Question
The baby has had a slight cough for three and a half months, occasionally with clear runny nose and nasal mucus. Previous X-rays showed shadows on the lungs, suggesting pneumonia. After a week of hospitalization, there was no improvement, and another X-ray still showed glassy shadows. The doctor recommended hospitalization and preventive treatment. Now I don’t know what to do, please suggest.
Answer
From a traditional Chinese medicine perspective, the baby’s symptoms are classified as cough, primarily caused by improper diet and lifestyle, leading to wind-cold invasion. It is recommended to keep warm, avoid catching colds, and take oral medications such as wind-cold dispersing and lung-clearing expectorants, like wind-cold cough granules and pediatric lung-clearing syrup. Hope these suggestions help, wishing the baby a speedy recovery.