Walled diseases in children arise quite often, so parents should carefully take advantage of the choice of a safe treatment method. Cough, as the main symptom of virus and infectious diseases of the respiratory tract, can signal to accumulate a large amount of mucus in them, which can lead to the transfer of the inflammatory process into the lungs. Nevertheless, a big mistake will be the use of potent drugs and antibiotics in order to quickly relieve cold symptoms, especially for young children. It is better to give preference to vegetable drugs made on the basis of natural components that will help natural sputum removal, and they do not have severe side effects, they will not cause addiction and do not harm the baby.
Licorice root syrup (licorice)
This drug is prescribed by pediatricians in the event of diagnosing acute and chronic respiratory diseases, accompanied by cough (pneumonia, bronchitis, tracheitis, tracheobronchitis, tracheotonzillitis, bronchial asthma).
The preparation (100 g) includes:
- the extract of the roots and rhizomes of licorice - 4 g;
- sugar syrup - 86 g;
- purified ethyl alcohol 96% - 10 g
The remedy has a painful, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory effect, helps the rapid disorder and removal of sputum, improving the immunity and protective functions of the children's body, has a pleasant, sweet taste and has a minimum of contraindications.
Basic recommendations for the reception of licorice syrup
- Before taking a syrup by a child, parents should receive advice at the attending physician. Depending on the course of the disease, the pediatrician will select the necessary dosage for the young patient.
- For better removal of sputum, syrup must be made with enough water.
- The duration of reception should be not more than 10 days, the need for longer reception is determined by the attending physician.
- Children during the first year of life this drug is usually not prescribed due to the presence of a alcohol basis.
- With caution, you should take the drug with diabetes mellitus, as well as patients in the presence of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract during the exacerbation period.
- In the case of a long period of the disease, the drug is prescribed as part of complex therapy in combination with anti-inflammatory agents and physiotherapeutic procedures.
If the doctor does not indicate the exact dosage, the following drug reception scheme is used to children:
- Up to 3 years - 2-3 drops of syrup on one spoon with warm boiled water.
- From 3 to 12 years - 2.5-5 ml of syrup is added to the glass of water.
- Older years - 5-10 ml of syrup are bred in ½ cup of water.
Usually in the packaging of the means there is a special dimensional spoon for dosing medication. You can also use a simpler calculation - 1 drop of syrup for 1 year in accordance with the age of the child.
In such a dosage, licorice syrup needs to give a child 3 times a day after meals.
In the case of hypersensitivity and individual intolerance of the components in children there may be by-phenomena in the form of itching, rash, swelling, nausea, diarrhea. In this case, you should refuse to further accept and urgently turn to the attending physician to take appropriate measures.
Syrup from licorice root as an optimal means to treat cough in children has a large number of positive feedback among doctors and parents, thanks to the efficiency, availability and gentle influence on the child's body.
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I do not quite understand what the point of receiving this means ... This is a solid sugar, there are no vitamins already. As for immunity, it is much better to give the same immuno vitamos, for example. They and the taste of taste pleasant (for children it is important) and there is a huge benefit that is important for parents. We have not been sick for a long time thanks to them))