Whooping cough is one of the common respiratory infectious diseases in children. It starts with symptoms like cough, sneezing, runny nose, and sometimes fever. After 2-3 days, the cough becomes more severe, with a hoarse sound and worse at night. The tongue coating is thin and white. Whooping cough can occur in any season, but it is more common in winter and spring. It is most commonly seen in children under 5 years old, and the younger the child, the more severe the symptoms. The course of the disease is long, lasting for 2-3 months or more, hence the name "whooping cough". Here are some recommended traditional Chinese medicinal recipes for treating whooping cough in children.
1. Steamed Chicken Gallbladder with Rock Sugar
Ingredients: 1 chicken gallbladder, 20g rock sugar.
Method:
1. Boil a suitable amount of water in a pot;
2. Put the chicken gallbladder and rock sugar in a bowl, steam until cooked.
Usage: Divide into 2 doses, take once a day. It can effectively treat whooping cough in children.
2. Garlic and White Sugar Drink
Ingredients: 1 head of garlic, 3g white sugar.
Method:
1. Peel and mash the garlic, add white sugar;
2. After half an hour, brew with boiling water for about 2 minutes and drink.
Usage: Take three times a day, divided into doses, and continue for 4 days.
Efficacy: Effective for whooping cough in children and asthma in infants and young children.
3. Mung Bean and Red Date Soup with Semen Dolichoris Lablabis
Ingredients: 50g mung beans, 10 red dates, appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Method:
1. Wash the mung beans and red dates and put them in a pot;
2. Add an appropriate amount of water and cook together, add rock sugar to taste.
Usage: Drink the soup frequently, it can treat whooping cough in children.
4. Fishy Smell Herb and Mung Bean Porridge
Ingredients: 50g fresh fishy smell herb, 15g perilla leaves, 60g mung beans, 60g glutinous rice, 30g rock sugar.
Method:
1. Boil the fishy smell herb and perilla leaves in water for 20 minutes, remove the residue and extract the juice;
2. Simmer for another 30 minutes to obtain 300ml of concentrated juice;
3. Add an appropriate amount of water, mung beans, and glutinous rice to cook porridge, and add melted rock sugar when cooked.
Usage: 1-2 times a day. It can treat whooping cough in children.
Warm Tips: The most effective way to prevent whooping cough in children is to timely vaccinate them against whooping cough.
