Cure flu for children with herbal medicine

Children are often prone to flu, the term oriental medicine is called a cold. It is possible to treat this disease with easy-to-find leafy plants such as grasses, bamboo leaves, perilla, marjoram .

Betel nuts do not wind the cold. (Photo: Beautiful) Based on the symptoms, people share a cold feeling into two different forms of illness: heat (cold) and cold (cold).

Hot feeling

Children often have fever, sometimes accompanied by cold, but if they put on blankets, they can feel uncomfortable, get lots of sweat, thirst, dry mouth, prefer to drink cold water, are not afraid of cold, coughing thick mucus, may be accompanied by flowing blood root, nosebleed .

Using an antidote to explain, including the following: Grass greens 50 g, bamboo leaves 10 g, sand 10 g, put in 2 bowls of water, sharp colors until they are half empty, then take out do 2 drinks a day. It is possible to use fresh grass, rinse, crush and then squeeze water 3-4 times a day, the residue covered on the front of the baby also works to reduce fever quickly.

Let children lie in a well-ventilated, quiet place, soft light, avoiding any irritation. Let children wear cool, not wearing many clothes or warming, wipe sweat regularly. For children to drink plenty of water, should eat liquid food such as porridge, milk . ensure enough nutrients.

When a child has a fever higher than 39 degrees C, in addition to the above medicine, it is necessary to coordinate with other methods of cooling such as putting a wet towel on the forehead, armpit, groin and changing the position elsewhere. It is also possible for children to take additional antipyretic drugs such as paracetamol 10-15 mg / kg each time, can take 3-4 times a day if the child is still high fever.

Cold

Young fever but afraid of cold, fear of wind, pain in joints, muscle pain, headache, runny nose, no sweating, can be associated with rhinitis, sore throat.

Use the decoction with the following items: Perilla leaf 8 g, marjoram 6 g, tangerine peel 4 g, licorice 2 g, fresh ginger 2 g. Add in 2 bowls, sharp fast until half of the bowl is empty, divided into 2 times a day.

Take 5 betel leaves and 4g of fresh ginger, rinse and crush, mix two things, add a little alcohol, then use a clean gauze and wrap it along the spine from the neck to the back.

DoctorDo Minh Hien (Health & Life)