Several commonly used Chinese patent medicines for children's colds, fevers and coughs

Recently, there have been many cases of colds and fevers among adults and children. Here, the author introduces several commonly used Chinese patent medicines for children to expand some ideas. In addition to Western medicine, Chinese patent medicines can also be used to shorten the course of the disease and promote recovery as soon as possible.

1. Erganqing Oral Liquid

Commonly produced by colleagues, over-the-counter drugs

The main ingredients are: Nepeta spicate, mint, red orange peel, scutellaria, perilla leaf, pinellia tuber, platycodon grandiflorum, liquorice, and the auxiliary material is sucrose.

It is more effective for the initial stage of exogenous symptoms and cough caused by exogenous infections.

It is more suitable for the common cold and for those who have recovered from the cold but still have some mild cough.

The problem is that a 10ml bottle is a bit difficult to feed to children. It tastes bitter and children often don't like it.

2. Wang's Baochi Pills

This is a secret pediatric recipe prepared by Mr. Wang Luqing, a famous doctor in Nantong during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. It is a century-old medicine. The main ingredients are rhubarb and coptis root. Because it is a secret recipe, the specific ingredients are unknown. However, this medicine has excellent efficacy, removing stagnation, strengthening the spleen, and removing phlegm. It can be used for children with milk stagnation, malnutrition, phlegm, convulsions, wheezing, coughing, sputum, reduced milk and food intake, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, constipation, colds in all seasons, as well as spleen and stomach weakness and developmental problems.

This prescription is mainly for purgation. The key point of its use is to observe the stool. If constipation or dry stool or very hard stool at the beginning often indicates internal heat, this medicine can be used.

It can be used for children with food stagnation and the initial fever of cold. Because children with external colds often have food stagnation and fever are often accompanied by constipation, it can promote the discharge of phlegm and food stagnation, strengthen the spleen and clear away heat. Often, the fever subsides when the stool is discharged, which can shorten the course of the disease.

The biggest advantage of this medicine is that it is easy to feed, in addition to its wide application and good efficacy. Children have little resistance when eating it, and they can swallow it in one bite. The particles are smaller than sesame seeds. And the dosage is clearly marked, and it is taken according to the age of the child in months.

3. Babao Jingfeng Powder

This medicine is commonly used in the south, but not in the north. There are many manufacturers, and the key point is that this medicine can prevent and treat high fever convulsions. And it does not contain cinnabar.

Its main ingredients are 19 flavors including Gastrodia elata (processed), Radix dasyphylla, scorpion (processed), Uncaria rhynchophylla, artificial bezoar, musk, gardenia, gold agate (calcined), pearl, agarwood, borneol, and Saposhnikovia divaricata.

The main function is to dispel wind and resolve phlegm, reduce fever and calm the nerves. It is used for children with convulsions, fever, cough, and vomiting of phlegm.

Generally, drugs for treating febrile convulsions often contain cinnabar, but this medicine does not, so there is no problem of excessive heavy metals as mothers are worried about.

This medicine can be used to prevent and treat high fever convulsions in children, especially in cases of high fever. It is also effective for phlegm-heat cough.

The dosage is not large, a small bottle only has 0.26 grams. It is much easier to feed than many 5g or 10g granules. The problem is that the dosage for infants is not clear enough, so you need to consult a doctor.

4. Baby Spleen Strengthening Powder

The main ingredients are white lentil (fried), yam (fried), chicken gizzard powder (fried), atractylodes (fried), Fritillaria cirrhosa, costus root, sodium bicarbonate, and artificial bezoar. The auxiliary ingredients are sucrose, orange flavor, and stevia.

The main functions are to strengthen the spleen and help digestion.

Children often have thick white tongue coating when they have food stagnation, and this medicine is suitable for them. This medicine can also be used to treat children who have poor appetite and other symptoms of spleen deficiency after recovering from diarrhea.

The amount of each bag is 1 gram, which is also easier to feed. It also tastes good. There are many manufacturers.

5. Children's Niuhuang Qingfei Powder

This is an old medicine, produced by many manufacturers. I have been taking it since I was three years old, for decades, but not many mothers know about this medicine now.

Its main ingredients are French Pinellia, Poria, Scutellaria, Gypsum, Fritillaria, Stemona (made with honey), Arisaema, Radix Dipterocarpifolia, Borneol, and artificial bezoar.

The main functions are to clear away heat, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. It is used for cough caused by lung heat.

Children have a pure yang body, and coughs caused by lung heat are more common than cold coughs after illness. This medicine is effective in treating lung heat coughs. However, it is not suitable for use when there are also external symptoms, that is, when there are still symptoms such as fever, runny nose, and nasal congestion, it should not be used. It is not suitable for the symptoms.

This medicine is very bitter. Although the dosage per packet is not large, it is a bit difficult to feed and the taste is very bad.

I hope everyone can get through this winter safely and that diseases will go away.