You can start by keeping your child covered warmly, especially when she goes out into the cold chilly air. While it is important to get a good supply of fresh air and allow your child to breathe in the open air and run around to build up the stamina of the lungs, you should ensure that the chest and throat are adequately covered and warm. In addition to this, you should ensure that your child’s diet has a healthy proportion of fresh fruits and vegetables that supply all the essential nutrients. Vitamin C is crucial for building the body’s immune system so you can try giving your infant orange juice. You should give your child plenty of warm liquids and soups laced with garlic and some pepper that help to clear the mucus built up in the nasal and respiratory tract and also fight the viral infection. Turmeric and jaggery are also beneficial for treating common colds. You can boil some freshly powdered turmeric in milk with some sugar to improve the taste and give this to your child at night. This will ease the breathing and help to clear the respiratory tract and treat the infection. A spoonful of freshly extracted ginger juice with some honey consumed every day helps to treat the infection and clear the mucus that has built up in the respiratory tract. You can also try clearing the infant’s blocked nose by inserting a bulb syringe into the nose and using the suction to pull the mucus out of the nose. However this is a delicate procedure and you should remember not to force too much and too clean the syringe properly after using it to avoid contamination. Apart from this, massaging the child’s chest with warm coconut oil just before bedtime will help your child to sleep better.
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