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Childrens cough and vomiting

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  1. Star
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    Hi Soma

    I have a nine year old daughter who last November started out with a cold that developed into a Wind-Heat, I put her on some pediatric herbs for the wind-heat. In a couple of days she developed a very nasty cough
    Her main symptoms was a phlemgy loud cough and then inhaling was very stressed, trying to gasp for air.
    She would also vomit.
    At night it got really bad, and she woke up many times through the night gasping for air, only to have to cough and then vomit.
    At first she vomited yellow phlegm, but after two weeks of this there was no phlegm, but the cough still remained and she would still cough and gasp for air and this would still cause her to vomit.
    It is now February and she still has a cough, but with no phlegm or vomiting.

    Her 6 year old brother now has the cough, he is in the coughing and vomiting stage with no more yellow phlegm, he will just cough and then vomit and spit a little phlegm (not yellow anymore). I tried pediatric herbs for cough but again he is on his fourth week, and wakes up many times through the night gasping for air and then coughing, with or with out vomiting.

    Any suggestions. The doctors checked my daughter out for whooping cough, it was negative. One doctor said it was just a virus and it will take time, the other doctor said early on that it was bronchitis.
    He has had to sleep with me for four weeks at this point so I can help him sit up and breath.

    Thank you
    Star

    Posted 6 months ago #
  2. Hello Star,
    Your children's cough are very likely caused by a virus but you can surely help them with the right Chinese herbal formula instead of letting it take its course. The formula Qing Qi Hua Tan Tang (with some modifications for the labored breathing and vomiting) and doing the sho-ni-shin on the Lung/large Intestine channel, lung and stomach back-shu points as well as phlegm points such as LU 5, PC 3, 5 & 6, ST 40 and Ren 12 would have been very helpful during the yellow phlegmy stage with vomiting rebellious Qi. The kidney points on the chest are very important for difficulty breathing combined with LI 3 and LI 1. Also stimulate the lower Kidney points like KD 3 and 6 to help grasping Lung Qi.
    The difficulty breathing is from phlegm-rheum accumulation. The fluids are accumulating in the lungs and not dispersing which block the airways especially in recumbent position. If you can make your own herbs, then combine XIAO QING LONG TANG (Minor Blue Dragon) with Wu Ling San(Poria Five) and add Huang Qin to clear remaining heat.
    Does your daughter have a dry cough now? Her Yin is probably damaged from the long spell. The formula SHASHEN MAI MEN DONG with the addtion of SANG BAI PI and XING REN will be helpful.
    If the cough is still a bit phlegmy, she should take XIAO CHAI HU TANG with JIE GENG, QIAN HU and ZHI MU.
    Find a herbalist who can make you these herbal formula, preferably from granular or tincture (easier on kids)
    I hope they both recover quickly. Please let us know.
    All the best,
    Soma

    Posted 6 months ago #

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