As soon as you understand that the child is sick, you need to immediately make a doctor’s call at home. But do not passively wait for the arrival of a specialist. It is necessary to take measures and relieve cough in children. Treatment with folk remedies gives the best results. Which is not surprising, because thanks to the soft and lasting effect, proven methods have been popular for centuries. The faster you start the fight against the disease, the sooner recovery will come.
How to treat a cough for an infant?
This is exactly the case when there is no place for self-medication. All you can do is give your baby a drink or try warming up. Massage can aggravate the situation, up to the most negative consequences. Treatment is best done in a hospital under the constant supervision of a doctor and medical staff.
Dry cough in children
Treatment with folk remedies of barking cough comes down to moisturizing and increasing the volume of the coughed up substance and thereby facilitating the removal of sputum from the body of the child. In this case, inhalation over the steam of freshly boiled potatoes is a good help.
If it is difficult to persuade a child to breathe steam, or if he is too small for this, make milk syrup. Bring a glass of milk to a boil and dip into it a tablespoon of butter and natural honey, a quarter of a teaspoon of soda and beaten yolk. Let him drink from one to two tablespoons of the sweet mixture in one go.
Chronic cough in children
Treatment with folk remedies for a running cough can be carried out with onion syrup. In a liter of boiling water, put a couple of unpeeled onions and 6-7 tablespoons of sugar, and if not sorry, then a glass of honey instead. Stir until the sweet ingredient is completely dissolved, reduce heat to a minimum and boil for one hour. Throw the onion, strain the syrup. Give the baby in a warm form for a whole tablespoon 3 or 4 times a day.
Deep cough in children
Treatment with folk remedies for a strong cough can be very tasty and enjoyable for the child, which, you must agree, is important, because a good mood speeds up the healing process by half! Make your baby a banana jelly.
Rub the banana with a fork or through a grater into a mashed slurry. Pour a spoonful of sugar or add as much honey, mix again. Pour a glass of boiling water, shake it all until a uniform texture and let it brew for half an hour under a closed lid. You can drink the whole portion in one go. Do not forget to warm the jelly if it has already cooled down.
Massage for a child with cough
Very good drainage massage helps sputum removal:
- the child is lying on his back, and you are stroking the palms of your hands from the bottom up - from the sides of the chest to the neck;
- let the baby shift on the tummy, and you make a few spiral movements with your fingers along the spine, in the direction from the lower back to the neck;
- put a roller or pillow under the baby’s tummy so that the head and shoulders are below the level of the belt, from the bottom up, make a number of intense, but pleasant, pats for the child.
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