Baby starts vomiting, and after vomiting, the face and lips become pale, and the spirit becomes weak. Moms panic and rush to seek medical help. This is likely because the baby caught a cold. Try giving the baby some perilla porridge. Young moms may not know how to determine if the baby has caught a cold. Here are 3 points to remember to assess the child's physical condition!
【Name】
Perilla Porridge
【Ingredients】
Fresh perilla (with stalks) 10g, glutinous rice 50g.
【Method】
Cook the fresh perilla (with stalks) and glutinous rice into porridge, and take a small amount when it is cooked.
【Efficacy】
Dispels wind and cold, harmonizes the middle, stops vomiting. Suitable for: cold invading the stomach after catching a cold. Common symptoms: sudden onset, sudden vomiting, clear and cold vomit, may be accompanied by nasal congestion, runny nose, fever, aversion to cold, pale red tongue, white coating. There is often a clear history of catching a cold.
【Perilla Porridge suitable for wind-cold type cold】
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that colds can generally be divided into wind-cold type and wind-heat type. These two types of colds have different causes, pathogenesis, symptoms, treatment principles, and medication. Wind-cold type cold is caused by the invasion of wind-cold evil and failure of lung qi to disperse, commonly occurring in autumn and winter. If you experience slight fever, no sweating, headache, body aches, stuffy nose with clear runny nose, cough with thin white phlegm, no thirst or preference for hot drinks, thin white coating, etc. during this season, it may be wind-cold type cold, and the treatment should focus on dispersing the exterior with pungent and warm herbs.
Perilla leaves have a pungent taste, warm property, and belong to the spleen and lung meridians. They have the functions of dispelling the exterior and dispersing cold, promoting qi circulation, and soothing the middle. Therefore, perilla leaves are suitable for the early stage of wind-cold type cold. Modern medical research has also proven that perilla leaves can dilate capillaries, stimulate sweat secretion, and have inhibitory effects on influenza viruses.
Cooked together with rice, perilla leaves have the function of harmonizing the stomach and dispelling cold. Perilla leaves can also be directly soaked in water and consumed. Friends who are prone to catching colds due to wind and cold can drink a bowl of perilla porridge, sweat it out while it's hot, and alleviate discomfort symptoms.
【How to determine if the baby has caught a cold】
1. Hiccup
The child in my cousin's family has a lovely appearance, with tender skin, big eyes, and long eyelashes. Usually, the child looks adorable. But recently, the baby has been hiccupping all the time. My cousin thought it was due to indigestion, but the baby's condition became more and more serious, and now the baby doesn't want to eat anymore. After taking the baby to the hospital for examination, they found out that the baby caught a cold.
2. Nasal congestion
When the baby has a stuffy nose, it is easy to overlook. One of my colleagues didn't check the baby's condition in time. The next morning, they found that the child had a high fever. After going to the hospital for examination, they found that the child's nose was severely blocked, causing difficulty in breathing and persistent high fever.
So moms must carefully listen to the baby's breathing at all times to determine the child's physical condition.
3. Cough
When the baby coughs, many mothers think it's because the baby choked while feeding and will pat the baby's back to help them breathe. But sometimes, the baby coughs because they caught a cold and have a cold.
