Poor sputum removal when a child coughs

Parents should definitely call a pediatrician so that he can examine the child and give him the correct diagnosis or prescribe additional examinations. During the entire period of illness, adults need to regularly moisten and ventilate the room where the patient is. The optimal temperature in a living room is 18-20 degrees, the humidity level is from 50% to 70%.

The second necessary condition for recovery for the baby is drinking plenty of fluids. It thins mucus and promotes its rapid exit from the bronchi. Infants are given purified warm water and breast milk. After 8 months, children are allowed to give rosehip decoction, weakly concentrated fruit drinks without added sugar.

Suitable drugs

If sputum is difficult to clear, the child may be prescribed special syrups. They are divided into 2 groups:

1. Mucolytics - divide viscous sputum into small particles that are easier to remove from the body. List of drugs that are used to treat the cough reflex in one-year-old children: ACC, Fluditec, Ambrobene.
2. Expectorants – promote the movement of mucus to the upper respiratory tract. List of drugs with similar effects: Lazolvan, Ambroxol.

It is important that the drug is selected according to the age of the baby. A one-month-old baby should not be given many medications that doctors may use to treat older children.

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Rules for inhalation for children

You can inhale your child at home in different ways. For older children, steam inhalations are suitable, which require breathing over a pan of hot water with the addition of medicinal ingredients. Such inhalations can be carried out for five to ten minutes twice a day.

It is much more convenient to use a special device at home - a nebulizer. Nebulizers come in different types, but the principle of their operation is always the same. This device, equipped with a special mask or nozzle, sprays a medicinal substance that penetrates deep into the bronchi and has a local therapeutic effect.

Inhalation will be most effective if the following rules are observed:

• During the inhalation process, it is advisable to hold your breath while inhaling for a couple of seconds. This rule, of course, does not apply to very young children;
• It is recommended to carry out the procedure at least an hour before meals or an hour or two after meals;
• after inhalation, it is necessary for the child to remain at rest for two hours;
• It is also not recommended to go outside for several hours after inhalation;
• Before starting a course of treatment for cough using inhalation, you should consult your doctor; he will help you calculate the dose of the drug and the time of the procedure.

Treatment with folk remedies

Alternative medicine is used in addition to medications. Popular recipes for removing phlegm from the lungs:

1. Licorice or marshmallow decoction: 1 tbsp. vegetable raw materials are poured with 100 ml of water and simmered in a water bath for 15-20 minutes. The resulting mixture is added with boiled water to a volume of 200 ml. The decoction is given to the child 1 tbsp. 3 times a day.
2. Rubbing the chest with goose, badger or duck fat: 1 tsp. fat is melted over a fire and used to treat the child’s feet and chest.
3. Inhalations. Add eucalyptus or fir essential oils (2-3 drops) to 1 liter of hot water. The child's head is bowed over a container of hot water and he is asked to deeply inhale the vapors of the healing liquid. The procedure can only be performed if the patient does not have a fever.

At home, inhalations can be carried out using a nebulizer. This method is considered more progressive, since the device delivers tiny particles of solutions to the lower respiratory tract.

Is it possible to swallow sputum when coughing?

My husband is sick - he coughs a lot.

I’m collecting recipes, but for some reason Chinese medicine isn’t helping. And the Russian funds have already run out, I would give him a loading dose :)

Recipes taken from here:

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1. Add a teaspoon of unsalted internal pork fat and half a teaspoon of soda to a glass of boiled milk. Stir and drink hot in small sips. You can drink up to 3 glasses a day. Prepare each portion immediately before use. 2. Keep aloe leaves (100 g) in the refrigerator for 10 days. Then chop them and put them in 700 g of hot melted honey. Boil 30 g of linden blossom and 70 g of birch buds in water for a couple of minutes. As it cools, pour the strained and squeezed broth into the chilled honey. Stir the mixture thoroughly and add 0.5 cups of vegetable oil. Store in a cool place, shake before use. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day.

3. Dissolve half a teaspoon of baking soda in a glass of hot milk. Drink the solution warm several times an hour, a tablespoon at a time. You can also drink warm milk in half with Borjomi.

4. Take 1 teaspoon of lemon-glycerin syrup as needed: boil 1 lemon in water for 10 minutes, then cut in half and squeeze, add 2 tablespoons of glycerin and honey.

5. Eggnog helps with a dry cough (beat egg yolks with sugar and add a little rum).

6. Drop 3 drops of iodine into a glass of hot water and drink.

7. Recipes for coughs for bronchitis and whooping cough: 500 g of chopped onion, 400 g of sugar, 50 g of honey, 1 liter of water, mix, cook for 3 hours over low heat, cool, strain and pour into a bottle. Drink a tablespoon 4-6 times a day (store sealed in a cool, dark place).

8. Brazilian recipe for fighting cough: pass peeled bananas through a sieve, put in a pan with hot boiled water (2 bananas per 1 glass of water with sugar), heat the mixture and drink.

9. Before going to bed, place 2-3 drops of fir oil on the tip of your tongue.

10. If you have a cough due to a cold, you should immediately smoke nettle. To do this, take last year’s dry stem, cut it to the size of the cigar, pierce the partition with a thin knitting needle and light it from one end, and begin to inhale smoke from the other. If your nasopharynx hurts, you need to blow smoke into your nose, if it hurts in your sternum, then swallow it. Do not smoke for long, otherwise you will feel dizzy. Nettles can be harvested for future use. (source: “Vestnik ZOZH”)

11. Radish juice with honey is a great remedy for long-term coughs. You need to prepare it like this: take a large radish, wash it thoroughly, cut off the top, making a depression in this place. Place honey in the hole. Place the radish on a saucer so that the leaking juice does not spill. In a day, the saucer will be full of healing drink. Take a tablespoon before meals three times a day.

12. Drinking this helps when you have a cough. Boil a medium-sized onion in 0.5 liters of milk and add a spoonful of honey. This mixture should be consumed at night. The milk is very tasty, does not smell of onions at all, and even children drink it easily. A dry cough after it becomes softer and goes away faster.

13. At the Bolshoi Theater, sore throats and colds are dealt with as follows: squeeze lemon juice into a glass of hot tea and add cognac and honey in equal quantities, preferably a tablespoon at a time. If desired, ladies replace cognac with red wine, slightly changing the proportions: half a glass of tea - half a glass of warm wine. Take this “potion” at night, and in the morning you will forget about your cough.

14. Pour 1 STACK of sugar into an enamel saucepan and place on low heat. When the sugar turns brown, pour in a shot of vodka - steam will come out, so immediately close the pan with a lid and turn off the gas. After a while, stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Take 1 teaspoon 3 times a day.

15. When coughing, it is recommended to chop a peeled onion and add a spoonful of sugar. Squeeze the juice and take a teaspoon 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals. In these cases, also drink fresh onion juice with honey (1:2). This mixture is drunk 1 teaspoon 3-4 times a day 30-40 minutes before meals.

16. Grate the apple and onion. Add honey (all in equal proportions). Take the resulting drug one teaspoon several times during the day.

17. Persistent dry cough: finely chop the orange with the peel, add sugar, cook for 30 minutes. Take 1-2 tbsp. l. syrup for a coughing attack.

18. Garlic syrup is an excellent remedy when it comes to children, who are usually reluctant to take garlic preparations. It is especially indicated for coughs, laryngitis, and diseases of the nasopharynx. Here is one recipe for making good garlic syrup, recommended by the famous Dr. Heinerman: put half a glass of peeled and finely chopped garlic in an enamel pan and pour in fresh dark honey or good quality molasses. Place on the fire and, stirring gently, heat over low heat until all the garlic has dissolved in the syrup. Then cover the saucepan with a lid and reheat, making sure that the syrup does not burn. Remove from heat before it cools, filter and store in the refrigerator. Dose: for small children - 1 teaspoon, for adults - 1 tablespoon. Take every hour.

19. When coughing, peel 2 medium-sized onions, chop finely, add 1/4 cup granulated sugar, 3-4 cups of water and cook until thick syrup. Drink 1 tablespoon every 3 hours.

20. For paroxysmal, painful cough with copious sputum production: a) beat 2 egg yolks with 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar and a spoonful of rum. Drink the mixture on an empty stomach; b) mix 2 teaspoons of honey with 2 tablespoons of butter, 2 raw egg yolks, and a teaspoon of flour. Take 3-5 times a day.

21. For an allergic cough: dissolve a teaspoon of soda in a glass of water and bring to a boil. Breathe over the solution carefully so as not to get burned.

22. To treat cough, improve sputum discharge in case of bronchitis, laryngitis, tracheitis, pneumonia, traditional medicine recommends using freshly squeezed carrot juice with milk (1:1) 1 tablespoon 5-6 times a day or half with honey 1 teaspoon 5 -6 times a day. These mixtures are especially often used in pediatric practice.

23. Fig decoction - pour 100 grams of dried fruits with two glasses of hot water (or milk), simmer over low heat for 15-20 minutes. Leave for 2-3 hours. Take half a glass 2-3 times a day before meals for dry cough. For bronchitis and tracheitis, it is better to use a decoction of milk.

24. Mix cranberry juice with honey. For one glass of juice, one tablespoon of honey. Drink 30 minutes before meals. It helps very well with cold coughs and is an antipyretic.

25. Pass the lemon with the peel through a meat grinder and mix with honey (to taste). Perfectly helps with bronchitis, bronchial asthma, pleurisy and even tuberculosis.

26. Soft collection. Take 5 g of oregano and coltsfoot herbs, 20 g of marshmallow root, pour boiling water (1 glass), leave, strain. Drink 1/2 cup warm 3-4 times a day for coughs and other respiratory diseases.

27. An infusion of viburnum berries is an excellent medicine for colds, coughs, and sore throats.

29. Boil one lemon in water over low heat for 10 minutes, cut it and squeeze the juice into a glass (apple cider vinegar, about 100 g, can be used instead of lemon). Add 2 tablespoons of glycerin to the lemon juice, stir and fill the glass to the brim with honey. For severe and frequent coughs, take 2 teaspoons of the mixture 3 times a day before meals, and also at night. If the cough is severe, but rare and dry, take a teaspoon before and after breakfast, lunch and dinner, and always before bed.

30. Soothes coughs and thins phlegm with an infusion of licorice root (2 parts) and linden blossom (3 parts). Pour one tablespoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water, leave for 10-15 minutes, strain, take the infusion warm, 0.5 cups at a time.

31. Pour 1 tablespoon of pine buds with a glass of boiling water, cover, leave for 40 minutes, strain. Drink 2-3 sips during coughing attacks.

32. Boil 50 g of red pepper roots with 250 mg of white grape wine. Let it cool, strain, drink it all in 3 doses during the day, hot. Then grate a large onion and mix it with 150 g of goose lard. Take 1 tablespoon in the morning. In the evening before going to bed, rub this mixture on your chest and neck.

33. For a persistent cough, folk healers recommend dissolving 2 tablespoons of sugar in 1 glass of hot milk, adding 1 yolk, mixing everything quickly so that the yolk does not curdle. Drink this mixture in small sips at a time. Go to bed, cover yourself well and sweat.

34. Chop 500 g of peeled onions, add 400 g of sugar and cook over low heat in 1 liter of water for 3 hours. Then let it cool, add 50 g of honey, pour into a bottle and seal. Take 4-6 tablespoons 3 times a day after meals.

35. Take a large onion, peel, wash and grate. Mix with goose fat. Rub this mixture into the chest and neck area and tie a warm scarf around your neck. In the morning on an empty stomach, take 1 tbsp. spoon of this mixture when coughing.

36. When coughing, warming compresses on the chest made from steamed wheat grains, pearl barley or thick wheat porridge are useful. Place the cooked grains or porridge (the water should evaporate) on a linen towel, roll it into a rectangle, wrap it in another towel so that it is not too hot and place the bag on your chest for 2-3 hours, or even overnight. As the porridge cools, the top towel can be removed.

37. Cut 6-8 radishes into very thin slices and sprinkle each slice with sugar. In about half a day the juice will appear. Drink it every hour, 1 tbsp. spoon. Healers claim that this remedy cures the most severe cough in a relatively short period of time.

38. Cut the radish into small cubes, place in a saucepan and sprinkle with sugar. Bake in the oven for two hours. Strain, discard the radish pieces, and pour the liquid into a bottle. Take two teaspoons 3-4 times a day before meals and at night before bed. This remedy is good for treating children, especially if it is given not as a medicine, but as a treat.

39. Grate black radish and squeeze the juice out of it through cheesecloth. Mix 1 liter of this juice with 400 g of liquid honey. Take two tablespoons before meals and before bed. 40. 500 g of peeled and finely chopped onion, 50 g of honey, 400 g of sugar are boiled in 1 liter of water for three hours over low heat. The liquid is cooled, poured into a bottle and sealed tightly. Use a tablespoon 4-5 times a day for severe cough. 41. Place a saucepan with 2 liters of water on the fire. When the water boils, add 200 g of any bran into it and sweeten it with sugar. Drink the decoction throughout the day instead of tea, juice, soup and any other liquid, and certainly hot. This was considered the most effective remedy for loss of voice and therefore was especially revered by Russian theater artists and singers. 42. . Take rye, oats, barley, add chicory and 2 grains (in old Russian pharmacy practice, 1 grain = 0.062 g) of peeled and crushed bitter almonds. Brew and drink like regular coffee, to which you can add hot baked milk. 43. Boiled turnip juice with sugar or honey is also very useful in treating chest pain from colds and coughs. Drink a tablespoon 4-5 times a day hot.

44. . Cut 10 onions and 1 medium-sized head of garlic into small pieces. Boil all this in unpasteurized milk until the onions and garlic become soft. Add a little boudra juice. This tree is otherwise called ivy, or dogmint, and is very common in Russia. Add honey. Take a tablespoon with tea throughout the day - 4-6 times at least. 45. Gogol-mogol - egg yolks beaten with sugar and rum, or with cognac. Two yolks, the rest to taste. Take in the morning on an empty stomach. 46. ​​Mix 2 tablespoons of fresh butter, 2 fresh egg yolks, 1 teaspoon of wheat flour, 2 teaspoons of honey. Take a teaspoon many times throughout the day. 47. Mix radish or carrot juice with milk or honey drink: half juice and half milk or drink. Take a tablespoon 6 times a day. 48. In the spring, drinking birch sap or maple tree sap with milk is very useful for coughs. 49. 8. Rubbing the following mixture into the chest is useful for dry coughs: 2 parts wood oil, 1 part ammonia. 50. To facilitate the separation of sputum, it is very good to take lingonberry juice syrup with sugar or honey syrup orally. This, of course, is also a problem, but I’ll tell you a secret: in stalls where ice cream is sold, you can often find not only frozen cherries, strawberries, plums, but also lingonberries. This syrup should be taken quite often, one tablespoon per dose. During treatment with this remedy, instead of water or tea, drink a decoction of wild strawberries, wild strawberries, or, in extreme cases, from their leaves.

51. To this day, this is the best remedy for mitigating a cough - soda perfectly thins phlegm. Doctors recommend diluting one teaspoon of baking soda in boiling milk and taking it at night.

52. If someone is bothered by a cough, then take a cabbage leaf, dip it in boiling water for 1-2 minutes, then spread it with honey and put it on the chest (for a strong cough - 2 cabbage leaves, one on the chest, the other on the back ). A fitted T-shirt holds the sheet well all night. And the next morning there is almost nothing left of it. Together with honey, it is absorbed into the skin, providing a healing effect. 3-5 nights - and the cold cough is gone.

53. Dill seeds help with coughs and sore throats - they should be sucked thoroughly and then, once softened, chewed several times a day. If your cough is old and dry, then enjoy baked Antonov apples. Do not neglect black apple seeds - they are extremely healing. For chronic cough, the following powder helps a lot: one tablespoon of crushed licorice root, one teaspoon of dill seeds crushed in a coffee grinder and one tablespoon of granulated sugar. Take twice a day: adults - half a teaspoon of powder, children - a third of this portion, on the tip of a spoon.

54. One of the foreign sites recommended drinking a glass of hot beer as a Russian folk remedy for coughing.

55. In case of deep persistent cough, at night, smear the upper part of the body with liquid honey, gently rubbing it into the skin. Top with a linen towel, then compress paper, and a woolen scarf. It is good to drink diaphoretic tea made from raspberry blossom or dried raspberries at night.

56. Pour good vodka (100 - 150 ml) into a metal container (for example, a mug) and set it on fire. At the same time, hold a piece of sugar on a fork over the fire. It will melt and drip into the burning vodka. Carry out the procedure until the fire goes out. The result should be a sweet, thick, cognac-colored syrup, similar in strength to Cahors (most of the alcohol will simply burn off). Pour into a glass container and store at room temperature in a dark place. During coughing attacks, take 1-2 sips until the cough stops completely.

57. Boil a mixture of apple, onion and half a glass of honey over low heat. Take 2 tablespoons twice a day 15 minutes before meals.

58. To 1 kg of fresh honey, add a mixture of 1 kg of raspberries and three-year-old aloe, passed through a meat grinder. The medicine is ready after three days of storage in a cool place. For coughs and bronchial asthma, take a tablespoon three times a day, half an hour before meals. (Healthy Lifestyle Bulletin) 10 rustic cough remedies For a prolonged chest cough, wipe the chest with a dry cloth, then rub internal lard or ghee until dry. It’s good if you add a small amount of pine oil to lard. Grind the grains of rye, oats and barley, add chicory. You can brew the mixture and drink it like regular coffee with hot baked milk. Boiled turnip juice with sugar or honey (preferably with honey) is also very useful in treating chest pain from colds and coughs. Cut into small pieces and boil 10 onions and one head of garlic in unpasteurized milk until the onions and garlic are soft. Add honey. Drink one tablespoon every hour throughout the day. Eggnog (egg yolks beaten with sugar and rum) is also good for coughs if eaten in the morning before meals. Mix radish or carrot juice with milk or honey drink (1:1). Drink one tablespoon six times a day. Mix two tablespoons of fresh unpasteurized butter, two yolks of fresh eggs, one teaspoon of wheat flour and two teaspoons of pure honey. Take one teaspoon orally several times a day. For a dry cough, it is useful to rub the following mixture into the chest: two parts village oil, one part ammonia. To facilitate the separation of sputum, it is useful to take lingonberry juice syrup with sugar or honey syrup orally. Boil 50 grams of pepper roots with a glass of white grape wine. Strain the mixture and drink it all hot three times during the day. In addition to the indicated remedy, you need to take a large onion, grate it, and mix it with goose lard. Rub this mixture into your chest and front of your neck in the evening before going to bed. The patient should also eat one tablespoon of a mixture of onions and goose lard every morning.

Radish and carrot juice with honey for cough

Combine 100 ml of radish, carrot juice and 1 tbsp in a glass. spoon of honey and stir until the honey dissolves.

Take 1 tbsp.
spoon every hour when coughing. Eggnog for cough
Grind 2 egg yolks with granulated sugar until white (the mixture should increase in volume by 2-3 times).
Take on an empty stomach in 2 divided doses for coughing. Radish juice with honey is a folk remedy for the prevention and treatment of many diseases.
Prepare fresh radish juice, mix it in equal quantities with honey (if you don’t have it, you can use sugar) and take first 1/4 cup, and then 1/3 cup 4— 6 times a day for acute respiratory diseases, bronchitis, whooping cough (depending on the age of the child, the dose is reduced by 2-3 times) and tuberculosis as an expectorant, anti-inflammatory and cough sedative.

This mixture also has a positive effect on dropsy, anemia, kidney and bladder stones, gout, liver diseases, flatulence and malignant tumors.
It is also used as a milk extractor and anthelmintic. Honey with olive oil against cough in children
Mix bee honey and warm olive oil in equal proportions.
Give young children 1 teaspoon 3-4 times a day when coughing. The drug is also effective in the treatment of whooping cough. Folk remedy for cough in children
Cut the washed and peeled black radish into thin slices and sprinkle with sugar.
After 6-8 hours, you can drink the released juice, 1 tbsp. spoon every hour. For coughs in children. Honey with plantain juice against cough and stomach diseases
Mix 500 g of bee honey with 500 ml of plantain juice and cook over low heat for 20 minutes. After cooling, the mixture is ready for use.

Take it 1 tbsp. spoon 20-30 minutes before meals 3 times a day for stomach diseases.

The warm mixture in the same doses is taken as an expectorant and emollient for acute and chronic bronchitis, as well as whooping cough.
Radish with honey against cough
Take a large radish, wash it well, remove the top part with a knife and cut a hole large enough to fit two tablespoons of liquid honey. Place the radish in an upright position in a bowl, cover with thick paper and leave for 3-4 hours.

Give the resulting mixture of black radish juice and honey to adults, 1 tbsp.
spoon, and for children 1 teaspoon 3-4 times a day 20-30 minutes before meals when coughing (it is preferable to take the last dose before bedtime). Honey with radish is a folk remedy for cough.
Grate the peeled radish, squeeze out the juice and mix it with tbsp.
spoon of honey. Take 2 tbsp. spoons of the mixture 20 minutes before meals 3-4 times a day when coughing. Infusion of anise with honey and cough
Take 2 tbsp.
spoons of anise seeds, pour 0.5 liters of boiling water, close the lid and place in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes. Then remove, let stand for 20-30 minutes, strain, dilute honey in the infusion (for 1 glass - 1 tablespoon of honey) and take 1/4 glass 3-4 times a day when coughing. Viburnum with honey and cough
Take 100 g of viburnum berries, rinse, add 200 g of honey, cook over low heat for 5 minutes, cool at room temperature and take 2 tbsp.
spoons of the mixture 4-5 times a day as an expectorant, anti-inflammatory and cough sedative for tracheitis, bronchitis, etc., washed down with warm water. Balm for bronchitis
Take 500 g of crushed walnuts, 300 g of honey, 100 g of aloe juice and add the juice of 4 lemons.
Mix everything well and take 1 teaspoon for children, and 1 tbsp for adults. spoon 3 times a day half an hour before meals for cough, bronchitis, etc. Onions with honey and bronchitis
Take 500 g of peeled onions, chop, crush 50 g of honey, 400 g of sugar and cook over low heat in 1 liter of water for 3 hours, then let cool, pour into dark glass bottles, seal and put in fridge.
Take the mixture warm, 1 tbsp. spoon 4-6 times a day for severe cough, acute and chronic bronchitis. Infusion of coltsfoot and respiratory diseases
2-3 tbsp. spoons of dry crushed flowers and leaves of coltsfoot, pour 0.5 liters of boiling water into a thermos, leave for 1-2 hours, strain and drink 1/3 cup 3 times a day half an hour before meals for laryngitis, acute and chronic bronchitis , bronchiectasis, abscesses and pneumonia, bronchial asthma and other respiratory diseases.

The infusion of coltsfoot has anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, mild diaphoretic and antispasmodic effects.
It enhances the secretion of the bronchial glands, promotes expectoration of mucus, tones and strengthens. Infusion of oregano and respiratory diseases
3 tbsp. spoons of dry crushed herbs, pour 0.5 liters of boiling water into a thermos, leave for 1.5-2 hours, strain and drink 1/2 cup 3-4 times a day 20-30 minutes before meals for tracheitis, bronchitis and lung diseases .

Oregano infusion has antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.
Decoction of licorice root and respiratory diseases
2 tbsp. spoons of dry crushed licorice root (licorice) pour 0.5 liters of boiled water, bring to a boil and cook over low heat for 10 minutes, leave for 1-2 hours, strain and drink 1/4-1/3 cup 4-5 times per day for tracheitis, bronchitis and bronchial asthma.

A decoction of licorice root has antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, enveloping, expectorant, antispasmodic and antiallergic effects.
A decoction of young shoots of spruce in milk and respiratory diseases
Prepare a decoction of young tops of spruce branches with buds (or immature cones) in milk: boil 30 g of young chopped shoots (or young cones) for 10 minutes in 1 liter of milk, leave for 2-3 hours , strain and drink 1 glass 3-4 times a day for colds, respiratory diseases and pulmonary tuberculosis.

The recommended decoction has anti-inflammatory, disinfectant and analgesic effects.
Marshmallow infusion, honey and respiratory diseases
COLD INSTRUCTION

Take 1 tbsp. spoon of dry crushed marshmallow root (particles no more than 3 mm), pour a glass of cold boiled water, strain after an hour, squeeze out the remaining raw materials, add honey to taste to the resulting mucous infusion and drink 1-2 tbsp. spoons (1 teaspoon for children) every 2 hours for chronic bronchitis, tracheitis, laryngitis, pneumonia and bronchial asthma (especially in children), as well as for influenza and sore throat.

HOT INSTRUCTION

2 tbsp. spoons of crushed marshmallow root pour a glass of boiled water, keep in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes, leave for half an hour, strain, dilute honey to taste and drink in the same doses and according to the same indications as the cold infusion.

When marshmallow is infused in cold water, only mucus is extracted, and when infused in hot water, mucus and starch are extracted.

Store the infusion in the refrigerator for no more than two days.
Plantain infusion and respiratory diseases
2-3 tbsp. spoons of dry crushed leaves of plantain, pour 0.5 liters of boiling water into a thermos, leave for 1-2 hours, strain and drink 1/3 cup 3-4 times a day for tracheitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, etc.

Plantain infusion has an anti-inflammatory and expectorant effect.
Decoction of primrose roots and respiratory diseases
2 tbsp. spoons of dry crushed primrose roots pour 0.5 liters of boiling water, cook over low heat for 15 minutes, leave for 3-4 hours, strain and drink 1/4 - 1/3 cup 3-4 times a day for acute respiratory diseases, chronic tracheitis, bronchitis and pneumonia.

A decoction of primrose roots has an expectorant, as well as mild diaphoretic and diuretic effects.
Marshmallow, flax, mallow and diseases of the respiratory system, digestion and excretion
Prepare the following mixture:
Marshmallow, flowers and leaves 40.0 Flax, seeds 30.0 Mallow, flowers 30.0
2 tbsp. spoons of dry crushed collection, pour 0.5 liters of boiling water into a thermos, leave for 1-2 hours, strain and drink 1/3 - 1/2 cup of infusion 3-4 times a day for diseases of the respiratory system, digestive tract and urinary tract.

The infusion is a good anti-inflammatory, enveloping and pain-soothing agent.
It also has expectorant properties and soothes painful coughs. Collection of herbs and respiratory diseases
Prepare the following mixture:
Agrimony, grass 40.0 Ivy budra, leaves 30.0 European hoof, grass 30.0
2 tbsp.
spoons of the collection pour 0.5 liters of boiling water into a thermos, leave for 1-2 hours, strain and drink 1/2 cup 4-5 times a day for tracheitis, bronchitis and pneumonia as an anti-inflammatory and expectorant. Aloe juice with honey and bronchitis
Cut the lower leaves of the agave, wash, chop, squeeze out the juice using a manual juicer and add honey (for 5 ml of juice - 1 g of honey). Take 1 teaspoon of the fresh mixture 3 times a day before meals for tracheitis and bronchitis.

Aloe juice with honey also helps well with inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity, pharynx and larynx.
Infusion of coltsfoot with honey and respiratory diseases
Take 1 tbsp.
a spoonful of dry crushed coltsfoot leaves, pour a glass of boiling water in a small enamel saucepan, close the lid and leave for 15 minutes in a boiling water bath. Then leave the infusion to cool at room temperature for half an hour to an hour, then strain and drink 1/3 cup 2-3 times a day as an emollient, expectorant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and diaphoretic for diseases of the respiratory tract (laryngitis, tracheitis, acute and chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, pneumonia) and influenza. Radish juice with honey and bronchitis
Mix 2 cups of radish juice with 1 cup of honey and take 1-2 tbsp.
spoons (for children - a teaspoon) every hour for hoarseness, cough, diseases of the bronchi and lungs. Fragrant violet tea with honey and bronchitis
Take 2 tbsp.
spoons of dry crushed leaves of fragrant violet, pour a glass of boiling water in a porcelain teapot, leave for 12-15 minutes and drink warm with honey (dissolve it to taste) half a glass 3 times a day for cough, bronchitis, bronchial asthma and tuberculosis (for severe cough take 50 ml every 3 hours). Pork “health” and chronic bronchitis
Pork “health” (i.e., internal lard from the intestines, which looks like a mesh) is placed in a bowl and placed in a warm, but not hot oven or on very low heat, so that the lard drips from the mesh. When it is all melted, it is poured into a jar and placed in a cold place.

For chronic bronchitis, you should take 1 dessert spoon of melted lard, dissolve it in a glass of hot milk and drink in sips.
In addition, it is recommended to rub melted lard mixed with turpentine into the skin of the chest until dry. Infusion of herbs with honey and bronchitis
Prepare a collection of herbs with the following composition:
Lungwort, herb 40.0 Coltsfoot, leaves, flowers 25.0 Chamomile, flowers 20.0 Oregano, herb 15.0
Take 2 tbsp.
tablespoons of the dry crushed mixture, pour 300 ml of boiling water, leave with the lid closed in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes, leave for half an hour to an hour, strain, dilute honey to taste and drink 150 ml 4-5 times a day for acute and chronic bronchitis. Clover flower tea with honey and bronchitis
Take 2 tbsp.
spoons of dry crushed clover flowers, pour a glass of boiling water in a porcelain teapot, leave for 12-15 minutes and drink warm with honey, half a glass 3-4 times a day for bronchitis, tracheitis and bronchial asthma. Tea from marshmallow flowers with honey and bronchitis
Take 2 tbsp.
spoons of marshmallow flowers, pour a glass of boiling water in a porcelain teapot, let it brew for 10-15 minutes and drink warm 1/2 cup with honey 2-3 times a day for coughs, acute and chronic bronchitis and other acute respiratory diseases, as well as for inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and urinary tract. Breast tea with honey and bronchitis
Take 40 g of dry crushed marshmallow root and coltsfoot leaves, 20 g of oregano herb and mix well.

2 tbsp.
pour spoons of the mixture into a porcelain teapot with a glass of boiling water, leave for 12-15 minutes and drink warm 1/2 cup with honey 3-4 times a day for diseases of the bronchi and lungs. Balm for bronchitis
Take 1 tbsp.
a spoonful of fresh aloe juice, 100 g of butter (unsalted), 100 g of pork (or goose) lard, 100 g of natural bee honey and 50 g of cocoa. Mix everything thoroughly. Take 1 tbsp. spoon per glass of hot milk (children 1 teaspoon or 1 dessert spoon, depending on age) 2 times a day. Elecampane decoction with honey and respiratory diseases
Take 2 tbsp.
spoons of dry crushed elecampane roots, pour 0.5 liters of boiled water, cook over low heat for 20-30 minutes, leave for 1-2 hours, strain, bring the decoction with boiled water to a volume of 0.5 liters, dissolve honey to taste and drink warm 1/2 cup 3 times a day for cough, bronchitis, pneumonia and flu. A decoction of elecampane with honey is a fairly effective remedy for respiratory diseases. Turnip and bronchitis
Take 2 tbsp.
spoons of chopped turnip root, pour a glass of boiled water, cook for 15 minutes, leave for half an hour to an hour, strain, bring the volume of the decoction with boiled water to 200 ml and drink 1/4 glass 4 times a day for bronchitis. You can also take 1 glass of turnip decoction once a day at night. Aloe, honey and bronchitis
Dilute 300 g of honey with half a glass of boiled water, add finely chopped aloe leaf and cook over low heat for 2 hours.
Then remove from heat, stir and leave to cool. Take 1 tbsp. spoon (children 1 teaspoon or dessert spoon depending on age) 3 times a day for bronchitis. Onions with goose fat and bronchitis
Grate a large onion, mix with goose fat and use to rub into the chest and front of the neck in the evening before bed.
In the morning, eat 1 tablespoon of this mixture. Treatment continues until recovery. Lingonberry juice with honey and bronchitis
Take lingonberry juice mixed in half with honey, 1 tbsp.
spoon 3-4 times a day. Radish with milk and bronchitis
Mix radish juice with milk in equal proportions and take 30-50 ml 4-6 times a day.
Sage with milk and bronchitis
Place 1 tbsp in a small enamel pan.
spoon of chopped sage herb, pour a glass of milk, boil, leave for 30-40 minutes with the lid closed and strain. Then boil again and drink before bedtime for tracheitis, bronchitis, etc. Infusion of cumin and respiratory diseases
2-3 tbsp. spoons of caraway fruits pour 0.5 liters of boiling water into a thermos, leave for 2-3 hours, strain and drink 1/3 - 1/2 cup 2-3 times a day for tracheitis, bronchitis and other inflammatory diseases of the respiratory system -

Cumin reduces spasms of bronchial smooth muscles, has an antiseptic and analgesic effect, and promotes the separation of mucus and sputum.
Cucumber juice and respiratory diseases
Drink 1/4 - 1/2 cup of freshly squeezed cucumber juice 2-3 times a day (if desired, you can sweeten it with honey) for bronchitis, tracheitis and other respiratory diseases.

Cucumber juice can be drunk on any other occasion as a refreshing and healthy drink.

Breathing exercises and massage

If the baby does not have a fever, then an expectorant massage of the back and chest is recommended to remove mucus from the respiratory tract. It is preferable to have the procedure performed by a professional.

It includes:

• lightly stroking the baby’s skin in the chest and back area;
• intensive rubbing of the treated areas until the skin turns red;
• tapping movements with the palm (excluding the area of ​​the kidneys and spinal column);
• pinching fingers.

During manipulations, the child is positioned so that his head is below body level. Parents must perform all movements from the bottom up. The procedure is completed by applying light pressure with the palm of your hand on the back.

Breathing exercises will help your baby clear his throat well. To do this, parents suggest that the child alternately take deep breaths and exhales. To make gymnastics more interesting for your child, adults can offer him various games: blowing up balloons or soap bubbles, spinning a paper or plastic fan with a stream of air.

Also interesting to read: dyshidrosis in a child

How to remove mucus from the bronchi of a child? A dry cough with bronchitis in children does not last long; after 2-3 days it turns into a productive, wet one. Inflamed organs begin to actively produce viscous sputum. When mucus accumulates, it clogs the airways and can lead to breathing problems. One of the important tasks in the treatment of childhood bronchitis is the removal of sputum.

The production of mucus during inflammatory processes is a normal reaction; with its help, the body gets rid of pathogenic microorganisms.

But children have a slightly different structure of the respiratory system and the child’s body is not able to remove phlegm on its own. Why?

1. Children have not yet developed a full-fledged cough reflex; children do not know how to cough up phlegm.
2. The mucus in children's bronchi is particularly viscous and thick. This is a favorable environment for pathogenic viruses and bacteria.
3. When the baby tries to cough, the weak muscles become overstrained, leading to a narrowing of the lumen, which further prevents the release of sputum.
4. Sputum in children contains a reduced amount of a special bactericidal protein. A small, fragile organism, trying to increase its protective properties, produces sputum in copious quantities.

The main task in the treatment of inflammation is to liquefy mucus, create conditions for its evacuation and prevent the pathology from developing into chronic bronchitis in children. What products do pediatricians use?

Methods of inhalation

Several methods are used for treatment:

• Steam inhalations - easily performed at home, using improvised means, for example, a saucepan or a kettle;
• Natural inhalations: inhalation of substances that are in sufficient concentration in the air, for example, ions on the seashore or essential oils in a coniferous forest;
• Passive inhalations: spraying substances in an apartment using open containers or oil lamps;
• Cold hardware inhalations are carried out using special devices that are sold in pharmacies.

Depending on the picture of the disease, the optimal method is selected. For wet coughs, the procedure is useful, as it softens the throat and accelerates the removal of mucus from the respiratory tract.

Why is a nebulizer preferable for wet coughs?

A nebulizer has a number of advantages over other types of inhalations for wet coughs:

There is no danger of burns to the mucous membrane, which is possible when using hot steam

There are no oil components that can clog the bronchi and slow down the discharge of sputum

It is possible to accurately adjust the dose of the drug, use the exact amount of the drug, this is important if there is a risk of overdose or, conversely, a large amount of the drug is required

No need to change your usual breathing rhythm

Can be used from the first year of life

Approved for use for patients in serious condition

When using a nebulizer, it is possible to achieve good therapeutic results without side effects

How to get rid of mucus in the bronchi of an infant?

Sputum due to bronchitis in infancy is the most dangerous.
A wet, strong cough causes the baby to have serious difficulty breathing, even to the point of suffocation. The situation also becomes dangerous due to the baby’s inability to cough up mucus. How to help your baby remove mucus? In addition to medications, parents can help remove phlegm from babies under one year of age on their own.

Massaging the little ones is not difficult; one session takes 8-10 minutes. But you can massage the baby only if there is no temperature.

Before the session, the baby should be given an expectorant prescribed by the doctor. During the massage, gently communicate with the child, smile at him, say nursery rhymes.

Create conditions so that the massage brings only positive emotions to the baby.

1. Place the baby on his tummy and rub the back area until slightly reddened. Start from the lower back area, moving towards the neck.
2. Then lightly pinch the baby's back.
3. The next massage movement is tapping with the edge of your palm over the entire back area. Do not overdo it; tapping should be gentle and not cause discomfort. If the child starts coughing, do not worry, this is evidence of mucus release. Let him clear his throat completely and continue the massage.
4. Turn the baby onto his back and massage his tummy and chest with soft stroking movements (starting from the area just above the heart towards the collarbones).
5. At the end of the massage, ask your baby to cough well again.

To effectively remove phlegm in children, pediatricians recommend using medications that enter the child’s body through inhalation.
Inhalation helps to quickly reanimate the bronchi, restore good breathing and stop coughing.

A big plus is that such treatment has no side effects, since the drugs act directly on the affected organs, bypassing the gastrointestinal tract. When carrying out inhalation, listen to some tips:

• such procedures are allowed for children who are already 2 years old;
• after the water boils, start inhalation 10-15 minutes later (so that the solution does not burn the respiratory tract);
• time of one procedure is 3-5 minutes;
• After inhalation, put the baby to bed, he should not become hypothermic!

For inhalation, you can use honey (in the proportion of 5 parts water, part honey), alkaline mineral water, saline solution.

How to clear the bronchi of mucus using folk remedies? Medicinal plants have good expectorant properties: birch, mint and eucalyptus leaves, sage and chamomile flowers.

Caution - danger

Bronchitis is a dangerous disease, especially in children. Especially if the pathology develops into an obstructive form (acute obstructive bronchitis in children with symptoms of shortness of breath). Situations when bronchitis requires an emergency call and hospitalization of a child depends on his age.

For babies under one year of age, hospital treatment is required if the disease is accompanied by:

• shortness of breath;
• high temperature;
• loss of appetite;
• lethargy and severe weakness;
• signs of intoxication (nausea, vomiting, pain).

It is better for older children to go to the hospital if bronchitis is complicated. When the disease is accompanied by high fever (from 3 days), dehydration, intoxication and respiratory failure. Children with bronchitis are also hospitalized if they have a history of atopic diseases and allergies.

But it is better not to bring the situation to the point of needing to visit the hospital, but to promptly help the child remove pathogenic sputum from the bronchi.

Video about treatment of bronchitis in children

A child's cough with sputum is a serious cause for concern for any mother, especially when it comes to an infant. The newborn’s immune system is not strong enough, so new parents should be extremely careful when treating diseases whose symptoms include mucus formation and coughing.

And even after infancy, it is much more difficult for a baby, in comparison with adult family members, to remove mucus from the lungs and bronchi. This is explained by the fact that the baby’s internal organs are not yet fully developed.

Today there are many known ways to relieve a child of a wet cough with sputum. These are numerous techniques of folk and traditional medicine that can be used in combination.

However, before moving on to treatment, you should understand the reasons for the appearance of sputum.

Long cough with sputum without fever

Temperature always means the beginning of the inflammatory process. Its absence may indicate something else. This is what many parents think: if there is no temperature, then there is no reason to worry. They believe that such a cough can be easily cured at home. Self-medication begins: syrups, tablets, inhalations, tinctures. The child stops coughing for a while, but then starts again. A cough without fever can last for a very long time until the cause of its occurrence is found.

It should be remembered that cough is not a disease, but the body’s reaction to an inflammatory process in the respiratory tract.

A long cough with sputum without fever can be caused by many reasons. They can be easily dealt with by an experienced pediatrician, who will prescribe treatment depending on the following factors:

• duration of cough;
• color and smell of sputum;
• time of coughing attacks.

Causes of excess mucus

There are three most common childhood diseases that are accompanied by excessive mucus.

Pneumonia, also called pneumonia, is a disease caused by microorganisms that attack the lungs. The inflammatory process can occur in one or two lungs at once. In the vast majority of cases, the cause is untreated or untreated bronchitis.

This disease is characterized by chronic inflammation of the respiratory system, which causes an increase in bronchial reactivity. In children, asthma is diagnosed quite often. One of the requirements for monitoring the baby’s condition is the timely disposal of the resulting sputum.

Bronchitis is a disease characterized by inflammatory processes in the bronchi. It can be called one of the most common diseases associated with the respiratory system of children.

And the main symptom of chronic and acute childhood bronchitis is profuse sputum.

What inhalations can be used for wet cough in children?

It is of great importance which type of inhalation the patient decides to use independently, or on the advice of a specialist when treating a productive cough. Not many people know that the procedure can be divided into two types: cold and hot. Cold inhalation is considered to be one in which the patient inhales vapors of a medicine or essential oils at room temperature. If you inhale heated vapors, the temperature of which is 30 degrees or higher, this is considered hot inhalation. The effect will be achieved with each type of inhalation, but it is necessary to take into account which device is used to carry out the procedure.

This division occurs according to the following principle. Steam inhalers themselves involve inhaling drug vapor while heating it. Suffice it to recall my grandmother’s method with a large saucepan or kettle, while a person inhales hot air vapors. When working with a nebulizer, the procedure is a little easier. The device, without heating, separates the medication into small particles, which in the form of a vapor cloud enter directly into the lesion. Therefore, today experts advise using not wet-steam inhalation, but using a nebulizer. However, both methods will bring positive results.

Steam inhalations

Steam inhalations are considered more accessible, since to carry them out it is enough to use available household appliances - a kettle or a pan of boiling water. It should be taken into account that the mucous membrane of the inflamed organ is affected by wet steam and large particles of the drug that is used during the procedure.

Pulmonologists advise paying attention to the fact that steam inhalation for a wet cough will only be effective for diseases of the upper respiratory tract, such as pharyngitis, laryngitis, and tracheitis. This recommendation is based on the fact that the particle size of the drug, which is added to boiling water, can reach 20 microns, so it only reaches the oropharynx, trachea, nasopharynx, but does not penetrate the bronchi and lungs

Steam inhalation allows you to increase blood circulation, dilate blood vessels, thereby having a moisturizing and analgesic effect. In this case, a productive cough may disappear for a while, but then appear again if it concerns an inflammatory process in the bronchi or lungs. Therefore, many patients do not understand why, after the first positive reaction, the cough occurs again.

As a rule, steam inhalations are carried out using aromatic oils, or products such as soda or herbs. To carry out the procedure, you need to prepare a teapot with a high neck (for children) or a saucepan (for adults). The higher the neck of the teapot, the more effective and safe the treatment will be. Heated water at a temperature of about 40 degrees is poured into the container. Essential oil or prepared herbal mixture is added to it. The main thing in carrying out inhalations with young children is to explain the method of inhalation and exit. Parents themselves can help here by showing their child how to breathe by example.

Please note that steam inhalation has a significant drawback. If the procedure is used incorrectly, a child or adult may get a burn to the mucous membrane, which will negatively affect the treatment process.

Inhalations with a nebulizer

Experts are confident that it is best to use a nebulizer to treat a child’s wet cough. There are several reasons for this, which doctors take into account when prescribing the procedure:

1. A nebulizer is a device for a cold procedure, that is, you can use various drugs and not worry about the properties of the drug changing during the heating process.
2. The device allows you to more successfully cope with attacks of productive cough, since the drug helps to accurately dose the drug and deliver it directly to the affected area.
3. An undeniable advantage is that the nebulizer can be used for wet and dry coughs while avoiding the risk of burning the mucous membrane.
4. Doctors recommend this procedure, since the nebulizer helps relieve inflammation not only from the upper respiratory tract, but also from the bronchi, bronchioles and lungs.

It is best to purchase a compressor device, since it can be used to carry out various inhalations using any medications and traditional medicine. This type of device is used not only at home, but also in professional medical institutions, which indicates its effectiveness.

How to help your baby remove mucus: folk remedies

If a child coughs and produces a lot of mucus, the parent should know how to behave correctly. Remember, under no circumstances should you be forced to cough up accumulated mucus.

The mother should try to distract the child, which can be done with a sugar cube with two drops of mint infusion or mint candy. The action of mint will muffle the cough and also make breathing easier.

It often happens that the sputum formed in the bronchi or lungs thickens. This makes it difficult to cough it up. Having noticed that the child cannot cough, parents should help thin the mucus to speed up its elimination.

The most effective product used in folk medicine to remove mucus is honey, which can be mixed with mixed nuts or cranberry juice.

Consuming honey with the addition of radish or onion juice is also good for thinning phlegm. To get juice, you need to grate the radish (onion) on a fine grater and squeeze the resulting pulp through thick gauze.

To improve your baby's well-being before bed, you can offer him to drink a glass of water with two drops of iodine.

Cow's (natural) milk also helps to deal with phlegm faster. You can drink it in its pure form, without additives, but warmed up. Mashed garlic significantly increases the effectiveness of warm milk.

For one liter of milk, you need to finely grate or crush five cloves of garlic using a garlic press. The baby should drink the resulting mixture in one day.

Drugs that enter the body through inhalation are also considered effective. The speed of action of inhalation agents is explained by the fact that the drug penetrates precisely at the site of formation of the source of infection.

If the baby is already 2 years old, you can safely use inhalation to combat phlegm.

This event requires compliance with certain rules:

• one of the parents must be nearby during the entire procedure;
• You can start inhalation only 10 minutes after the water boils, as it should cool down a little;
• the total duration of inhalation cannot exceed 5 minutes;
• After the procedure, the baby should not inhale cold air. It is best to provide him with bed rest.

It is not necessary to buy a product for inhalation of a child at a pharmacy; it can be prepared at home. The most common recipe is when water and honey are mixed in a ratio of five to one.

The baby must be seated so that his face is above the bowl with the solution heated to 45 degrees, and covered with a blanket. It is best if the mother does inhalation directly with the child and teaches him to breathe alternately through his mouth and nose.

It is forbidden to heat the product more strongly, as the healing properties of honey will be lost.

If expectoration is very difficult, you can give the child inhalation using alkaline mineral water. Before the therapy session, you need to open the water with mineral water so that the gas comes out.

Types of inhalations

Inhalations can be done only as directed by a specialist. He may prescribe one of the following procedures to the patient:

Nebulizer therapy

Inhalations with a nebulizer are considered the most effective. They are prohibited for children whose age is less than 6 months (in some cases 1 year). Komarovsky claims that nebulizers are used quite often in pediatrics, especially if children often suffer from diseases of the ENT organs. The use of the device helps to quickly deliver therapeutic agents directly to the inflammatory focus.

There are 2 types of nebulizers - compression and ultrasonic. The principle of operation of both devices is the same, so the doctor will tell you which is the best way to treat the pathology.

Steam inhalation for wet cough

If you don’t have a nebulizer at hand, the procedure is carried out with drugs, soda, mineral water, essential oils, potatoes, and so on. They dilute sputum well and also accelerate its removal from the body.

The steam inhaler also helps to moisturize the mucous membrane, which is important for certain diseases.

The disadvantages of this treatment option include the fact that the steam is not able to penetrate deep into the lungs, which means that the effect of this procedure will be less pronounced, and the complex treatment will last slightly longer.

The benefits of using a nebulizer for a wet cough

The advantages of using a nebulizer include:

1. When coughing in children under 5 years of age, whose body is not yet accustomed to tablets and syrups, inhalation treatment can be used, in comparison with steam treatment - they can only be used from 5 years of age.
2. Thanks to the nebulizer, the medicine penetrates deep into the lungs in seconds, which provides a faster therapeutic effect.
3. For the treatment of infants, a special mask has been developed that does not allow the medicine to dissolve in the air, but completely delivers it to the source of inflammation.
4. If a wet cough develops, people suffering from diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, liver or kidneys are prohibited from taking certain medications orally. Therefore, local therapy in this case will come in handy, and the risk of side effects will be minimal.

Looking at all the positive characteristics of the nebulizer, it becomes clear why doctors often recommend that patients undergo home treatment using these devices.

How to speed up the removal of mucus in a baby?

It is difficult to offer any of the above remedies to children who have not yet turned 1 year old. Therefore, if a wet cough appears in a baby, it is best to speed up the removal of mucus with the help of a special massage.

The procedure will not take much time, it will only take about 10 minutes. Before starting a massage session, the baby must be given a medication whose effect is aimed at thinning mucus (it must be prescribed by a doctor).

Massaging can be turned into an exciting game; during the process, the mother should talk to the child so that he can be distracted and get the most positive emotions from the massage.

The massage technique is quite simple. The baby should be placed on his stomach and thoroughly rubbed over the entire surface of his back, including the lower back and shoulders. When the skin turns a little red, use the edges of your palms to lightly tap on the ribs.

Gentle pinching will also help. At the end of the session, you need to press on the child’s back with your fists without touching the spine.

In most cases, immediately after the session, the body rejects mucus, and the child begins to cough it up from the bronchi and throat. When the baby clears his throat, he must be turned onto his back. The breasts are not massaged. It is enough to lightly stroke the baby from the navel to the collarbones, without touching the heart area.

So, to ease expectoration in a child under one year old, you can brew tea from chamomile flowers and make compresses from mustard. To prepare the mixture for the compress, mom will need 1 spoon of honey, flour, vegetable oil, and mustard.

The resulting composition is brought to a boil, cooled to a warm state and placed on a piece of thick gauze, which is placed on the baby’s chest. Mom should be extremely careful; it is forbidden to apply such bandages to the heart area. The procedure is best performed before bedtime.

For heating in the form of compresses, you can also use potatoes that have been boiled in their jackets, or cabbage leaves smeared with honey. It is important to remember that any of the compresses should not touch the area of ​​the chest where the heart is located.

Don't forget about the need to drink plenty of fluids. In case of illness in a baby, rosehip decoctions, as well as all kinds of fruit drinks, will help.

An infant is susceptible to external factors affecting him. Therefore, the most favorable climate should be created in the room. The air must be humidified. For this purpose, you can place towels soaked in water on the radiators.

Tip 1: How to remove phlegm from children

The most common disease in children that is accompanied by sputum discharge is bronchitis. When the bronchial mucosa becomes inflamed, swelling forms, which, as it subsides, provokes the production of sputum. A cough accompanied by the discharge of sputum is called productive, or wet. There are many drugs and ways to treat it.

Instructions

1. The process of sputum discharge itself indicates that the child is recovering. Since the sputum is very thick at first, it is difficult for the baby to cough it up. In order for mucus to pass away more easily, it is necessary to constantly humidify the air in the room where the sick child is, and also offer him plenty of fluids. You can humidify the air using a special device - a humidifier. If it is not there, then you should hang a damp diaper or towel on the batteries.
2. Various herbal preparations contribute to the liquefaction and removal of sputum, for example, decoctions of St. John's wort, coltsfoot, ivy, black radish juice with honey, tinctures of marshmallow, licorice root. These medications contain substances that increase the amount of sputum, reduce its viscosity, and also cause the bronchi to contract to quickly remove it. Folk remedies are more suitable for older children, as they increase the amount of sputum produced, which can be difficult for children to cope with.
3. For young children, chest massage is recommended for better mucus removal. To do this, the baby lies on his stomach on the lap of an adult with his head slightly lowered. The parent should use their fingertips to tap between the child's shoulder blades for several minutes from bottom to top. After this massage, it is necessary to induce a cough in the child by lightly pressing on the root of the tongue. For maximum effectiveness, this procedure must be done 3-4 times a day.
4. Traditional medicine also works well with phlegm in children. Many pediatricians recommend the drug “ACC” to young patients, which quickly thins mucus and removes it from the bronchi; in addition, it helps reduce inflammatory processes. Modern drugs with this spectrum of action are “Lazolvan”, “Ambrobene”, “Ambrohexal”. They have a more pronounced expectorant effect and also help increase local immunity.

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Traditional medicine for the treatment of wet cough

Very often, when removing sputum from a child, it is not possible to use only folk remedies. Therefore, if the baby is choking and coughing, the doctor prescribes medication for him.

Cough syrups

To treat a child under two years of age and older, you can use Ambroxol, which is produced in the form of syrup. The liquid consistency makes it easier to take the medicine, because infants do not yet know how to swallow tablets.

Lazolvan, which modern parents use for inhalation, is also considered a popular medicine. Drugs called Bromhexine are also available in the form of syrups.

It is important to remember that it is impossible to treat a child’s cough without prior medical consultation. Only a pediatrician can prescribe treatment that will be successful.

Symptoms of developing a cough with sputum in a child

It is optimistically called a “productive” cough. Since with such a cough the result is visible: mucus moves out from the bronchi. The body begins to cope on its own with cleansing of phlegm - this is exactly how the child’s healing process occurs.

Basically, a wet cough accompanies respiratory tract infections during acute respiratory viral infections and acute respiratory infections. Sometimes, with a runny nose, as well as with an allergic rhinitis, a wet cough also occurs - this is a reaction to mucus that enters the larynx from the nose. Excess mucus or phlegm can also form with bronchitis and pneumonia. All these diseases require proper and comprehensive treatment. It is necessary to understand that a wet “productive” cough is only a symptom of the disease.

Harmless symptoms of cough in children

The cough reflex is a natural way of getting rid of dust. When a child simply coughs from time to time, this is not at all a reason to actively treat the cough. Any healthy child can normally cough 10-15 times daily, including expectoration. After all, the baby is not tall, and, as you know, below there are many different microparticles and dust that enter the larynx when inhaled. And wherever children go during the day - into the most dusty and remote corners.

Very often cough occurs in infants:

• then snot and tears during prolonged crying,
• then the milk will flow in the wrong direction.
• Teething is often accompanied by a cough with phlegm, namely due to the large amount of saliva that is released.

Therefore, you should never treat something unknown, especially if it doesn’t exist at all.

Dangerous signs of a cough with sputum production in a child

You should be wary only if a child's cough is wet if it is accompanied by other symptoms:

arising suddenly and incessantly;

shortness of breath - the respiratory rate per minute is increased in a child under two months of age - more than 60, from 2 to 12 months - more than 50, in children over 1 year - more than 40;

the temperature does not constantly drop below 38 degrees for three days;

pain in the chest;

the child completely refuses to eat;

cough with wheezing that can be heard even from a distance;

cough with green sputum;

cough with blood;

developed cough against the background of ARVI with a duration of more than 3 weeks.

Sometimes a cough with sputum is a sign of incipient tuberculosis. Of course, for attentive parents, early diagnosis of cough with sputum is a feasible task.

When is urgent medical attention required?

The main parental task in treating a wet cough is monitoring the color and consistency of the mucus. And if the sputum begins to come out yellow-green, it means that pathogenic microbes have joined the process.

In this case, the child may develop a serious illness with complications, so he must be seen by a doctor immediately. Most pediatricians prescribe antibiotics based on examination results.

After taking the prescribed drug, the baby’s symptoms often disappear after three days, but it is necessary to continue treatment exactly as long as prescribed.