What should I do if my child has a persistent cough? These 8 types of foods must not be eaten during this period

Weiwei has been coughing intermittently in the past few days. Although his mother was a little worried, seeing that his cough was not serious, she didn\’t pay too much attention to it and didn\’t deal with it in particular. She hoped that he would get better on his own. That night, as soon as my mother got home, she found that Weiwei suddenly started coughing frequently and much worse than usual. The mother couldn\’t help but feel very annoyed. She was so careful, why did her child\’s cough get worse and worse? I asked Weiwei\’s mother if anything special happened that day. After thinking about it carefully, my mother said that there was nothing special. The child was fine when he was picked up from school. He didn\’t cough much. She even took Weiwei with her. Several familiar children played in the community playground for a while before returning home. She was afraid that Weiwei\’s trachea would be irritated, so she specifically stopped Weiwei from running wildly with other children. It seems that Weiwei suddenly developed a serious cough after going home and having dinner. I asked her what she had for dinner, and my mother said that that day she specially made the braised pork ribs and fish soup that Weiwei liked to eat. Weiwei liked it very much and ate two big steaks, half of the fish, and a big bowl of rice. I told my mother that the problem may be that I ate too much meat for dinner. Fish makes fire and meat makes phlegm. During the cough, the diet must be light and eat less of these foods that will aggravate the cough. Candy, cakes, snacks and other sweet foods are also not allowed. Eating these sweet foods is more likely to aggravate your cough. My mother couldn\’t help but was stunned and said, \”Can\’t you eat the cake too?\” I told her yes. The mother said frustratedly: \”Then I know. When school was over that day, I specially brought chocolate cake to pick up the child and gave him some Yakult. In addition, the dinner was also a big fish and meat. No wonder Weiwei\’s cough suddenly became serious. .\” In life, many mothers are like Weiwei\’s mother. When their children are sick, they are careful in other aspects, except for not controlling their diet. In fact, when their children are coughing, diet control is very important. Only by strictly controlling their diet can the cough be cured. Recover quickly. If you don\’t eat properly, your cough will keep recurring and may even get worse. There are some foods that must not be eaten during a cough. As long as they are eaten, the child\’s cough will worsen. Everyone should keep in mind that the following 8 foods must be prohibited during the cough: 1. Candy, candy must not be eaten during the cough. Not even a small one. Candy is sweet, can promote dampness and phlegm, and aggravate cough. I have never had such personal experience before. When Zaizai was young, he was rarely given sweets. My friend told me that sweets can make coughing worse, but I didn’t quite believe it. Once, when Zaizai was in the middle class of kindergarten, his cough was almost gone. One day after school, the kindergarten children distributed candies, and Zaizai also received one. He ate it without hesitation. My heart skipped a beat, but I thought he was almost healed and a candy wouldn\’t have any impact, so I didn\’t stop him. Not long after returning home, he started coughing violently. I quickly helped him deal with it for several days before he recovered. But one time cannot explain the problem. What if it is caused by eating something else? In order to test whether candy can really aggravate coughing, I experimented with it when I was coughing and my husband was coughing that winter. The two of us who don\’t usually eat candy tried the candy and it turned out thatHowever, the cough worsened. Therefore, when a child coughs, the mother must strictly control it and never eat sweets. Ordinary candies such as hard candies, soft candies, and lollipops cannot be eaten, and chocolates, marshmallows, etc. should also be eaten less or not at all. After the cough is completely cured for a week, it will be too late to eat candy again. 2. Cakes and Desserts Cakes and desserts are very tempting, but these tempting foods are high in oil and sugar. Most cakes and pastries are made with plant-based cream. These plant-based creams contain a large amount of trans fatty acids, which are often consumed when eaten daily. Cause a burden on the body. If eaten during a cough, it will produce dampness and phlegm. For children who originally had a quick cough, their cough will worsen after eating sweet and greasy cakes, and their phlegm will suddenly increase. While the cough is not cured, no matter how tempting the cakes or desserts are, they should not be given to the baby. In normal times, you should also control your intake of cakes and desserts. If you have ever made a cake yourself, you will have a deep understanding. The amount of sugar and oil added to the cake is simply frightening. It will cause a physical burden on both adults and children. 3. Fish, shrimp and seafood. Some mothers feel that their babies are weak and lose weight when they are sick. If they don’t eat better to supplement their nutrition, the baby will be even more depleted. Therefore, the more babies cough, the more nutritious food they need to eat. In fact, this idea is wrong. As the saying goes: \”Fish makes fire, and meat makes phlegm.\” Fish, shrimp, and seafood are mostly high-protein foods. These foods are not easy to digest. When coughing due to yin deficiency or food accumulation cough, these foods will aggravate the gastrointestinal tract. At the same time, their own cold and damp qi cannot go down under the guidance of stomach qi. These cold and damp qi turn into heat and fumigate the lungs, which will aggravate the cough. When your baby coughs, you must be willing to let her not eat fish, shrimp, or seafood. A mother once asked me: \”Teacher Yuehua, you said to drink radish water. My mother-in-law said that pure radish water is very hard to drink. She cooked crucian carp and radish soup for the baby to drink. Is this okay?\” Of course not, crucian carp is stimulating. , will aggravate coughing. The antitussive effect of radish is offset by that of crucian carp. If you eat it, it will be like not eating it. How can it relieve cough? 4. Fried foods. Some babies like to eat fried foods, such as French fries, fried chicken wings, fried pork chops… Eating these fried foods at normal times will cause yin deficiency, and eating them during coughing will further aggravate yin deficiency. Symptoms: Fried food itself is hot. Eating it during a cough will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, generate heat and phlegm, and can cure the cough. Therefore, fried foods must not be eaten during a cough. Vegetarian meals mainly consisting of porridge, steaming or boiling can help the body recover. 5. Cheese Cheese foods can also reduce yin deficiency and heat, produce dampness and phlegm, so when your baby is coughing, do not eat cheese-containing sandwiches, pizza, etc. 6. Fatty, sweet and greasy food. Some time ago, a mother and her baby had a cough for more than half a month, but it still didn’t get better. She asked me to help her baby look at his tongue. She took a photo of the baby\’s tongue seriously and sent it to me. I clicked it and took a look. I wasn’t shocked by the baby’s tongue, but I was shocked by the sumptuous dinner at her house in the background. Her family\’s diet is very rich, including braised pork with pickled vegetables, duck with soy sauce, dry-roasted hairtail, and several vegetarian dishes, each of which contains more or less slices of meat. I asked her treasureDid Bao eat such sumptuous dishes every day when he was coughing? Mom said yes. I told her that if she eats like this every day, the baby will certainly have recurring coughs. Fatty, sweet, and greasy foods produce dampness and phlegm, and can aggravate the symptoms of spleen deficiency and lung heat. I asked her to control her diet, and the whole family first went on a vegan diet for a week. A week later, the mother told me that after controlling her diet, her baby\’s cough was quickly cured. There are many babies who have a bad cough. In fact, in addition to their own reasons, too much food at home is also a pitfall! 7. Nuts such as melon seeds, peanuts, etc. After the weather gets colder, melon seeds, peanuts, and other nuts become popular. Eating these foods normally will aggravate the heat, and eating too much can easily lead to internal heat. During a cough, eating melon seeds and peanuts will add fuel to the fire, aggravate the throat discomfort and aggravate the cough. Some other highly processed nuts also have some artificial sweeteners added during the processing. Try not to eat them when you are coughing. Of course, not all nuts cannot be eaten. Walnuts have the effect of relieving coughs. Take a handful of walnut kernels, boil water and let it warm, then add a small spoonful of honey to treat bronchitis. This is a folk remedy my father used when he was suffering from bronchitis when he was a child. It is suitable for children over 3 years old. 8. Fruits with hot properties. Many babies’ coughs are caused by yin deficiency. In the case of yin deficiency, if you eat fruits with hot properties, it will add fuel to the fire and make the cough heavier. Do not eat hot fruits such as longan, mango, durian, pineapple, jackfruit, and lychee during a cough. In addition, you can eat other fruits, as long as they are in moderation. In short, it is very important to control your mouth during coughing. The diet must be mainly light. When the child cannot control it, adults must help him control it. Otherwise, if the cough accidentally worsens, the mother will be the most worried. Yes! For the sake of your child\’s health, you should also be \”ruthless\”!