How to treat a child’s cough with yellow phlegm?

Catching a cold is a very normal phenomenon. It can be caused by sudden changes in weather and dry climate. However, if a child has a cold, coughs and has yellow phlegm, you should pay attention. This phenomenon is not an ordinary cold. It may be caused by lung infection or lung heat in children. However, parents do not need to worry too much. As long as the children are given appropriate treatment, there will be no problem. Let us learn about the methods of drug treatment and food treatment when children cough and have yellow sputum!

Treatment is with medication.

Symptom 1: Repeated coughing Repeated coughing is one of the typical symptoms of lung heat. If the symptoms of repeated coughing occur, you can choose medicines that clear lung heat for your child, such as ephedra, almonds, etc., which have the effects of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, clearing the lungs and relieving cough.

Symptom 2: Excessive and yellow phlegm Excessive and yellow phlegm indicates that the child has a lot of heat in the body. Be sure to choose Chinese medicine with good heat-clearing and detoxifying effects, such as the commonly used honeysuckle, scutellaria, forsythia, isatis root, houttuynia cordata, etc. These Chinese medicines can not only treat children with excessive and yellow phlegm, but also inhibit bacteria and viruses, and fight influenza.

Symptom three: dry mouth and thirst. Dry mouth and thirst are common in children in this season. At this time, you need to choose Chinese medicine that nourishes yin and moistens dryness, such as Anemarrhena asphodeloides and Ophiopogon japonicus. It is recorded in the book that Ophiopogon japonicus has the effects of clearing the yin of the lungs and stomach, nourishing yin and promoting fluid production, moistening the lungs and clearing the heart, so you may as well take an appropriate amount of Ophiopogon japonicus and make some water for your child to drink.

Food therapy

1. When children cough, they should avoid certain foods and it would be more appropriate to eat more steamed or boiled foods. In terms of food variety, you can consider increasing the intake of vegetables and fruits appropriately. You can eat pears appropriately to nourish the lungs, moisten the intestines, promote bowel movements, and prevent coughs.

2. Some babies are too young to cough up phlegm, so parents can turn the baby over or pat his back appropriately to promote blood circulation in the baby's lungs. In addition, this practice helps loosen the phlegm in the trachea and facilitates coughing it out.

3. If the baby has a severe cough and symptoms of a cold and fever, he should be sent to the hospital for treatment in time to avoid unnecessary trouble.