Coughs often appear in the cold season because cold weather easily affects the human bronchi. They also appear on days when the weather changes unpredictably. Young children have weaker resistance, so it is easier for bacteria to enter their bodies.
To keep children healthy and strong enough to fight illnesses caused by the weather, mothers need to make sure their children are well fed and dressed warmly. Another solution is for mothers to give bird's nest 3 times a week to help boost the child's resistance. If your child unfortunately gets a cough, simply steam bird's nest with a fresh pear, which is said to relieve coughs effectively. Let's learn how to make this remedy together with Yến Sào Sài Gòn!
Ingredients to prepare
2-4g of bird's nest
1 fresh pear
2-3 spoonfuls of honey
Steps to steam bird's nest with pear
Step 1: First, put 2-4g of dried bird's nest into a clean bowl, then add water and soak until the nest expands.
Step 2: Peel the pear and hollow out the core as shown in the picture above.
Step 3: Once the bird's nest has expanded evenly, lift it out and place it inside the pear, then put it into a pot or earthenware bowl to double-boil.
Step 4: Mix the honey with a little warm water. When the bird's nest is cooked and evenly expanded (steam over low heat for about 30 minutes), pour the honey in together with the bird's nest and pear, add a few slices of ginger to taste, and steam for 5 more minutes.
Step 5: Finally, turn off the heat and give your child the pear-steamed bird's nest to relieve the cough. It can be eaten hot or cold, because neither hot nor cold loses the nutrients of the bird's nest.
Steaming bird's nest with pear to relieve a child's cough is really simple, isn't it, mothers! Yến Sào Sài Gòn would like to remind mothers of 3 groups of foods that children should not eat when they have a cough!
Three groups of foods children should not eat when coughing
1. Children with a cough should not eat "cold-natured" foods
According to traditional Eastern medicine, cold-natured foods harm the lungs. That is, once a child's body has caught a chill, taking in more cold-natured food may worsen the damage to the lungs. Meanwhile, a child's cough is mostly caused by the lungs. Therefore, giving overly cold food to a child with a cough can block the lung qi, make the illness worse and slow recovery. When coughing, children usually also develop inflammation, mostly related to the spleen, the organ in charge of the body's absorption and digestion. Eating too much cold food will further damage the spleen and stomach, weaken the function of these organs and make the inflammatory symptoms worse.
2. Children with a cough should avoid sweet, oily and strong-smelling foods
A child's cough is mostly caused by heat in the lungs, linked to the child's daily diet. If you prepare too many strong-smelling, sweet and greasy foods, they will increase body heat and make the child's cough worse. More phlegm is produced and it becomes harder for the child to cough up. Children with asthma should avoid these foods even more, as they can cause the phlegm to clump and block breathing.
3. Children with a cough should avoid mandarin oranges
Many families believe mandarin oranges can reduce inflammation and relieve coughs, so they always choose this fruit for children with a cough. In fact, mandarin peel really does help reduce inflammation and coughing, but the flesh of the mandarin generates heat and inflammation. Therefore, when a child has a cough, you should not include mandarin in the diet. The child's daily food should be light; you can make pear water cooked with sugar for the child to drink, a drink said to moisten the lungs and ease coughing. In addition, lotus seed porridge also helps support the treatment of long-lasting coughs in children.
Yến Sào Sài Gòn wishes all mothers happiness and all children good health.