What Should I Do If My Child Always Has Mucus in Their Throat?

Children's cough and mucus can be effectively treated through dietary adjustments, which can help remove mucus from their throat and restore their throat health. Common recipes include radish syrup and loofah porridge. These recipes not only moisturize the throat but also help eliminate mucus. If necessary, acetylcysteine and ambroxol hydrochloride can also be prescribed for treatment.

1. Radish Syrup Ingredients: 200g red-skinned radish, 20g maltose. Preparation: Clean the red-skinned radish (do not peel) and shred it. Add maltose and let it sit overnight. Consume the resulting radish syrup frequently. Effects: Cough relief, clearing the throat, and removing mucus. It is mainly used to treat wind-heat cough, sticky yellow mucus, and dry mouth.

2. Loofah Porridge Ingredients: 500g loofah, 100g japonica rice, 15g dried shrimps, appropriate amounts of ginger and scallion. Preparation: Clean the loofah, remove the pulp, and cut into chunks for later use. Wash the japonica rice and set aside. Add water to a pot and bring to a boil. Pour in the washed japonica rice and cook into a porridge. When it is nearly done, add the loofah chunks, dried shrimps, ginger, and scallion. Boil until flavorful. Effects: Loofah contains saponins, loofah bitterin, citrulline, xylose, fat, protein, vitamin B, vitamin C, and other components. It has a sweet and cooling taste, which can clear heat, cool the blood, detoxify, and harmonize the stomach. Combined with japonica rice and dried shrimps, it has the effect of clearing heat, harmonizing the stomach, resolving mucus, and relieving cough. It is effective in treating chronic bronchitis, cough, and sore throat and can be used for breakfast and dinner.

3. Medication when Necessary: In fact, children's cough with mucus is generally caused by viral infection. Parents should not be too nervous when their children cough. The mucus stimulates the throat, causing the cough. Through coughing, children can also expel the mucus, so special treatment is generally not required. If the condition is severe, medication can be used as necessary. Acetylcysteine and ambroxol hydrochloride can be prescribed for inhalation treatment. Oral administration of ambroxol oral solution can also be prescribed to resolve mucus and relieve cough, helping children expel mucus.