Question
Does a 1-year-and-3-month-old baby with cough and phlegm need nebulizer treatment? How should the situation be handled?
Answer
It is recommended that parents take their child to the hospital as soon as possible to determine the cause of the cough and phlegm. When treating a cough, one should choose an appropriate treatment method based on the type of cough, including Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, and dietary therapy. Common dietary therapies include white fungus chicken rice porridge, sand root lily duck soup, and almond pork lung porridge. When using traditional Chinese medicine to clear the lungs, one should pay attention to the properties of the medicine’s cold, hot, warm, and cool characteristics and prescribe according to symptoms.