Tips for pregnant women to treat cold and sore throat

Tips for pregnant women to treat cold and sore throat

If it is only mild pain and itching, you can gargle with salt water, which has anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects, and then drink it with warm water, which can not only induce sweating but also relieve throat pain. You can also soak some monk fruit. If it is more serious, tonsillitis may be inflammation, you can drink some Shuanghuanglian oral liquid and Isatis root granules. If you are worried that taking medicine will affect your baby, you can also use dietary therapy. Rock sugar and snow pear soup can relieve cough, moisten the lungs, promote salivation and quench thirst. White radish soup can clear away heat and reduce fire. Radish is cool in nature and has a certain effect in treating colds. Take small bubbles of pure honey. Pure honey can moisten the lungs, relieve cough, reduce inflammation, and beautify the skin. In addition, you can also drink some bone soup to supplement nutrients and enhance immunity.

Sore throat is considered to be caused by local inflammation. You can take painkillers or Chinese medicine to clear away heat and reduce internal heat. You can also use some practical methods, such as mixing lemon water and honey to make tea, or drinking honey tea, which can moisten the local mucous membrane and prevent inflammatory mediators in the throat. Pay attention to supplementing the body's vitamin D, vitamin B12, etc. You can take carrot water. You can use mint to make tea, which can help relieve throat pain. Pay attention to dietary factors and avoid eating irritating foods.

Pregnant women with colds and nasal congestion can massage the Bitong acupoint and the Yingxiang acupoint. In this case, the symptoms of the cold will be alleviated in a week. You can also use a hot and damp cotton towel to warm your nose to relieve nasal congestion. Drink more water, eat more fruits, pay attention to rest, and don't overwork. In addition, pregnant women with colds and nasal congestion can drink chicken soup. Old hen soup can relieve symptoms such as nasal congestion and runny nose during fever and colds, and has a good effect on eliminating respiratory viruses. Maintain the temperature and humidity of the indoor air quality. A certain humidity can alleviate nasal congestion.

Most of the fever, colds, and sore throats in pregnant women are caused by wind-heat colds. You can use honeysuckle tea, Adenophora Root, Ophiopogon japonicus, Platycodon grandiflorum, licorice, and Momordica grosvenori, soak them in small water and drink them instead of tea. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, and relieving sore throat. You can also take watermelon frost lozenges, spiny seed grass coral lozenges and other heat-clearing, detoxifying and throat-relieving medicines. It can be treated with Chinese herbal medicine decoction, such as Yinqiao Powder or Congshi Platycodon Decoction, which have the effect of relieving the exterior syndrome with pungent and cool taste. You can drink more water, pay attention to rest, supplement vitamin C, try to avoid going to crowded areas, and avoid cross infection. If the fever and cold are severe, with high fever that does not subside, depression, and coughing symptoms, it is recommended to see a gynecologist. When choosing medication, you should choose medicines that have no harm to the fetus and pregnant women.

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