What should children do if they catch a cold in hot weather?

After the rainy season, hot weather followed. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that summer heat floats on the surface and is deficient in the interior, which means that the heat of the human body floats on the surface in summer, and the organs in the human body are relatively empty and even cold. With the improvement of living conditions, many families have installed air conditioners and electric fans. Our baby's body adjustment ability is poor and can't stand the changes of indoor and outdoor temperatures in summer. If you add overeating and fear of cold, it is easy to catch a cold and have diarrhea. The common cold symptom in summer is summer cold. Coastal areas are easy to get wet, and the symptoms can be seen as persistent sweating, upset, dry mouth and greasy fur. Because of physiological characteristics, children often have excessive yang and insufficient yin. Therefore, when children catch a cold, Chinese medicine should pay attention to clearing away summer heat and not forgetting to protect yin, so as not to aggravate the condition due to yin injury. Children should drink more boiled water when they catch a cold, because there is a great demand for water in summer, and it is easy to have a fever when they catch a cold. Fever is a process in which the human body fights against germs and consumes a lot of body fluids. Sleep is also helpful for treating summer colds. Children should sleep more and have more rest when they catch a cold. Drinking ginger soup and covering sweat are common methods to treat colds. But neither method is applicable in summer. The main function of ginger is to remove the cold and dampness in the stomach, and it is ineffective for summer colds caused by summer heat. Drinking it will only backfire. In addition, the summer cold itself is caused by heat, and sweating will not play a role in reducing fever during sweating. If the symptoms of a cold are mild in summer, you can take some summer medicine. Usually, you should eat more beans such as lentils and mung beans and foods such as watermelons and tomatoes to quench your thirst and relieve summer heat.