How to relieve a child's severe cough? Which part should I massage?

Children usually have a weak constitution, so they are prone to coughing. Generally, a mild cough can be cured quickly by taking some medicine, but if it is more serious, parents must intervene. So how to relieve a child's severe cough? Which part of the body should be massaged when a child coughs severely?

If a child has a severe cough, you can take medicine to relieve it. It is recommended to go to a regular hospital for a comprehensive examination in time, find out the specific cause and condition, and then take targeted medicine for treatment. If it is not very serious, you don’t need to take medicine. You can drink more water and eat some light food. Coughing is generally caused by inflammation, pneumonia or bronchitis, etc. Only with the doctor's diagnosis and treatment can the effect of relieving cough and reducing phlegm be achieved. Don't feed junk food to children, especially fried junk food. Eating too much fried junk food will cause indigestion in children and aggravate the symptoms of coughing. Patting the back is also a good method. By patting the child's back to cough up the phlegm in the throat, the secretions adhering to the trachea can be effectively diluted, which is conducive to the coughing of phlegm. Children are relatively weak and have weak resistance. You can give children more nutritional trace elements to improve their physical quality.

For children's coughing massage, you can massage the following acupoints: 1. Push the Tanzhong acupoint with your finger. It is located on the midline of the chest, at the intersection of the line connecting the two nipples and the midline of the sternum. Massage method: Use your thumb to push the Tanzhong acupoint from bottom to top for about 2 minutes, preferably when the swelling and numbness develops to the chest. 2. Press the Tiantu acupoint. It is located on the front midline of the neck, in the center of the depression above the sternal fossa. Massage method: The person being massaged tilts his head back, and the massager presses the Tiantu acupoint with his middle finger for about 2 minutes, with the strength not affecting breathing. 3. Pinch and rub the Zhongfu acupoint with your index finger. It is located in the center of the depression at the lower edge of the first rib under the bone protrusion above the chest arm. Massage method: The person being massaged lies on his back or sits, and the massager gently presses the Zhongfu acupoint with his thumb for half a minute, then presses it clockwise for 2 minutes, preferably when the local soreness and swelling develops to the lungs. 4. Pinch the Lieque acupoint. The location is to cross the tiger's mouth of both hands, and press the index finger of one hand on the wrist joint of the other hand, in the depression under the tip of the index finger. Massage method: The massager holds the forearm of the person being massaged with one hand, and gently massages the Lieque point with the thumb of the other hand for half a minute, and then pinches and presses with the thumb and index finger for 1 minute. 5. Massage the Feishu point. It is located on the inner side of the scapula, two horizontal fingers away from the spinous process of the third thoracic vertebra. Massage method: The person being massaged sits or lies on his back, and the massager massages the Feishu point clockwise and counterclockwise with the thumbs of both hands for about 2 minutes each.

The simplest massage technique to help children with coughing is palm massage. This massage method is to turn the child's palm upwards, and then gently massage the horizontal line below the little finger. The number of times is generally about 300 times, which is more appropriate. This will help children relieve their coughs. Of course, there are many other ways to help children with massage. It is recommended that parents who have not learned it before should learn it first before helping their children with massage. In addition to massage, parents should also pay more attention to their diet. A multi-pronged approach can help the baby grow up healthily.

If the baby has a severe cough, nebulization can be used, because nebulization will discharge the phlegm in the baby's throat, so that the baby's throat can be in a comfortable environment, which can relieve the symptoms of coughing. However, nebulization must be done in a scientific way, under the guidance of a doctor, and cannot rely solely on nebulization to treat coughs. The baby should also take some medicine. Only by taking two approaches can the effect be obvious. Secondly, if the baby has a severe cough, it is necessary to rule out whether the cough is caused by inflammation. If it is caused by inflammation, the effect of nebulization alone is not very obvious. It is best to check whether the baby has inflammation before nebulization. If there is no inflammation, it is just a simple cough, and nebulization can be used. In addition, when the baby is nebulized, it is best to let the baby sit upright and breathe calmly, without special cooperation. When the baby inhales the nebulizer, if there are some frequent coughs, then the nebulizer should be temporarily stopped, and the treatment should be continued after the baby's breathing is stable.