When a baby catches a cold, if symptoms are mild and fever-free, parents may consult a doctor at home based on the symptoms and manifestations. Under medical guidance, appropriate Chinese patent medicines may be administered:
Traditional Chinese Medicine's Effective Approaches for Treating Pediatric Colds (Public Health Network)
Approach 1: Administering Chinese Patent Medicines
1.Wind-Cold Cold: Typically presents with mild fever, no sweating, aversion to cold, and a preference for being held by mom. The baby may also have clear nasal discharge, intermittent coughing, thin phlegm that is easy to cough up, and a thin white tongue coating. Medications such as Pediatric Cold Granules, Wushi Tea, or Chai Fang Granules can be used, following the prescribed dosage.
2. Wind-Heat Cold: Often presents with high fever, profuse sweating, red lips, dry and sore throat, nasal congestion with yellow nasal discharge, heavy and hoarse cough with scant, difficult-to-expel phlegm, and a yellow, greasy tongue coating. Use medications such as Pediatric Heat-Clearing and Toxin-Resolving Oral Liquid or Banlangen Granules, following the prescribed dosage.
Editor's Note: Some families maintain a "medicine cabinet" and treat children's colds at home with stored medications or over-the-counter drugs purchased from pharmacies without consulting a doctor. This practice is highly dangerous.
Tip 2: Apply Traditional Chinese Massage Techniques
For children's colds, massage therapy can be administered using three techniques: pushing the Zanzhu point, kneading the Taiyang point, and clearing the Tianhe water.For wind-cold colds, add pushing the Three Passages; for wind-heat colds, add pushing the spine. Specifically: - Clearing the Heavenly River clears heat from the lungs; - Pushing the Zanzhu and rubbing the Taiyang disperse wind and release the exterior, expelling external pathogens. - For wind-cold colds, adding the Three Passages promotes sweating to release the exterior and dispel wind-cold; - For wind-heat colds, adding the spine clears heat and releases the exterior.