Herbs for coughs for children - folk treatment for cough in children with decoctions, infusions and medicinal tea. How to get rid of a severe cough in a child at home

Folk remedies for coughs for children are very popular with parents. Folk remedies are represented by a wide variety of recipes that use only natural, environmentally friendly ingredients. How to cure at home, what home remedies can be used in newborns, how not to harm the child, you can find out from the proposed article.

The cough reflex is one of the vital processes of the child's body. With it, the lower respiratory tract is cleared of foreign particles. And also it is a signal that, probably, there is some pathology of the respiratory tract.

The reasons for its appearance may be the usual physiological needs in cleaning the bronchi from accumulated dust and dirt, which is excreted along with mucus.

In this case, coughing can occur up to 10 times a day, should not cause concern if not combined with the appearance pathological symptoms, such as:

heat;
sputum production;
an increase in the frequency of coughing in a child;
runny nose;
pain, redness, plaque in the throat;
lethargy, unwillingness to eat, unmotivated whims;
dyspnea;
wheezing heard from a distance.

Among pathological causes in the first place are sharp respiratory diseases(ARI) and colds, then bronchitis allergic origin.

With a dry cough, which has a paroxysmal, obsessive character, whooping cough can be suspected. The appearance of dry wheezing, shortness of breath indicates obstruction (overlap) of the bronchi.

Depending on what reason caused the appearance of bronchitis, among the traditional official drugs for cough in children are prescribed:

Antitussives of central and peripheral effects.
Expectorant, reflex and resorptive.
Mucolytics that make phlegm less viscous.
Bronchodilators that dilate the bronchi.

You can treat a child's cough at home with expectorants. Their manufacture, as in similar pharmaceutical preparations, is based on the use of medicinal plants.

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By choosing folk recipes from coughs for children, it is important to know that their use is based on the task not to remove the symptom, but to mitigate it, to make it effective.

Allocate dry and. With the second, a small amount of sputum may be coughing up, then it is considered unproductive, in the opposite situation - productive. It is in order to make coughing effective that alternative treatment for cough in children is used.

An unpleasant symptom is dry at the beginning of a cold or acute respiratory disease, and after a few days it becomes wet. A folk remedy for dry cough is designed to have a soothing effect.

It is important to remember: in order for the treatment of cough in children with folk remedies to be successful, it is necessary to create favorable conditions for this.

To do this, you should use such recommendations as:

plentiful warm drink;
optimum humidity and air temperature;
feeding on appetite;
frequent ventilation of the room;
daily wet cleaning;
holding breathing exercises to stimulate coughing.

And also, in addition, when treating cough with folk remedies, it is important to take into account such aspects of their use in childhood as:

environmental safety (raw materials, which we treat, must be purchased at a pharmacy);
adherence to the exact dosage;
taking into account individual tolerance, probable allergic reactions for components;
no contraindications for use for a child;
acceptable form of home medicine, taste, smell.

For cooking remedies houses should only be used fresh food... Store the folk remedy for cough, if prescribed by the recipe, should be in a clean container in the refrigerator. Most often, the period of use should not exceed 1 day.

Before choosing ways to cure a child's cough with folk remedies, you should definitely show it to your doctor. This is necessary to determine the cause of the disease.

In some pathologies, treatment with folk remedies may be ineffective or cause serious harm.

It is important to exclude diseases such as:

laryngeal stenosis with laryngotracheitis;
acute bacterial bronchitis;
otitis;
bronchial asthma;
obstruction attack bronchial tree;
pneumonia;
whooping cough.

Local use folk remedies in the form of mustard plasters, compresses, rubbing is contraindicated in case of damage to the skin of any origin, an increase in temperature. Inhalation is prohibited for stomatitis, fever, otitis media, sore throat, children under 3 years old. Parents should be especially careful when choosing a cough prescription if they have allergies or a predisposition to it.

A wet cough can be unproductive and produces a little thick mucus. In this case, a folk remedy for wet cough should make him more productive.

For this purpose, can be used following recipes:

Wash medium-sized black radish well. Cut off 2 cm of the top of the root vegetable. With a spoon, make a 2-3 cm depression in the form of a funnel, fill it with a 2-3 table. spoons of honey or sugar. Leave, covered with the cut top, for 4 hours. The resulting syrup is taken in 1-2 teaspoons. spoons three times a day.
Add 1 teaspoon each to a glass of warmed cow's milk. a spoonful of liquid honey and baking soda... Stir the mixture thoroughly and drink 2 times a day in small sips.
Mash berries (fresh or frozen) black currants and pour 250 ml very hot water... Insist half an hour. Give half a glass 4 times.
Linden blossom (2 tablespoons) mix with thyme flowers (1 table l.). Pour the mixture with half a liter of water and heat in a water bath for 20 minutes. Add 1 tsp to 250 ml of warm broth. l. honey and drink like tea.
1 table. l. pine resin mix with the same amount of sugar. Form peas 1 cm in diameter and dry. Dissolve pea 3 times after meals.
Mash fruits of fresh figs (2 pcs.) With a fork and boil in a glass of milk. Drink the broth warm in half a glass.
Boil a small onion, an apple and a potato in 1 liter of water. Drain the broth and drink it during the day, sweetened with honey.
Stir 100 ml of grated onion and apple with 200 ml of honey. Serve on the table. l. 5 times a day.
Add sugar 1 table to freshly squeezed cabbage juice. l. per glass. Drink half a glass 2 times.
Make juice from fresh or frozen lingonberries. To it in a volume of 200 ml, add tea. a spoonful of honey. Take 0.5 cups.

If coughing is productive, then oral medication is not recommended. It is important not to let the mucus dry out; this is achieved by drinking plenty of fluids and cool, moist and fresh air.

For better coughing and stimulation recovery processes you can use warming compresses on thoracic region and back (in the absence of contraindications to this):

Olive oil 2 table. l. mix with 3 drops of eucalyptus essential oil. Apply to area chest front or back, cover with a moisture-proof material, wrap on top with a towel or blanket. Leave on for 1 hour.
Boil 3 medium brown potatoes. Mash them with a fork and put in a bag, distribute evenly. Place a slightly cooled bag on the upper chest or back, cover with a towel. Leave to cool.
Apply a thin layer of honey on the skin of the back, cover with oilcloth or parchment, wrap on top. After 4 hours, the compress can be removed.

Expectorants do not cure, but make coughing productive and more effective. Therefore, when they are taken, it is possible to increase cough shocks and an increase in the amount of sputum. It is not recommended to give such medicines at night.

Treatment of dry cough in children with folk remedies is possible if it is caused viral infection, causes discomfort, is obsessive and interferes with sleep.

In order for a cough to quickly become productive, use the following dry cough remedies at home:

Bananas 2 pcs. peel and knead with a fork until gruel, pour a glass of boiling water over it and heat in a water bath for 10 minutes. Take 2 tables. l. during the day.
Pour 1 cup sugar into a small saucepan, add half a glass of licorice root decoction (sage or eucalyptus leaves can be used), half a teaspoon of ginger powder. Bring the mixture to a boil, add the juice of half a lemon, stir. Quickly pour the caramel into molds or pour it onto parchment, silicone mat, pre-oiled with vegetable oil. Let cool. Use for resorption 3-4 times during the day in children over 3 years old.
Mix 50 ml of juice from fresh carrots with the same amount of boiled hot milk and tea. l. honey. The mixture should be insisted for 4 hours. Drink warmed up.
Boil a glass of wheat bran in 1.5 liters of water, sweeten with burnt sugar. Drink the whole broth during the day.
Crush the peeled hazelnuts (100 gr.) And pour the same amount of liquid honey. Use by tea. l. mixtures, washed down with warm milk or a decoction of medicinal herbs.
Grind dry plantain leaves and add to a glass of hot water. Insist for half an hour. Take on the table. l. three times a day.
Mix dry fruits of anise and fennel with thyme, taken 1 table at a time. spoon. Mix in the amount of 1 table. pour spoons cold water... Insist 2 hours. Put the infusion on a steam bath and heat over low heat for 3 hours. Strain the cooled broth and give a dessert spoon 4 times a day.
Thyme 2 tea l. pour half a glass of boiled water and evaporate in a water bath to half the original volume. Strain the extract and give 1 tsp. l. 3 times.
Spread the feet with gruel of crushed garlic, cover with waxed paper. Put on cotton and woolen socks on top. Leave it overnight.
Mix tea. l. leaves of coltsfoot, plantain and primrose. Table. l. pour the mixture with a glass of boiling water. Wrap and insist for half an hour. Give the strained infusion in tea. spoon 3 times.

Folk remedies for dry cough in children can be used in the form of steam inhalation. This is especially true if the unpleasant symptom is caused by laryngitis, pharyngitis or sinusitis. For the procedure, you can use decoctions, essential oils and extracts of chamomile, sage, pine, cedar, eucalyptus, calendula, juniper.

The water vapor loosens mucus, facilitating better drainage, and medicinal plants help to alleviate the manifestations of the disease.

It is important to consider possible contraindications and observe safety rules when using steam inhaler.

Treatment of cough in infants with folk remedies should be carried out with great care. In babies, such methods of treating colds are limited as inhalations, rubbing with various substances, warming compresses, the use of mustard plasters and cans.

Babies have thin, delicate, rich skin blood vessels... Therefore, various rubbing and compresses, especially with alcohol-containing compositions, can lead to chemical burns and systemic poisoning.

Infants, due to their anatomical and physiological abilities, cannot effectively cough up phlegm. Therefore, when giving folk remedies for coughs to children under one year old, you need to be sure that the baby will be able to cough up phlegm.

Given the fact that the baby's mucous membrane tends to dry out quickly, the basis of treatment should be moisturizing and restoring nasal breathing - for this purpose, a saline solution is used. To prepare it at home, you must mix 1 teaspoon of boiled water in 1 liter. l. fine salt and baking soda. You need to instill a saline solution 5-6 times a day, 1 drop in each nasal passage. After the mucus is soaked, it must be removed with a suction or syringe.

In order for the phlegm to drain well, it is important to increase the proportion of fluid in the baby's diet. It could be juices, baby herbal teas... When the baby is sick, it is not necessary to introduce new complementary foods.

In infancy, recipes such as the following can be used to treat cough in children:

From 4 months, rosehip can be used in infusion. China. l. Pour chopped fruits into a glass of boiling water. Insist 20 minutes. Give a teaspoon every hour.
Marshmallow root 1 tsp l. stir in 200 ml of water. Insist covered for 15 minutes. Use in babies from 6 months, 1 tsp. l. 3 times.
From birth, the baby can be given a decoction of chamomile. Flowers (1 tablespoon) pour 250 ml of boiled hot water, heat in a water bath for 30 minutes. Apply according to tea. l. every 2 hours.
From the age of one month, you can use an infusion of fennel and anise, which is good for a wet cough. Mix the crushed dried raw materials in 1 tsp. l. Take tea mix. l. and pour boiling water (200 ml). Insist for 30 minutes. Give on tea. spoon between feedings.
From six months, it is allowed to give the baby an infusion of licorice root 3 times a day. For this, 1 tea. a spoonful of raw materials is poured with a glass of boiling water and left for half an hour.

In order to provoke a baby cough reflex, you need to gently press on the root of the tongue. By irritating the emetic receptors, there is a reflex activation of the cough center, which is located near the emetic in medulla oblongata.

For home treatment for colds, a large number of recipes can be used traditional medicine... Such funds are practically safe and well tolerated by children of any age. Before using this or that recipe, you need to be sure that there are no contraindications to its components. In order to correctly determine the diagnosis and understand how to treat a cough, you need to show the child to the pediatrician. Only the attending physician will be able to determine which alternative methods will be safe.

The kid coughs, and it’s always bad. If this is not a cold or an infectious disease, then you can eliminate this unpleasant phenomenon at home using proven methods that were used by our grandparents. Parents are undoubtedly interested in how to cure a child's cough at home quickly, but it is worth warning them that this cannot be done in one or two days. It will still take some time, because the components used for this must, first of all, be safe for children.

The coughing process is quite physiological, as it is protective in nature, protecting the airways from the accumulation of dust particles in them, microscopic foreign objects as well as mucus. If a child coughs intermittently during the day, this does not mean at all serious illness... In this way, babies get rid of the ingestion of breast milk or saliva into the respiratory system.

It is important for parents to pay attention to whether the cough is accompanied by other unpleasant symptoms, for example, fever, runny nose, headache. Sometimes even the absence of fever in a child does not guarantee that a cough is not a sign of certain disorders of the body's functioning.

This could be:

pneumonia;
bronchial asthma;
inflammatory process of the trachea and other diseases of the respiratory system;
respiratory diseases;
dysfunctions of the digestive organs;
reaction to allergens of plant, animal origin, chemical substances if the child is taking any medication.

In all these cases, as a rule, there is moist cough the symptoms of which are the quality of the sputum. It is this biological substance that can indicate the origin of the cough:

if it is watery, practically transparent, this indicates inflammation of the mucous tissues of the respiratory canals;
when bloody impurities are present in it, most likely, there is tuberculosis or functional heart failure;
with asthma and inflammation of the bronchi - sputum is heterogeneous, viscous, containing clots and lumps;
when the sputum has a putrid odor and contains pus, it is an indicator of an abscess.

Dry cough can occur with diseases such as diphtheria, false croup, flu, inflammation of the pharynx and larynx, whooping cough. It is usually abrupt, reminiscent of a dog barking.

Such a cough in a child does not go away, but can develop, while the larynx swells and it becomes difficult for the baby to breathe. Children starting with infancy and up to five years old, often suffer from this type of cough when false croup... This disease cannot be treated at home - it is better to see a doctor right away.

In some cases, even the absence of fever in a child does not guarantee that a cough is not a sign of some malfunctioning of the body.

When a child needs medical attention

Even when sputum is released from a wet cough, self-medication can aggravate the child's well-being.

Parents need to know when it is impossible to do without a doctor:

if, after coughing, the child begins to vomit;
if a cough occurs in a dream and such attacks cannot be stopped;
besides the fact that the baby is coughing, when he breathes, you can hear vultures and wheezing;
pain in the chest of a child against a background of coughing is a dangerous combination;
the sputum has a greenish tint or there is blood in it;
the baby develops shortness of breath;
the cough remains long time(15-20 days) with intensive treatment.

As for such a phenomenon as a cough after sleep that occurs in the morning, in infants this is a natural action to get rid of mucus, tears, but in other cases, prerequisites for it may be diseases of the nasopharynx, bronchial asthma, disruption of the gastric pylorus, allergic the body's response to stimuli.

Cough often becomes a residual symptom of past diseases, however, if this pathology is ignored, various complications are possible. That is why it is important to consult a doctor for any infectious and cold ailments, especially when it comes to children whose immune systems are not yet perfect.

However, quite often the baby simply clears his throat from unnecessary "garbage" in his lungs, or this phenomenon remained after the transferred laryngitis. How to cure a child's cough at home quickly, and with the help of what means that will be harmless to him?

There are several such methods of treatment and they are all worthy of the attention of parents, as it is desirable to act in a complex manner.

It is important for any infectious and cold ailments to consult a doctor, especially when it comes to children.

How to cure a child's cough at home quickly

When a child has a coughing fit, parents may well help him cope with this trouble, and sometimes prevent it from occurring. There are several methods on how to quickly get rid of a cough at home.

To do this, you can take some useful actions:

the air in the nursery should not be too dry, since insufficient humidity becomes the cause of the cough, for this you can put it in the corner of the room three-liter jar with water or buy a special fountain;
when going to bed, make sure that top part the baby's body was at a certain elevation compared to the legs - so it will be easier for the child to breathe.

When coughing, the baby must be put on his knees with her face down and a light massage of the back, kneading and gently tapping on it. Sometimes it is enough to induce the gag instinct by touching the inner wall of the pharynx with a spoon - this will stop the attack.

Many do not know how to treat a child's cough. For these purposes, various procedures and folk remedies are suitable.

These can be compresses, inhalations and wraps.

It is convenient to inhale at home, and this method is extremely simple - the child inhales steam over a basin with hot water to which can be added plant esters, medicinal herbs, special means prescribed by a doctor.
For warming up the nasopharynx, herbs such as linden with oregano, chamomile and sage, or eucalyptus with menthol and calendula are excellent.
A simple way is to mix a few drops of iodine tincture and a spoonful of soda into hot water - the recipe is suitable for thinning phlegm and makes the baby's breathing much easier.

But mothers and fathers need to know that this procedure cannot be carried out if the baby has a high fever, heart and vascular diseases, allergies to herbs or ethers. Also, you can not use this method for children who have a tendency to bleeding or suspected bronchitis.

For infants, wraps are used with a diaper or a towel, previously soaked in diluted mustard. The solution must be squeezed out, and a cloth should be wrapped around the breast and back of the baby. Then you need to wrap the baby in a warm blanket or blanket. The whole procedure takes about four minutes, after which the mustard is washed off the skin, wiped dry, and the child is put to bed. For preschool and older children, you can simply put mustard plasters on top of the gauze to prevent burns.

As a compress, potatoes boiled in their uniforms are used, mashed until mashed and mixed with turpentine, alcohol and any vegetable oil, one spoonful for three medium potatoes. Two cakes are molded from a cool mixture and placed warm on the chest and back. They must be kept for at least 60 minutes.

How to cure a child's cough folk methods:

chamomile brewed with honey or a drink prepared on the basis of warmed milk with the addition of natural honey and baking soda helps well against cough;
you can give children who are one year old, a mass of grated onion pulp with honey or a small piece mixed with it butter- it softens the mucous membranes of the throat, onions disinfect the tissues of the pharynx, and the attacks pass quickly;
same positive effect it is observed if you insist honey on radish juice, placing it inside a vegetable and letting it stand for half a day in the dark, children drink the resulting juice in a small spoon three times a day;
half an hour before each meal, children can be advised to drink a tablespoon of steamed plantain leaf, infused for five hours.

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It is not difficult to find out how to cure a child's cough at home quickly at home, the main thing is that this or that remedy is suitable for the baby. Before engaging in such treatment, it makes sense to consult a pediatrician, what is necessary and useful, and what is better to refuse so as not to provoke complications.

Children's cough is one of the common conditions that cause anxiety in parents. This unpleasant symptom is a frequent companion respiratory infections, allergens, viruses that the baby has to deal with. Usually, the doctor will identify the cause of the cough and prescribe medications. But it so happens that medication treatment does not bring the desired effect. At these moments, traditional medicine comes to the rescue. Today we will tell you how the treatment of cough in children with folk remedies is carried out, and we will share proven recipes for alternative medicine to improve the health of the child.

Cough in children - causes of

The resulting symptom in a child can be attributed to one of two types of cough: physical or pathological.

Physiological cough is a normal phenomenon and is not considered a symptom of the disease, even if it manifests itself in a child under one year old. The airways normally release mucus throughout the day. This cough can occur up to several times during the day and eventually go away on its own. In this case, there is no reason to worry.

A pathological cough is the main symptom of lower respiratory tract disease. Occurring against the background of ARVI, the cough may be accompanied by additional symptoms- increased body temperature, fatigue, muscle pain. Depending on the localization of the disease, the cough can be of a different nature: dry, wet, wheezing or occurring exclusively at night.

Folk remedies help to minimize cough in acute infections by activating the body's own defenses.

A sick child needs bed rest and maximum rest.

Parents should provide the baby with a drinking regimen. Especially if the child is 1-2 years old, he is not able to control fluid intake on his own. A fortified drink will help restore strength. It can be fruit drink, tea with lemon or milk sweetened with honey.

If the cough has not yet “picked up speed”, then a prepared warm foot bath can help. The foot bath increases blood circulation by activating immune system organism.

Before going to bed, the child can put on socks with dry mustard (0.5-1 tbsp of mustard in each sock). Mustard has a warming effect while reducing the likelihood of coughing.

Alkaline drinking will help your baby cope with tickling and starting coughing. Offer the crumbs mineral water ("Essentuki", "Borjomi") a teaspoon every 15 minutes. In addition to its beneficial effect on the lower respiratory tract, frequent drinking can help prevent fever and dehydration.

Inhalation with a nebulizer at the first stage of the disease will help nullify the incipient cold. You can just breathe with saline. This method of treatment is available for children of any age, even babies. The nebulizer vaporizes the substance by nebulizing and moisturizes the airways.

5 effective recipes for traditional medicine for coughs

Cough in childhood is accompanied by most colds... If traditional methods treatments do not help, the disease is delayed, it's time to use proven folk remedies. They can be combined with prescribed medications to enhance the effect and fight the disease faster.

To effectively treat cough with folk methods, you can use the recipes below. Each product can be easily prepared at home, requiring a minimum amount of time and effort.

Apples with honey

Grated apples with honey - not only delicious dessert... This remedy is good for wet coughs, increasing the discharge of phlegm. This recipe is good for kids over 2-3 years old. A large apple must be grated, after peeling the peel. Add a couple of tablespoons of honey and stir. Give the child 1-2 tablespoons after a meal.

Fig decoction with milk

A decoction of figs with milk will help relieve a paroxysmal cough. 100 g of figs must be washed thoroughly. You do not need to peel the skin. Pour the fruits of figs into 0.5 liters of milk, cook over low heat for at least 20 minutes. Let the resulting broth brew for 1 hour, then strain. It should be consumed warm, after meals, twice a day.

Marshmallow root decoction

Marshmallow root has a beneficial effect on respiratory system and in a couple of days it cures a lingering cough for children. It can be purchased at the pharmacy. For the broth you need 2 tsp. marshmallow root pour 1 cup boiling water, leave for 15-20 minutes. Drink the broth before meals, 2 tsp. up to 5 times a day.

Onion syrup

You can get rid of a wet cough in a proven way - with onions and granulated sugar. Wash the medium onion in the husk, put it in a small saucepan and cover with cold water. Add half a glass of sugar, cook for half an hour over low heat. Let the syrup cool. Use the product after meals for 1-2 tablespoons. Onion syrup helps to effectively treat a child's cough and increases the body's resistance to infections.

Radish juice with honey

Fresh radish juice has bactericidal properties, and in combination with honey helps to cure even a strong cough. To prepare the product, a large radish fruit is taken. It is necessary to cut the middle of the radish, pour it with honey (or sugar). Leave in a cool place for 6-8 hours. The resulting juice should be given to the child 1 tbsp. 3 times a day.

Treatment of cough with folk remedies externally

It is possible to relieve a child's debilitating cough not only by taking the prepared remedies inside, but also through external procedures. It is good to use them before bedtime to reduce nighttime coughing fits. Such folk ways cough relief, such as rubbing and massage, will ease the condition of the baby during the period of illness and speed up the healing process.

Rubbing with fat

Rubbing your breasts with pork fat, goose fat, or lard will help you quickly cure your baby's cough. The rubbing procedure will help make a dry cough productive, reduce the viscosity of sputum, and improve blood circulation. It is better to spend it before bedtime. For grinding, you need about 4-5 tablespoons. melted fat. With your thumbs, rub the fat in the chest area intensively. After rubbing, give the child a glass of milk with honey or raspberries to drink, wrap well.

Advice! In order for the unpleasant symptom to recede, it is necessary to carry out the procedure regularly. Alternative treatment of cough, with the right approach, will give positive results on the second day.

Gargling

When a child's cough is lingering with a sore throat, it is good to use a gargle. This procedure allows you to remove the disease-causing mucus that accumulates during illness in the lower respiratory tract. A child is able to gargle over the age of 4. The easiest rinse solution is with salt and soda. Mix 1 tsp in a glass of water. salt and 1 tsp. soda. For older children, you can add another 1-2 drops of iodine. Rinsing should be done before meals, twice a day.

Steam inhalation

Inhalation is effective for “barking” and dry coughs. They must be carried out with caution in children at least 3 years old. Inhalation with leaf infusion is very effective big plantain and mother and stepmothers. For 1 inhalation, take 15 g of pharmaceutical plantain leaves, add 200 ml of hot water. Also prepare a decoction from coltsfoot: 200 ml of boiling water needs 5 g of leaves. Mix both broths, let it brew for 1 hour. The prepared product is enough for 5-6 procedures.

Important! A heat-resistant inhaler with a steam nozzle is available at a pharmacy. Do not use for steam inhalation container not intended for the procedure.

Home remedies for coughs can help strengthen children's health, thanks to its time-tested efficiency. A child's body with many ailments is able to cope on its own, it is only necessary to support its natural defenses. The most reliable helpers in this can be folk remedies, which have been repeatedly used by many generations.

At home, the treatment of cough in children should involve the use of quick recipes, folk remedies and special medications. For recovery, the child will need to provide rest, give plentiful drink humidify the air in the room. Such complex therapy will help to quickly relieve babies from possible complications caused by the disease.

What is a cough

In medical terminology, a cough is understood as a sharp exhalation, which serves as a protective reflex of the body to cleanse the bronchi from foreign particles, microorganisms and phlegm. This is a reflex reaction of the body that occurs with a disease of the respiratory tract. It is accompanied by vomiting, hoarseness, restlessness, sleep disturbance and deterioration in the condition of children. Most cases of a lingering cough are accompanied by a course of acute infections(SARS, influenza), inflammation of the ENT organs, the presence of adenoids.

How to treat a child's cough depends on the type of pathological disease and the correct diagnosis. The classification includes subspecies:

By duration - acute illness(up to 3 weeks) and chronic (with a runny nose).
By its nature, it is productive (wet, with sputum secretion) and non-productive cough (dry, without mucus discharge).
By origin - infectious barking (abrupt, with inflammation of the larynx), convulsive (whooping cough), whistling (bronchial asthma).
By the type of bronchial mucus - light ( Chronical bronchitis), mixed with blood (pulmonary tuberculosis).

How to cure a child's cough

To save children from coughing, you need to start with drinking plenty of fluids, inhaling, using non-drug drugs and phyto-teas. Medicines are prescribed only by prescription - it is forbidden to independently select children's funds, at the same time to take antitussive and mucolytic drugs, antibiotics, bronchodilators. For treatment, pediatricians prescribe:

mucolytics - to liquefy and remove phlegm (Ambrobene, Khaliksol, Lazolvan);
antitussives - to suppress cough in children (Bronchicum, Sedotussin);
expectorants - help with the secretion of phlegm (Gedelix, Pertussin, licorice root).

Treatment methods

Depending on the dry or wet type, the treatment of a child's cough is different. If dry occurs, it must be transferred to wet - productive, in order to speed up the healing process. For treatment, it is allowed to use abundant warm alkaline drink, warming compresses, bronchodilators. The wet subtype is easier to cure - they take mucolytics and expectorants. Additional methods therapies for bronchial inflammation are physiotherapy, electrophoresis, inhalations, cupping, rubbing, mustard plasters and massage.

Popular medicines for treatment baby cough the following varieties are considered:

antitussives - Bronholitin, Herbion;
expectorants - marshmallow root, Gedelix;
mucolytics - ACC, Carbocisteine;
lollipops - Septolet, Doctor Theiss;
antihistamines - relieve laryngeal edema: Diazolin, Cetirizine;
bronchodilators - Salbutamol;
nasal drops - Naphazoline, Xylometazoline;
to prevent relapses - Broncho-munal, Broncho-Vaxom;
rubbing - Pulmex, turpentine ointment;
anti-inflammatory drugs -.

Anti-inflammatory drugs

If airway inflammation develops, anti-inflammatory drugs will help. They facilitate the healing process, remove pain and unpleasant feelings when swallowing. How to quickly cure a child's cough, the doctor will tell you, he will also prescribe anti-inflammatory drugs:

Ibuprofen, Mukaltin, Serrata;
Herbion, ACC, Omnitus;
, Fluditek, Bronchipret.

Expectorant

To accelerate the removal of sputum from the lungs and to treat cough expectorant drugs for children. The active substances in them are plant saponins and alkaloids, which make mucus liquid, increase its amount, and promote expectoration. Small children cannot use them due to high risk allergies and deterioration of the drainage function of the bronchi. Expectorant medicines relieve cough:

marshmallow root syrup and licorice root;
collection of thyme, coltsfoot, plantain;
Herbion syrup with plantain - herbal preparation;
Bronholitin, Solutan - remove mucus from the bronchi;
Tussin, Pertussin;
soda (sodium bicarbonate);
potassium iodide;
can be treated with Prospan syrup, Linkas, Doctor Mom, Gedelix, Ascoril.

Mucolytics

Contribute to the excretion of mucolytics, they help to convert the dry type to wet.

Antitussives

Antitussive therapy can help cope with the excruciating cough, but it should only be used as directed by a senior physician. The reason is the risk of stagnation of sputum, mucous secretions in the respiratory tract. Indications for the use of antitussive drugs are whooping cough, sleep problems due to frequent attacks... Doctors recommend that children rarely use such means - viscous secret impairs the drainage function of the bronchi, increases the risk of secondary infection, respiratory failure.

Antitussives are divided into central action(narcotic Codeine and non-narcotic Sinekod), peripheral (Libexin). Non-narcotic drugs prescribed for painful dry cough, vomiting, chest pains, sleep disturbances. It is not recommended to use them on your own. The doctor may prescribe combination drugs- Hexapnemin, Loraine (contraindicated for preschoolers) and drugs with ephedrine (Bronholitin, Solutan) in case of copious liquid sputum.

Bronchodilators

Preparations for relaxing the smooth muscles of the bronchi and expanding their lumen are called bronchodilators. They are prescribed by a therapist in case of obstructive bronchitis, pneumonia or asthma. Popular medicines for treating symptoms chronic inflammation are considered:

Salbutamol, Ventolin - used as bronchodilator therapy;
Atrovent is an anticholinergic drug;
Berodual - combined remedy;
Eufillin is a short-acting theophylline.

Homeopathy

Cough Recipes for Children contain directions for using homeopathy. Choice medicinal product depends on the type of cough, the cause of its occurrence, the symptoms of infection. It is recommended to use the following useful tools:

Hepar sulphuris - for dry, hoarse cough;
Arsenicum album, from dry, exhausting irritation in the larynx;
Antimonium tartaricum - From dry, exhausting, intermittent, vomiting, nausea;
Ipecacuanha - from prolonged nighttime, pains in the head, stomach;
Spongia tosta - from hoarse barking, burning, tickling in the larynx;
Rumex - from dry to strong, soreness of the sternum with deep breath;
Sambucus nigra - from croupous, interfering with sleep, indomitable.

How can you grind a child

Without high temperature the patient can be rubbed and massaged, the procedures are carried out with caution with a dry cough subtype. We treat a child's cough at home - the following ointments are applicable for dry cough with allergies, whooping cough or false croup:

Dr. Mom - with camphor, menthol, eucalyptus, nutmeg, turpentine oils, thymol;
Badger, Pulmex, Eukabal - warming up, not suitable for children under 2 years old, prone to allergic reactions;
badger, bearish, interior, goose fat- they rub the chest of a child who has reached the age of 3 years, the massage is carried out carefully.

Inhalation

Inhalation is used to alleviate dry coughs. You can make them with nebulizers, inhalers, or just breathe in steam over a pot of hot water. The last inhalations are contraindicated in children under 3 years of age. At home, the following solutions, medications will help with symptoms of the disease:

Lazolvan, Ambrobene, ACC, Fluimucil, Sinupret, Rotokan, Tonsilgon;
extract of calendula;
medicinal herbs - decoctions of sage, St. John's wort, raspberries, mint, eucalyptus, juniper;
fees Evkarom or Ingafitol;
soda solution, alkaline mineral water(Borjomi).

Compresses

Compresses are effective for treating cough in children. The mixtures given below are impregnated with gauze, applied to the throat, sternum or back, wrapped in cellophane and warm cloth. When treating colds, compresses can be done before bedtime or left on overnight. Popular recipes:

honey, butter, flour, vodka are added to dry mustard - on the throat for several days in a row;
mix a spoonful of honey, vodka, sunflower oil, heat in a water bath, close the neck, interscapular zone, do every other day;
crush the potatoes boiled in a jacket, add butter, tie on the chest;
Dimexide diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 3 or 1: 4, warmed up for 40 minutes before bedtime on the heart area, in the absence of a high temperature, only for children over 12 years old;
moisten a napkin with vodka, saline or mustard solution, apply on the skin greased with baby cream for half an hour.

Mustard plasters

With a dry type with difficulty in sputum discharge, cough treatment in children occurs with the use of mustard plasters. Contraindications - fever (above 37.5 ° C), skin irritation, psoriasis, neurodermatitis, tumors or asthma, age up to a year. Avoid putting mustard plasters on the heart and spine; young children are better off putting them in these places through a gauze cloth.

Depending on the age, the exposure time of the quick procedure differs: up to 3 years - 2 minutes, up to 7 - 3, up to 12 - 5. After treatment, wipe the skin with an emollient cream, in case of intense redness, immediately remove the product and remove the remaining powder with a damp warm towel. Mustard plasters are applied in the evening, after which you need to change the baby's clothes in pajamas and cover them with a blanket.

An effective cough suppressant for children

Not only expensive funds can be effective in treating cough syndrome. The following drugs will help with the dry type:

mucolytics - dragees for resorption Falimint, syrups Haliksol, Lazolvan;
bronchodilators - Libexin tablets and syrup;
antitussives - elixir Codelac, syrups Gerbion, Stoptussin;
anti-inflammatory - syrups Omnitus, Ambrohexal;
antipyretic - Loraine powder.

The following effective remedies for treating children of different ages will help fight a wet cough:

expectorant - tablets ACTS, Bromhexin, syrups Ambroxol, Mukaltin, Herbion with primrose, Pertussin;
warming up - Doctor Mom ointment;
antitussives - Bronholitin;
thinning phlegm - Ambrobene capsules, suspension;
antispasmodic - Gedelix syrup.

Strong remedy

The following strong remedies and methods of treating children will help you quickly get rid of the cough syndrome:

expectorant mixtures - extract of licorice root, marshmallow, infusion of thermopsis, Pertussin;
to thin sputum - a solution of potassium iodide, Mukaltin, Bromhexin, Lazolvan, Fluimucil;
inhalation - a spoonful of soda in a glass of water, ACC, Lazolvan;
vibration massage of the chest - lay the baby on his stomach, gently beat the sternum with short movements with the edge of the palm.

Folk remedies

Some folk remedies for coughs for children are considered effective. Recipes will help get rid of obsessive attacks:

juice of radishes, onions or carrots with honey - a tablespoon up to 5 times a day;
you can give your child warm milk, vitamin fruit drinks;
baked radish with sugar - strain the juice, give two teaspoons before meals 3-4 times a day;
squeeze lemon juice, mix with two tablespoons of glycerin and add honey to the glass - take a teaspoon up to six times a day;
mix hot milk with Borjomi in equal proportions and drink with honey or figs;
mix honey with anise or butter, take three times a teaspoon;
heat the salt in a frying pan, wrap it in a cotton sock, quickly warm up the baby's chest and back.

How to cure a cough in an infant

Under the age of one year, the baby can be tormented by the problem due to a cold or teething. Means for eliminating physiological cough are drugs, methods and rules:

regular airing of the room, installation of a humidifier;
plentiful drink light massage back;
rubbing with animal fat, walking in the fresh air;
inhalations are carried out saline through a nebulizer;
mucolytics - Gedelix, Prospan;
homeopathy - Stodal syrup and Oscillococcinum granules;
plasters on the chest Nozzle;
spray Tantum Verde - only with a strong inflammatory process, because there is a risk of suffocation.

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Varieties of cough syndrome

Certain parts of the brain are responsible for the development of the cough reflex. There are many reasons for such zones to react. These include getting into the bronchi foreign body, runny nose, polluted air. Various diseases also cause cough:

Tuberculosis.
Influenza, acute respiratory infections, ARVI.
Cancer diseases.
Heart failure.
Inflammation of the upper respiratory tract: rhinitis, adenoiditis, tonsillitis, tonsillitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis, sinusitis.
Lower respiratory tract infections: pneumonia, bronchitis, bronchial asthma, airway obstruction, tracheitis.

Doctors classify coughs into two main types:

Dry (or unproductive). It develops at the very beginning of the disease. The main feature of dry cough is the absence of phlegm. The patient wants to cough up all the time, to free the lungs and bronchi, and itching in the throat. But there is no relief. Dry cough is dangerous by injury to small blood vessels, which leads to loss of voice and hoarseness.

Wet (or productive). Cough, accompanied by the discharge of mucous expectoration. This syndrome says that the person is on the mend, and the body gets rid of the bacteria accumulating in the bronchi. A prolonged and painful wet cough can lead to insomnia, high blood pressure and even heart problems.

The cough reflex is also classified according to the duration of the syndrome:

Spicy. Lasts up to 2.5-3 weeks. A sharp cough torments a person continuously. This cough syndrome helps the body clear accumulated mucus from the lungs and bronchi. More often, an acute cough develops against the background of pneumonia, bronchitis, respiratory infections, pharyngitis.
Protracted. The duration of the cough is from 3 weeks to 3 months. A feature of the syndrome is its undulation (coughing attacks come for 2-3 days, then they leave the person to return again after a while). More often the cough starts at a certain time.
Chronic. If the cough is not cured in 3 months, it becomes chronic. This syndrome indicates the presence of serious pathological conditions the body or about the development of complications past illness... Chronic cough is unstable - it is aggravated, then subsides.

By appearance and features cough symptom doctors can pre-diagnose possible reason painful condition:

The type of cough.	Possible illness.
Sharp and painful. At the beginning of the disease, it is dry, after 4-5 days it becomes wet. The phlegm is initially separated watery, gradually becomes stringy, mucous	Bronchitis
Prolonged cough, exhausting, deaf. In the cold, there is an exacerbation of attacks. Purulent sputum leaves	Obstructive bronchitis
Dry barking cough, accompanied by suffocation (the child especially suffers from this symptom)	Bronchial asthma
Harsh, persistent, painful, with phlegm. Expectorant mucus of a rusty hue, has bloody blotches	Pneumonia
Dry, excruciating cough, more often at night. When the cough syndrome becomes moist, the sputum is thick, viscous, difficult to separate	Tracheitis
At the beginning of the disease, slight coughing, unobtrusive, with exacerbations at night. As the disease progresses, the cough becomes excruciating, moist, chronic type... Sputum bloody-purulent	Tuberculosis
Harsh strong cough syndrome, often develops in the morning (smoker's cough). Dry at first, quickly becomes wet. Sputum of a greenish or grayish tint	Obstructive pulmonary disease

Fight dry coughs

To cure this type of cough syndrome, it is necessary to reduce the intensity, soreness and help in the production of mucus. Folk remedies successfully help to cope with the second problem. And the sputum that appears reduces the severity of coughing attacks. How to treat dry cough at home in adults?

Black pepper. Small nondescript peas are powerful helpers in the fight against dry cough. They help to cure the weakened bronchial mucosa, open up accumulations of sputum and remove it, converting dry cough syndrome into wet one. Treating cough at home with black pepper is carried out in the following ways:

For lovers of spicy taste, it is recommended to chew 2-3 peas daily.
Add 3-4 peppercorns to a glass of hot milk. Drink the healing liquid after 15-20 minutes.
Grind 4-5 peppercorns, mix with cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and 2 basil leaves. Add a teaspoon of ginger powder to the mixture. Brew the aromatic mass with boiling water and drink.
Mix crushed pepper (3-4 g) with sugar syrup and ghee(10 ml). Melt the mass and make sucking lozenges.
Mix equal amounts of black pepper powder and ginger. Dilute the mass with liquid honey (5 ml). Take inside a tablespoon 2-3 times daily.

Onion. Onion drugs have antiseptic and antimicrobial effects. The drug dilutes viscous phlegm well, increases its amount and helps to cough up. How to cure with an onion annoying cough at home:

Boil 2-3 medium peeled onions in milk (200 ml). After insisting (4-5 hours), the agent is taken orally. They drink it every 3-4 hours for a tablespoon.
Pour the husk of 10-12 onions with boiling water (1 liter). Boil the mass over low heat until ½ of the liquid evaporates. Filter the broth and drink 150 ml three times a day.
Finely chop one onion and scroll through a meat grinder. Add equal amount of honey to the mass, mix well. The fragrant mass is taken orally in a tablespoon 2-3 times a day.
Grind 4 large onions. Mix honey (50 g) and sugar (400 g) into the onion puree. Pour the mass with a liter of boiling water and cook for 50-60 minutes. After the mixture has cooled, strain it and drink a tablespoon 3-4 times daily.

Inhalation. Inhalations are great for dry coughs. Such procedures are carried out daily after meals for 15-20 minutes. How to cure a cough at home using inhalation:

With soda. Mix baking soda with boiling water (per glass of water ½ teaspoon of baking soda).
Potato. Boil ½ kilogram of jacket potatoes, drain the water and breathe in the resulting steam.
Herbal preparations. For inhalation, it is recommended to mix in equal parts 2-3 types of medicinal plants (15 g per liter of boiling water) and breathe in steam. Thyme, plantain, sage, and thyme are helpful in treating dry coughs.
Garlic. Mash 1-2 cloves of garlic and pour over the mint broth. Bring the mass to a boil and breathe in the healing steam.

Attention! Inhalation for coughing at home is not recommended for elevated temperature, the presence of allergic reactions, with purulent sore throat, bronchial asthma and cardiovascular diseases.

Sputum cough treatment

To cure a wet cough, the emphasis is on thinning the phlegm. Mucus of a liquid consistency is easier to remove from the bronchi. And along with it, pathogenic microorganisms that cause inflammatory processes... The more sputum the patient coughs up, the faster he will cure the disease.

Black (bitter) radish. A powerful and effective folk remedy for treating wet coughs at home. To effectively treat a wet cough, use sprouted, large-sized radishes instead of young radishes. How to prepare a radish for cough treatment at home:

Wash the root vegetable and make a depression in the upper part. Put natural honey in the hole and wait for the formation of juice. Take the healing liquid in a tablespoon 2-3 times daily.
Cut the radish into pieces and grate or chop in a blender. Squeeze the juice out of the mass and take 15-20 ml 3 times a day.
Bake the radish and chop the vegetable. Add sugar (2 tablespoons) to the mass and put the container in the oven for 2-3 hours. Pour the resulting juice into a jar. Take the medicine twice a day (in the evening and in the morning) after meals, 20-25 ml.

Nuts. A real Klondike of amino acids, vitamins and tannins that help thin phlegm. Since ancient times, nuts, along with herbs, have successfully helped people to cure the excruciating cough syndrome. How to use them at home:

Boil uncooked pine nuts (200 g) in a liter of milk. Cook the mass over low heat for 20-25 minutes (until the milk turns brown). Strain the broth and take 150-200 ml in the morning on an empty stomach.
Dilute crushed in a liter of milk walnuts(6-7 cores). Put the mixture in a warm place for infusion. The next day, during the day (3-4 visits), gradually drink the resulting healing drink.
Grind the walnuts. Mix the nut mass (1-2 tsp) with warm boiled water (100 ml). Drink the mixture in small sips.

Medicinal herbs. With a wet cough and sputum, pathogenic microorganisms are released. In order to quickly help a patient to cure a cough at home, it is necessary that medicinal plants not only help with the removal of mucus, but also have antiseptic properties.

The best such herbs for treating cough are wild rosemary and eucalyptus. How best to use them:

Brew eucalyptus leaves in boiling water (2 tablespoons leaves per liter of water). Insist for 30-40 minutes and take warm three times a day.
Boil wild rosemary herb (30 g) in water (250 ml). Let it brew for half an hour and take 1.5-2 tbsp. three times a day.

Help to cure a wet cough at home and herbal preparations of mallow and marshmallow leaves, chamomile flowers and flax seeds (20 g of each herb). Herbal collection steam ½ liter of boiling water, leave for 1-2 hours and strain. Drink the infusion warm in the amount of ½ liter per day.

Coughing. To cure an annoying cough at home, which exhausts a person with attacks for a long time, you can use the following means:

Simmer the lemon fruit for 3-4 minutes over low heat to soften. Then squeeze out the juice. Add glycerin (2 tablespoons) to it, mix thoroughly and pour in honey (20-30 ml). The mixture should be taken in a teaspoon 4-5 times daily. As soon as the cough reduces the intensity, drink a mixture of 1 tsp. 2-3 times a day.
Dissolve a tablespoon of butter in a glass of hot milk. Pour 4-5 drops of turpentine into a tablespoon of milk and drink the mixture in one gulp. Then finish off the remaining milk.

Moist cough and runny nose. If the patient is suffering from a runny nose at the same time as a cough, try the following method of treatment at home: mix heated sunflower oil and finely chopped onion(2 tsp each).

Leave the mass for 2-3 hours to infuse. Then squeeze the onion and remove it. With the remaining mixture, bury the nose with 2-3 drops in each nostril.

Smoker's cough. To quickly soften and cure a wet cough in smokers at home, folk healers recommend taking decoctions of marshmallow, oregano, thyme, elecampane, fennel and calendula.

What to do if you have an allergic cough

Allergic cough goes away without fever and fever. Dry-type attacks, they develop suddenly and last for a long time, accompanied by itching in the larynx, nose, sneezing and runny nose. Such conditions are dangerous, they cause breathing problems, and even suffocation.

To cure allergic cough syndrome at home, you need to use folk remedies that help stop the cough reflex and reduce susceptibility to the allergen-irritant. What will help cure a cough?

Soothing baths. To prevent nighttime coughing attacks, take a bath every night using:

Decoctions of herbs: sage, lemon balm, oregano and motherwort.
Clay powder (4-5 tablespoons per half liter of water).
Essential oils of lemon, patchouli, calamus, cypress or lavender (20-25 drops per 100 ml of water).
Infusion of red currant leaves (a large handful of leaves per liter of boiling water). After infusion for 10-15 minutes, filter the mass and pour into water.

Duration of healing baths in the fight against allergic cough at home is 10-15 minutes. It is necessary to take such procedures every 3 days.

With a runny nose. At home, an obsessive allergic rhinitis that accompanies a rampant cough with infusions of the following medicinal herbs will help to cure:

Field horsetail. Insist a couple of teaspoons of the herb in a water bath for 30-40 minutes (in a liter of boiling water). Instill 2-3 drops in each nostril twice a day.
Every evening, lubricate the nasal mucosa with Kalanchoe juice.

Ingestion. What to do when allergic cough attacks torment a person every day? The following recipes will help to treat a cough at home:

Drink 3-4 teaspoons of celery root pomace every day.
Mix the juice from 2 carrots, 3 cauliflower and a large apple. Before use, add chopped greens of one bunch of parsley to the pomace. The agent should be taken 4-5 times daily for ½ glass.
Make an infusion of nettle (3 tablespoons per liter of boiling water), drink a healing tincture four times a day, a tablespoon.
On an empty stomach in the morning and evening, take inside a mixture of mummy (0.2 g), milk (200 ml) and a teaspoon of natural honey.
Grind the lemon fruit, mix the mixture with honey (60 ml) and water (70 ml). The mixture, stirring, cook over low heat until thickened. The agent should be taken cold in a tablespoon 5-6 times daily.
Chop 4-5 garlic cloves and mix with ½ cup honey. Let the mass brew for 1.5-2 weeks and take 1-2 tablespoons with each cough attack.
A decoction of honey, bay leaves (a tablespoon each) and a pinch of soda helps to cure a cough. Drink ¼ glass every day 2-3 times.
Boil milk (½ l), mix with cream (10 ml), honey (5 ml) and egg yolk. Stir the mixture quickly and thoroughly (so that the yolk does not curl). The agent should be taken 2 tablespoons 5-6 times a day.
Stir anise seeds (2-3 tablespoons) in a glass of water and boil. After an hour of insisting, drink a tablespoon every hour.

Inhalation. Inhalation of the healing steam is an effective remedy for coughs of an allergic nature. For inhalations, medicinal herbs are selected that help cure a cough at home and reduce the frequency of attacks:

Place the chopped leaves of dope in a hot skillet. Breathe steam for a quarter of an hour.
Steam sage in 2 liters of boiling water (2-3 tablespoons), after a quarter of an hour start inhaling.
Pour cold water (400 ml) on the seed rye. Bring the liquid to a boil and cook for 5-10 minutes. Breathe in vapors of hot broth.
Boil peeling potatoes, add thyme and eucalyptus leaves to them. Simmer the mass over low heat for 5-7 minutes. V ready-made product drip 2-3 drops of fir oil and breathe in the healing steam for 10 minutes.

Healing syrup. Mix cayenne pepper powder (red, chilli) with ground ginger (¼ tsp each). Add to the mass warm water, melted honey and Apple vinegar(a tablespoon). Stir the mixture and drink during the day (as soon as the next attack of coughing begins).

The People's Pharmacy is a reliable and dedicated assistant helping to cure a cough at home. Natural remedies are effective and safe. But they should not become a panacea, but only supplement medical treatment... Be sure to visit your doctor for advice before starting home therapy.

Good health and do not cough!