The climate in winter is dry and respiratory symptoms such as coughing are prone to occur. For pregnant mothers, coughing is even more painful. I don’t dare to cough hard, for fear that my baby will wake up early, and it will be extremely embarrassing if I accidentally cough and become incontinent. But I don’t dare to take medicine randomly for fear of affecting the baby’s health. What to do if you have a cough during pregnancy?
Don’t take medicine for cough during pregnancy
Cough during pregnancy may be caused by a cold. It can be treated according to the general cold treatment, but be careful not to take medicine indiscriminately, because some cough medicines may affect the health of the fetus, so be sure to take the medicine under the guidance of a doctor.
Try These Pregnancy Cough Remedies
Due to physical reasons, some expectant mothers cough as soon as they become pregnant and continue to cough until the fetus is born, which greatly damages the health of the fetus. The treatment method at this time is different from the cough caused by a cold, and must focus on relieving cough, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs.
1. Drink more warm water: Holding warm water in your mouth also has a good cough-relieving effect.
2. Rock sugar stewed pears: Peel the fresh pears, cut them open and core them, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar, put them in a pot and steam them until soft before eating.
3. Stewed pears with Sichuan scallops: Use peeled and cored fresh pears, add 2 qian of Sichuan scallop powder, steam in a pot until soft, and eat while hot.
4. Grill the oranges: Use chopsticks to dig a hole in the center of the bottom of the orange, stuff it with a little salt, wrap it in aluminum foil, put it in the oven and bake it for 15-20 minutes, take it out, peel off the peel and eat it while it\’s hot. Or dry the tangerine peel into tangerine peel, add water to make tea, and drink it in big gulps, it has a miraculous effect.
5. Candied kumquats: Wash the kumquats, poke two or three holes with toothpicks, add water to boil, add rock sugar, simmer over low heat, and eat while hot. Let the uneaten food cool down and refrigerate it, and take out some hot food at a time.
6. White radish syrup: Cut the white radish into small cubes of 1 cm in size, put it into a dry and clean container, fill it with honey, cover it tightly, and soak it for about 3 days. The water will seep out and mix with the honey. Store it in a refrigerator; Scoop out a little warm water and drink it every time, which is very effective in relieving cough. If you want to drink it temporarily but don\’t have time to soak it, you can grate the white radish, add 1/3 of the honey, mix well, and drink it with warm boiled water.
Expectant mothers with coughs should also be careful not to eat sweets such as candies and biscuits, as well as raw, cold, dry, and easily irritating foods such as peanuts, melon seeds, and fried foods. prohibit.