Perilla is a precious medicine for children, used this way to stop cough and fever without antibiotics
Perilla is a familiar leaf plant that is easy to grow in Vietnamese families. Using perilla leaves properly not only helps women have smooth, rosy skin, slimmer figure, but also cures many different diseases.
For young children alone, in Eastern medicine, there are many remedies to cure a baby’s cough and fever after just 1 night without the mother having to look for antibiotics. Especially in the current erratic weather, with many diseases increasing in young children such as hand, foot and mouth disease, dengue fever, etc., prolonged coughs and fevers also cause headaches for parents.
Understanding these things, today, former colonel, general practitioner Bui Hong Minh (Former President of Ba Dinh Oriental Medicine Association, Hanoi) shares some ways to cure cough and fever for children in difficult weather. bear. Hopefully, parents will take care of the baby without worrying about an antibiotic.
Former colonel, general physician Bui Hong Minh.
Reporter: Many mothers often have the habit of giving their children perilla juice. For nursing mothers, they actively drink it to secrete into breast milk to increase resistance. Especially before vaccination. According to experts, is this just an oral folk experience?
Herbalist Bui Hong Minh: At the time before going to vaccinate babies or young children a few days, many wise mothers have the habit of giving their children perilla leaf juice. With babies, mothers can drink to breastfeed.
Mothers believe that perilla leaves have strong antibiotic properties, have the ability to strengthen immunity, reduce the risk of children getting sick and fever due to vaccination. Many mothers apply and indeed, perilla juice works very well. However, it should be emphasized, this is not folk experience, the strong antibiotic properties of perilla have been recorded in both Eastern and Western medicine.
Reporter: So in Eastern medicine and modern medicine, how does perilla have the ability to cure diseases, sir?
Herbalist Bui Hong Minh: In Oriental medicine, perilla is warm, spicy, and non-toxic. This is a very popular spice and is also a very common medicine to treat colds. The seeds make tea and are used as medicine…
Modern medicine also recognizes that perilla has high nutritional value, rich in vitamins A, C, Ca, Fe and P content. They not only help dishes add color, taste, and taste better but also Has excellent healing properties. Not only on cold winter days, even on hot days, this spice should still be available in the house to cure coughs, fevers, sore throats…
Just put in a little time and effort, you will not spend a dime buying medicine and still be able to stop the fever completely. In particular, the therapeutic effects of perilla are not only promoted on adults, but even infants and children can apply simple, safe but highly effective remedies.
Reporter: As you just said, perilla is really good for babies and children who have coughs and fevers. So would you please share some remedies to treat these common diseases in children without using antibiotics?
Herbalist Bui Hong Minh: I would like to share some remedies for cough and fever for children from perilla leaves as follows:
1. For children with dry cough, severe cough with phlegm
Lesson 1
Ingredient:
– 20g perilla leaves.
– 5g male papaya flowers.
– 5g star fruit flower.
– 5g of rock sugar.
Making: All the above ingredients are cleaned, then pounded together, extracted the juice and steamed in a water bath.
How to use: Let the mixture cool, then give it to your baby to drink about 5 times, 2.5ml each time. Applicable to infants and children alike.
Lesson 2
Ingredient:
– 100g perilla leaves.
– 100g of marjoram leaves, whole branch.
– 5g of ginger.
– 500ml of filtered water.
Making:
– Perilla leaves, marjoram are washed, lightly crushed, ginger is washed, put all in a pot and boiled with 500ml of water.
– When the water boils, turn down the heat and cook for another 10 minutes, then turn off the heat.
How to use: Drink the drink continuously for 5 days. Valid for children aged 1 year and up.
2. For children with fever
If the baby is still breastfed:
– Take about 10 stalks of perilla, the mother washes and drains the water, then grinds the juice to drink directly, then feeds the baby before and after vaccination.
– When the baby has a fever that is not due to vaccination, the mother also applies this method and breastfeeds the baby as much as possible.
If your baby is on formula: Mother crushed about 20g perilla leaves to get the juice, mixed with a little warm water for the baby to drink each time 2.5ml (half a teaspoon), drink 3 times a day.
If the child is 1 year of age or older:
Mother can cook perilla egg porridge for children to eat to reduce fever, give children a decoction of perilla leaves… to reduce fever quickly, without using antibiotics… Specifically, with perilla porridge, only need to cook rice porridge for a bowl, mix the young perilla leaves with Thai chi. Eat hot, can add more onions to promote better antipyretic effect.
For the dish of perilla leaves, the mother took 15-20g of the leaves, pounded them, and made boiling water to clear the water to drink. Or dried perilla leaves in boiling water to drink. After drinking, go to bed. Both methods can be used for children and the elderly.
However, parents, please note that the remedies from perilla for cough and fever for children are applied at the early stage of illness, no abnormal changes, no infection… If the child has a long fever and cough, , getting worse without clear cause, must go to the doctor for timely treatment.
Reporter: Thank you for taking the time to share!
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