Remedies to prevent and treat whooping cough

Whooping cough is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Hemophillus periusis, commonly found in winter and spring.

Whooping cough is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Hemophillus periusis, commonly found in winter and spring. Traditional Chinese medicine calls it "hundred days of cough, birth of cough" (coughing spells).

The cause is that the air enters the lungs through the mouth and nose. The lungs are not clear and go up, causing cough. The heat and phlegm are hidden in the lungs, causing severe coughing. Prolonged illness affects the lungs' qi and yin and can easily lead to complications.

Currently, the Expanded Immunization Program has a whooping cough vaccine for infants. However, a small percentage of the population still has the disease.

Papaya flower powder: 20g dried male papaya flower, 20g tangerine peel, 20g mulberry root bark, 12g white alum, 12g fritillary. Fry the papaya flower until golden brown, fry the mulberry root soaked in honey until crispy. Dry and grind the ingredients into powder, pack 4g/bag, store in a sealed box.

Children 1 - 5 years old, 1/4 - 1 packet each time; children 5 - 10 years old, drink 1 - 2 packets each time. Drink 3 times a day. Cools the lungs and eliminates phlegm. Treats whooping cough with fever, cough with a lot of phlegm.

Note: Do not eat greasy, spicy, or fishy foods.

Chicken bile cough pills: 20 chicken gall bladders, 50g sugar, 40 lemon seeds, 40 bitter melon seeds. Dry roast lemon seeds and bitter melon seeds and grind into powder. Mix chicken gall bladder water with medicine powder, dry and grind into fine powder. Boil sugar into pearls, add medicine powder and mix well to make pills the size of green beans. Dry, put in a sealed jar. Children 1-5 years old, take 2-4g each time; from 5-10 years old, take 4-8g each time. Take 2 times a day, drink with hot water. Treats whooping cough with fever, coughing spells, coughing all day and night, prolonged cough or dry cough, coughing up phlegm with blood, red eyes and pus. Note: Do not eat greasy, spicy, fishy foods; children who are too weak should not use.

Whooping cough syrup:10g lemon leaves, 10g chicken grass, 5g fresh ginger, 5g lemongrass, 10g apple leaves, 10g small-leafed milkweed, 10g mulberry root bark, 5g male papaya flowers. Wash the fresh herbs and cook into a paste, add sugar and cook into a syrup. Put in a tightly sealed jar.

Dosage: under 5 years old, take 1 teaspoon each time; over 5 years old, take 2 teaspoons each time. Take 2 times a day with warm water.

Note: Do not eat greasy, spicy, or fishy foods (shrimp, crab).

Strawberry root syrup:5g tangerine peel, 5g mulberry root bark, 5g lemongrass, 5g fritillary (core removed), 5g Chinese apricot, 5g platycodon, 5g almond, 5g perilla, 5g licorice, 5g mint. If complications are severe such as bleeding eyes, vomiting blood, add 10g rehmannia root, 10g ophiopogon root. Boil to concentrate, add sugar to make syrup, bottle tightly.

Dosage: under 5 years old, take 1 teaspoon each time; over 5 years old, take 2 teaspoons each time. Take 2 times a day with warm water.

Taboos:Do not eat greasy, spicy, or fishy foods./.

According to Health and Life