What should I do if my child coughs up yellow phlegm?

Many people often experience symptoms of cold and fever, which are accompanied by runny nose, sneezing and coughing. These problems are common to us. Patients need to pay attention to their daily diet and daily life, pay attention to changes in the weather, and add or remove clothes appropriately for patients. Especially during periods of seasonal changes, they need to drink more water to avoid symptoms of a cold. Coughing is caused by inflammation of the patient's throat, and most of the time it is inflammation of the tonsils. But what should I do if the phlegm I cough up is yellow?

Children have a "pure yang body" and a hot constitution, and are prone to lung heat and stomach heat. The main symptoms are frequent colds, repeated coughs, coughs with a lot of yellow sputum, dry mouth, bad breath, indigestion, and dry stools. It is spring again, the climate is changeable, the weather is dry, colds occur from time to time, and most patients suffer from lung heat colds. If a child exhibits the following symptoms, Chinese medicine can be used to treat the symptoms, or a medicine such as Pediatric Lung Heat Cough and Asthma Oral Liquid can be used for treatment.

Symptom 1: Recurrent coughing

Repeated coughing is one of the typical symptoms of lung heat. If symptoms of repeated coughing occur, you can choose medicines that clear lung heat for your child, such as ephedra, almonds, etc., which have the effects of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, clearing the lungs and relieving cough.

Symptom 2: Excessive and yellow sputum

Excessive and yellow sputum indicates that the patient has a lot of heat in the body. It is necessary to choose Chinese medicine with good heat-clearing and detoxifying effects, such as the commonly used honeysuckle, scutellaria, forsythia, isatis root, houttuynia cordata, etc. These Chinese medicines can not only treat children with excessive and yellow sputum, but also inhibit bacteria and viruses and fight influenza.

Symptom 3: Dry mouth and thirst

Dry mouth and thirst are more common in this season. At this time, you need to choose Chinese medicine that nourishes yin and moistens dryness, such as Anemarrhena asphodeloides and Ophiopogon japonicus. It is recorded in the book that Ophiopogon japonicus has the effects of clearing the yin of the lungs and stomach, nourishing yin and promoting fluid, moistening the lungs and clearing the heart, so you may as well take an appropriate amount of Ophiopogon japonicus and make some water for your child to drink.

The above are the symptomatic methods for coughing with yellow phlegm. Pay attention to drinking plenty of water, eating more fresh vegetables and fruits, and foods rich in vitamins. If you have symptoms of a cold or fever, you must seek timely treatment to avoid the occurrence of other diseases. However, in general, patients with sore throats need to use anti-inflammatory drugs to treat inflammation.