Speaking of colds, this is one of the most common diseases in childhood, and the more basic symptoms are: fever, chills, headache, nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, sneezing, etc., or accompanied by phlegm, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms; This disease can occur in spring, summer, autumn and winter, especially in winter and spring, and the incidence is often higher when the solar terms are exchanged and the temperature is changed.
There are four types of colds in traditional medicine: wind-cold type (basic symptoms + clear white phlegm, no sweating, pale tongue, pale tongue, and tight pulse), wind-heat type (basic symptoms + sweating, yellow nasal discharge, yellow phlegm, dry mouth and red throat, red tongue, yellowish moss, pulse floating), heat stroke (basic symptoms + drowsiness and fatigue, loss of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea, red tongue, yellow moss, and wet pulse), and seasonal cold (basic symptoms + muscle aches, redness, swelling and pain in the throat, high fever and chills, equivalent to influenza in Western medicine).
Next, I would like to share with you seven external treatment methods, which are easy for children to accept, and parents can refer to them:
(1) Nasal smoking
10g of fine puncture, Xinyi, mint, nepeta, parsnip, a green onion white head, decoction once, smoke the nasal cavity while it is hot, 1-2 times a day, 10 minutes each time, for 3-5 days, this method can not only treat the common wind and cold, but also treat chronic rhinitis and allergic rhinitis caused by cold, children and adults.
(2) Bedding method
15g of ephedra, fragrant herb, banyan root, dandelion, bellflower, grinding into powder together, 2g each time, mixing the powder into a paste with vegetable oil or black vinegar, placing it in the center of the navel, fixing it with a dressing, changing it every 4-7 hours, suitable for the early stage of children's cold, cold, heat and heat.
(3) Hole Position Laying Method
Raw gardenia, raw rhubarb, Sichuan hyssop, Evodia, zombie silkworm according to the ratio of 4::4:1:1:1, the medicine is ground into powder, 4g each time, the powder is black vinegar into a paste ball, placed on the sole of the foot Yongquan point, fixed with a dressing, 4-7 hours a change, suitable for children with high fever.
(4) Coating method
10g of ephedra, fine puncture, bupleurum, artemisia annua, skullcap, and radix radix, decoction of 300ml of juice, add half a kilogram of white wine to mix, rub children's forehead, palms, feet, vests, chests and other parts, suitable for children with high fever.
(5) Sachet method
15g of Xinyi, Angelica Angelica, Tangerine Peel, Peppermint, Fine Spice, Wood Fragrance, Cinnamon Branch, Nepeta, etc., the medicine is broken into a sachet and worn on the chest, the spicy fragrance of this medicine is divergent, and it is suitable for colds in all seasons or to prevent colds.
(6) Bathing method
15g of Huoxiang, calamus, parsnip, exhaust vine, camellia, honeysuckle, mint, light bamboo leaves, decoction of juice, heat water, keep the water temperature about 40 °, bathe the whole body, once a day, suitable for wind heat, heat stroke, seasonal cold, etc.; To prevent colds, you can use 15g of astragalus, atractylodes, parsnip, exhaust vine, and camellia to decoction the juice and bathe it with water.
(7) Acupressure
Quchi, Hegu, Sun, and Dazhu, these four acupuncture points are commonly used in the treatment of colds, which can be rubbed or scraped, and the Dazhue acupoints can also be sucked by mouth.
The above are some commonly used external treatment methods for children's colds, which avoid the difficulty of children taking medicine, are easy for children to accept, and have good effects.