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My 4 yrs old girl child cought phnemonia at early age. she kept coughing since she was 2 yrs old and she had wet cough which cannot come out. she keeping coughing for 15 mintues whenever she starts it happens 9-10 times a day. at night it make more trouble. in the begining at the age of 2 years whenever she got cold after cold it start wet coughing and fever sometimes. we go to doctor and he gave her some antibiotic . she feel beter for 15 days and again same thing happen .

now the situation is that coughing starts any time at night it is definitely happen she cannot sleep properly.

the padeatric said it is allergic cough .

CAN ANY BODY SUGGEST SOME THING TO RELIEF HER
I AM IN VERY MUCH DEPRESSION Niva replied. why dont you see a qualified homoeopath? i am myself a homoeopath and know that such children respond very well to this therapy. nothing against other therapies but your allopathic physician himself/ herself will agree to the fact that so much of antibiotics will be harmful in the long run. it is not just about treating one attack and getting temporary relief. your child seems to have weakened system after the first attack of pneumonia and one attack after other has followed. home remedies may be helpful but only to a limited effect although i suggest you follow them, but homoeopathy would be best resort for your child to get a permanent solution to the problem.
discuss all your apprehensions with your physician.
for allergic coughs there are some things you can do to prevent an attack, do not dust the rooms, rather use wet mop to clean floors and shlefs,
use clean bedsheets daily to be put few minutes before bedtime, especially if the area you live in is prone to dust,
childs' bed should not be near a window allowing direct drafts and dust,
use of a AC will be helpful, not to cool the room but to filter the air of dust
avoid dusty places, going out especially in dry season. maintain good hygiene and look for any food items too that the child may be or develops an allergy to and avoid them.
it is a fact that so many restrictions in environment and food will not allow the child to be free and interacting with others leading to low levels of self esteeem,and neither will they be helpful in the long run as you cannot literally control all these after a certain stage, like when the schooling starts.
so i again suggest continuing these with homoeopathic treatment. once the child improves these same dusty environmental exposures will not create any problems except may be few sneezes!
take care. Smita S replied. Hi Bharti,

My lil one was 1.5 yrs old wen she had a similar problem. she used to get up coughing every 2 hrs at night... eventually throuwing up..
Alongwith my docs medicines, basically cough syrup, i also did following things
1. you mite be knowing this - heat a pan, once hot throw lil ajwain (owa). the smoke which comes helps loosen the cough in chest and kids sleep peacefully at nite.. you can carry this in your bedroom and let the smoke spread in the room. this helped my baby a lot, but i did this continously for 10-15 days every nite wen she used to be asleep.
2) keep giving her little honey every now n then wenever shes playing..
3) haldi wala milk is lot effective too.. just boil milk with haldi n sugar n giv for few days continously
4) this ones from my friend' s granny - apply lil ghar ka bana ghee warm + salt on kids chest al over and cover with cotton. let it remain for whole nite.
again, all wot i wrote will be effective only wen you do it for few days continously..
tc