What is the cause of lung heat in children? What should we do if children have lung heat?

Children are always prone to illness because of their weaker immunity. Therefore, adults should pay more attention to their care. If a child has lung heat, what should adults do? What should children eat to relieve the symptoms?

What is the cause of lung heat in children?

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, lung heat is a disease caused by wind-heat attacking the lungs, or wind-cold stagnation and heat, which is blocked in the lungs and causes the lungs to lose their ability to clear and purify. So, from the perspective of children, what is going on? Children have a pure yang body, with excess yang and insufficient yin, yin deficiency, and heavy internal heat, which is what we usually call "fire". When children feel the external pathogenic factors, it is easy to turn into internal heat, causing lung fire to rise, causing lung heat, and symptoms such as heat, cough, sputum, and wheezing. At this time, if the cause of the disease is not found and the right medicine is not selected, it will induce repeated coughing in children.

Therefore, when the weather changes suddenly, parents should pay attention to adding or removing clothes for their children; in autumn and winter, especially, children should drink more water, and indoor ventilation should be paid attention to ensure the humidity in the air. In autumn and winter, during the high incidence season of respiratory diseases, try not to take children to crowded public places to reduce the chance of disease.

How to treat lung heat in children

1. You can use common Chinese patent medicines such as Chuanbei loquat syrup and Xiaoer Feire Kechuan oral liquid for treatment. If you buy medicine and take it for three days without any effect, or if you have a worsening cough, fever, chest pain, hemoptysis, etc. during the medication period, you should go to a regular hospital for treatment in time. Do not blindly change the medicine or increase the dosage by yourself.

2. When caring for children with lung heat, the indoor air should be kept circulating, the temperature should be kept between 18 and 20 degrees Celsius, and the humidity should be kept between 55% and 60%.

3. Check on the child at any time, observe the condition closely, and be careful to prevent extreme fever from causing changes.

4. Most children with this disease have a poor appetite. They can be encouraged to eat, but should not be forced to eat. Drinking water is the top priority. They can choose relatively light, easy-to-digest liquid or semi-liquid meals such as milk, juice, vegetable soup, lean meat soup, porridge and noodles. Spicy, fragrant and dry foods are not suitable.

What to eat for children with lung heat

If a child has lung heat, some medicines can be taken for treatment. Clinically, Chinese patent medicines such as the Children's Lung Heat Cough and Asthma Oral Liquid and the Heat-clearing and Detoxifying Oral Liquid are mainly used for treatment. These Chinese patent medicines can significantly promote the peristalsis of the pharyngeal and bronchial cilia and enhance the expectoration effect. At the same time, the liquid medicine can also cover the inflamed pharyngeal mucosa, relieve inflammatory stimulation, and have a significant and lasting antitussive effect.

In addition, in daily diet, you should eat more vegetables and fruits that have the effect of clearing heat, reducing phlegm and relieving cough, such as pears, monk fruit, loquat, figs, radish juice, winter melon, loofah, reed root, amaranth, etc.