How to deal with a child with a wind-heat cold? How to deal with a child with a high fever and cold hands and feet?

Children are generally weak in physical fitness and have low ability to resist external viruses. Although children's colds and fevers are not a big disease, they are also a headache for adults. So what should we do if children have a wind-heat cold? How to deal with children with high fever and cold hands and feet?

What to do if a child has a wind-heat cold

1. Eat honeysuckle porridge for children with wind-heat cold

Ingredients: Japonica rice, honeysuckle, fermented black beans

Preparation method: Add water to honeysuckle and fermented black beans and boil them to get a thick juice. After removing the residue, add in glutinous rice and cook into porridge.

Efficacy: Honeysuckle has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, dispersing wind and dissipating heat, and can inhibit cold viruses. The combination of light black beans and honeysuckle can effectively treat wind-heat colds, especially suitable for wind-heat colds with fever and sore throat.

2. Eat carrot and water chestnut porridge for children with wind-heat cold

Ingredients: carrot, rice, water chestnut

Method: Slice the carrots and water chestnuts, wash the rice, add water, put in the carrots and water chestnuts, simmer into porridge over low heat, and add salt to taste.

Efficacy: This porridge has the effects of relieving cough, resolving phlegm, clearing away heat and digesting food, and is suitable for wind-heat colds.

3. Eat mung bean and bamboo leaf porridge for children with wind-heat cold

Ingredients: mung beans, glutinous rice, bamboo leaves, honeysuckle, lotus leaves, rock sugar

Preparation method: Wash the japonica rice and mung beans, soak them until they swell, then add water and bring to a boil. Wash the bamboo leaves, honeysuckle and lotus leaves, and cook with the porridge until it becomes thick. Finally, add rock sugar to taste.

Efficacy: This mung bean and bamboo leaf porridge has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, and is effective for wind-heat colds or viral colds.

How to deal with a child with a high fever and cold hands and feet

1. Parents can use a thermometer to measure the baby's body temperature, or touch the baby's armpits with their hands, or feel the temperature of the baby's exhaled air face to face; breastfeeding mothers can also use the nipple to feel the warmth of the baby's mouth to determine whether the baby has a fever. If the baby's hands and feet are cold, but the armpits, forehead, mouth and other parts are burning, you should take antipyretic measures in time and go to the hospital to find out the cause of the fever.

2. Using cold wet compresses or ice packs on the head to help the baby cool down is the most commonly used method. Among them, cold wet compresses on the head are the most acceptable. If the baby is unwilling to put an ice pack on the head, you can use a cold wet wipe. It should be noted that the ice pack or cold wet wipe should be changed frequently.

3. Place ice packs on the neck, armpits and groin: These areas have relatively large blood vessels, and placing ice packs in these areas will have a better cooling effect.

4. Give your baby a warm bath or a warm sponge bath: This can have a good cooling effect, but it is not recommended in winter.

If your baby has cold hands and feet, refer to the following measures

1. Keep warm: If the baby's hands and feet are cold, parents should first check whether the baby is wearing too little. As long as the nose tip and the back of the head are warm, the baby is not cold. Pay special attention to keeping the legs and feet warm. If the lower limbs are well kept warm, the whole body will feel warm.

Don't wear clothes that are too tight, because tight clothes will hinder blood circulation. Proper exercise can increase blood circulation and metabolism. In addition, if you cover your baby too tightly, it can easily cause illness.

2. Adjust the indoor temperature: If the baby lives in a suitable temperature and humidity environment, his hands and feet will not get cold. If there is an air conditioner at home, it is best to adjust the temperature to around 20℃. If the temperature is too high, the child will often sweat and it is easy to cause illness.

3. Cold hands and feet caused by fever: When a baby has a fever, his hands and feet are often cold. At this time, the palms of the hands and soles of the feet are dry and without sweat. You can feel the fever when you touch the child's forehead with the back of your hand. You must see a doctor in time.

4. Cold hands and feet caused by illness: Some diseases can affect the baby's blood circulation, such as anemia, heart disease, malnutrition, etc. Parents should pay attention to seek medical treatment in time. At the same time, they should also pay attention to observe whether the baby has pale complexion, cyanosis of lips, weak crying, less activity and easy fatigue.

What medicine is effective for children with cold and cough

1. Cold and cough

Symptoms: cough, itchy throat, thin white sputum, often accompanied by headache, nasal congestion, itchy eyes, sneezing, aversion to cold without sweating, body aches, etc., thin white tongue coating, floating or floating-tight pulse.

Treatment principles: Dispel wind and cold, promote lung function and relieve cough.

Commonly used medicines: Ephedra and Schizonepeta can dispel wind, relieve cold and open up the lungs; Apricot kernel, Peucedanum chinense, Platycodon grandiflorum, Tangerine peel, Stemona japonica, etc. can open up the lungs, lower qi, resolve phlegm and relieve cough.

2. Cough due to wind, cold and dampness

Symptoms: Cough with a lot of white sputum, accompanied by chest tightness, nasal congestion, clear runny nose, body aches, fatigue, greasy white tongue coating, and a weak pulse.

Treatment principles: Dispel wind and cold, dry dampness and eliminate phlegm.

Commonly used medicines: almonds and perilla dispel cold, clear the lungs and relieve cough; tangerine peel, fennel, poria and licorice regulate qi, remove dampness and resolve phlegm. If the cough is obvious, ephedra and radix stemonae can be added to enhance the lungs and relieve cough.

3. Cough due to wind-cold and drinking

Symptoms: Cough, expectoration of large amounts of foamy sputum, shortness of breath, chest tightness, pale red tongue, thin, white, slippery tongue coating, floating, tight or stringy and slippery pulse.

Treatment principles: Dispel wind and cold, warm the lungs and eliminate phlegm.

Commonly used medicines: Ephedra, almonds, and cinnamon twigs can dispel wind and cold, relieve the symptoms of the disease, and resolve phlegm and clear the lungs. If the cough does not heal for a long time, white peony root and schisandra chinensis can be added to nourish the lungs and relieve cough.