What to do if you have a cough during breastfeeding

The lactation period is a crucial period for women. During this period, the female body is still relatively weak, and at the same time, it has to provide nutrition for the baby, so the female body needs a lot of nutrition. The most important thing women need to pay attention to during breastfeeding is their physical health. If a woman is ill, it will directly affect the baby. So, what should you do if you get a sore throat and cough during breastfeeding?

What to do if you catch a cold during breastfeeding

1. Drink lotus seed soup to relieve heart fire

Symptoms: There are two types of fire: deficiency and excess. Deficiency fire is manifested by low fever, night sweats, irritability, dry mouth, etc.; excess fire is manifested by recurrent oral ulcers, dry mouth, short and red urine, irritability, etc.

Diet therapy: 30 grams of lotus seeds (without removing the lotus core), 15 grams of cassia seeds (wrapped in gauze), add appropriate amount of rock sugar, decoct in water, eat the lotus seeds and drink the soup.

2. Eating pig liver can relieve lung heat

Symptoms: dry cough without sputum or little and sticky sputum, hot flashes and night sweats, hot palms and soles, insomnia, and red tongue.

Diet therapy: 1 piece of pork liver, cook until the liver is cooked, eat 30 grams of chrysanthemum (wrapped in gauze), and drink the soup together with the liver.

3. Drink mung bean porridge to relieve stomach heat

Symptoms: There are two types of deficiency and excess. Deficiency fire is manifested by mild cough, small amount of food intake, constipation, abdominal distension, red tongue and little coating; excess fire is manifested by upper abdominal discomfort, dry mouth and bitter taste, and dry and hard stools.

Diet therapy: 30 grams of gypsum powder, appropriate amount of polished rice and mung beans. First boil the gypsum with water, then filter out the residue, take the clear liquid, and then add polished rice and mung beans to cook porridge.

4. Drink pear juice to relieve liver fire

Symptoms: headache, dizziness, tinnitus, dry eyes, bitter taste in the mouth, bad breath, and pain in the ribs.

Diet therapy: Crush 10 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa into powder, peel and cut 2 pears, add appropriate amount of rock sugar, and stew it with appropriate amount of water.

5. Eat pork kidneys to reduce kidney heat

Symptoms: dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, soreness of waist and spine, hot flashes, night sweats, and irritability.

Diet therapy: 2 pig kidneys, 15 grams each of wolfberry and cornus officinalis, put them into a casserole and cook until the pig kidneys are cooked, eat the pig kidneys and drink the soup.