1, children are not allowed to eat beef during cough, because beef belongs to hair, which is not conducive to the recovery of children's cough. It is recommended to take medicine under the guidance of a professional doctor.
2. Children's cough is a kind of body defense reflex action to discharge respiratory secretions or foreign bodies. In other words, cough is a protective physiological phenomenon of infants.
3. However, if the cough is too severe and affects the diet, sleep and rest, it will lose its protective significance. Therefore, for cough, we must be clear about what causes it, and then deal with it symptomatically. Don't think it's a cold or pneumonia as soon as you hear a cough, and treat it blindly.
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What should children eat when they cough?
1, lung cough caused by wind-cold
It is characterized by acute onset, cough, white and thin sputum, runny nose, stuffy nose and sneezing, headache and body pain, fear of cold and slight fever.
It is advisable to eat spicy and warm food, such as ginger, white onion and lobster sauce. Avoid eating cold food, including: 1, all kinds of iced drinks. 2. Cold fruits like watermelon, pear, banana and kiwi. 3. Sour foods such as vinegar, sour cabbage, pickles, hawthorn, dark plum, sour orange, ginkgo, lotus root festival, unripe persimmon, begonia, etc.
2. Wind-heat causes lung cough
It is characterized by yellow and turbid nose, yellow and thick cough phlegm, accompanied by fever and sweating, dry throat and itching, thirst and excessive drinking.
It is advisable to eat spicy and light food, such as chrysanthemum, tea, cabbage, white radish, sweet pear, sweet orange and so on. Expelling wind, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and relieving cough.
3. Phlegm heat accumulates in lung
It is characterized by cough with excessive phlegm, thick and sticky phlegm, even shortness of breath, snoring in the throat, blue nose or blood in the sputum, accompanied by fever, red face and lips, thirst and anxiety, dry stool, yellow urine, yellow tongue coating, red tongue and rapid pulse.
It is advisable to eat spicy or cold and bitter foods, such as bamboo shoots, watermelons, water chestnuts and sugar cane. Avoid eating thick and greasy food, especially spicy food, such as onion, ginger, garlic, fennel, pepper, pepper, cinnamon, chocolate, coffee, cocoa powder, alcohol and tobacco.
4. Deficiency of lung yin
It is advisable to eat sweet and light food, and eat more water-rich vegetables and slightly sour and sweet fruits, such as Sydney, lily and honey lotus root. Avoid hot and dry foods such as spicy and warm vegetables and fish to help put out the fire.
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Cough and dietary taboos in children
When a child coughs, parents should pay more attention to the child's daily diet besides trying diet therapy.
1, fast and cold food
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "cold drinks will hurt the lungs", that is to say, once the body is cold, drinking cold products can hurt the lungs of the human body, and cough is mostly caused by lung diseases, leading to lung qi failure and lung qi ascending. At this time, if the diet is still too cold, it will easily lead to lung qi occlusion, aggravated symptoms, and will not heal for a long time.
2, fasting fat sweet and thick food.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cough is mostly caused by lung heat, especially in children. In the daily diet, eating more fat and sweet will produce internal heat, aggravate cough, and make phlegm sticky and difficult to cough up. For children with asthma, overeating fat and sweets will cause phlegm-heat interaction, block the respiratory tract, aggravate asthma, and make it difficult to recover. Therefore, you should eat some light food during coughing.
Step 3 fast oranges
Many people think that oranges can relieve cough and resolve phlegm, so children with cough should eat more oranges. In fact, orange peel does have the effect of relieving cough and resolving phlegm, but orange meat produces heat and resolves phlegm instead. Ordinary children can't eat orange peel but orange meat.
4. Avoid animal products.
As the saying goes, "fish makes a fire, meat produces phlegm, and green vegetables and tofu keep it safe." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that fishy and greasy foods such as fish, crab, shrimp and fat meat may contribute to dampness and phlegm, and some may also cause allergic reactions and aggravate the condition.
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What should I do if my child coughs?
1, reasonable nutrition:
Children in the growth and development stage will lose their immunity if they lack some nutrients, such as calcium, iron, zinc and vitamins. Therefore, we should pay attention to giving children balanced nutrition.
2, regular exercise:
Moderate exercise can improve the function of the body, enhance the metabolism of children's heart and lungs, and improve children's adaptability to the environment. Starting from the cool autumn, children should be dressed lightly, take part in outdoor activities and breathe fresh air, so that children can gradually adapt to the cold environment and improve their ability to keep out the cold.
3, pay attention to the cleanliness of the environment:
Children's rooms should be ventilated every day. If parents have respiratory infection, contact with children should be minimized.