dispel this surface evil.
Mulberry leaves and chrysanthemum tea
Ingredients: 10g mulberry leaves, 10g chrysanthemum (10g is suitable for children over 6 years old, especially young children can buy 5g)
Hangbai chrysanthemum is used to dispel wind and heat, and it has a very fragrant taste. Add a spoonful of rock sugar, which can clear the lungs and adjust the taste. Mix these three things together, add two bowls of water, and boil for three to five minutes. Drink it quickly while it's still hot, and you'll be sweating. Just relieve the symptoms.
Traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations for wind heat cold:
You can take VC Yinqiao tablets, and another option is Wind Heat Cold Granules.
Heat pathogenic cold
Summer is a bit like a gastrointestinal cold, for example, some children have fever, vomiting and diarrhea, and then have abdominal pain and diarrhea, and so on. This is called heat stroke, commonly known as heatstroke in the public, heat stroke in adults, and if children have fever, the scientific name is Shuxie Cold.
The fever of a summer cold is not very high. Even if you sweat, the heat doesn't subside, and you may experience dizziness, headaches, and a stuffy head. As the ancients said, it's like the head is wrapped in a wet towel, which is particularly uncomfortable, lethargic, and doesn't like to eat. Your stomach is also not good, and you have stomach pain. These are all symptoms of heatstroke and cold. Use lotus leaf tea for therapeutic purposes.
Lotus leaf tea
Ingredients: Fresh lotus leaves are the best. If you don't have fresh lotus leaves, you can also buy dried lotus leaves from a pharmacy. One lotus leaf. After buying it home, cut it open and put it in the pot. Lotus leaves have the effect of clearing heat. Two more things need to be added: watermelon peel, which can clear heat, invigorate the throat, and clear the lungs. Both have good effects, and the watermelon cream throat lozenges we often eat are extracted from here; Loofah skin, clear heat and promote dampness. Put these three together, add two or three bowls of water, and bring to a boil. Cook over low heat for 15 to 20 minutes.
Traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations for sunstroke and cold:
After suffering from heatstroke, especially if there is vomiting and diarrhea, you can drink Huoxiang Zhengqi Water or Huoxiang Zhengqi Liquid. Now there is also a type called Huoxiang Zhengqi Capsule, which is used to treat heatstroke.
In summer, when taking children out to play or go on an outing, you can bring lotus leaf tea or mung bean soup, both of which can prevent heatstroke. Adding some rock sugar to mung bean soup can nourish yin and prevent heatstroke and colds.
Disclaimer: This article is a sharing of health knowledge. The drugs, prescriptions, acupuncture and moxibustion and other treatment and health preserving methods mentioned in this article should be applied under the guidance of professional doctors, and should not be applied by yourself. We are not responsible for any issues arising from improper use.