Hiccup can be said to be experienced by everyone. If we eat too fast or drink water with a low temperature, it can cause hiccups. Sometimes hiccups can last for a long time and be very uncomfortable. Adults feel uncomfortable, let alone children, but they often have difficulty expressing their pain.
Pediatric hiccups, also known as hiccup in children, can be caused by external wind-cold invading the body and disrupting the flow of qi, which is commonly referred to as "drinking cold wind" and triggering hiccups. At the same time, if a baby drinks milk too quickly or if the milk is too cold, it can also cause hiccups in children. Many mothers are first-time mothers and have no experience in taking care of a child. If they are not careful, the baby may experience hiccups. Once a baby starts hiccuping, it is difficult to stop, which can be very worrying for mothers. Since the child is still young, getting injections or taking medication is not an option, and there doesn't seem to be a good solution.
In fact, traditional Chinese medicine has some good methods for treating hiccups in children. The "Qian Jin Fang" recorded a method: take five portions of cow's milk and five portions of ginger juice, boil it down to two portions, and divide it into two doses. Specifically, take 50 ml of cow's milk and 50 ml of ginger juice, boil it until only 50 ml is left, and then let the baby take it in three or four doses.
Cow's milk is nutritious and easy to digest and absorb. It has no side effects when the child drinks it, making it the "closest to perfect food". Ginger has a warm and pungent nature, and it has various effects such as dispersing cold, inducing sweating, resolving phlegm, stopping cough, and relieving nausea. When these two ingredients are combined and boiled, the resulting milk and ginger juice is very effective in treating hiccups in children.
In fact, hiccups in children is a common physiological phenomenon, which is related to the incomplete development of the child's nervous system. As the infant grows, the nervous system gradually improves, and the occurrence of hiccups will also decrease. Therefore, parents do not need to panic about hiccups in newborns.
