Cold and runny nose 

Hello,

Basically children who suffers from cold and running nose or stuffy nose is due to continuous exposure to cold climate and due to less immunity power. This depends up on climatic conditions also. In long run they may suffer from sinusitis and middle ear infections.
In your son condition, due to lack of immunity power he may be getting continuous cold symptoms such as stuffy or running nose.

You need to focus on hygiene and food habits so that we can control cold related symptoms. In order to restore immunity power, we can depend on alternative therapies such as Ayurveda, yoga and pranayama etc. Try to avoid exposure to cold climate, and not to take cold food items.

Some home remedies: *Lemon:Quarter piece of lemon should be diluted in a glass of warm water, and a teaspoon of honey should be added to it. This should be taken once or twice daily. *Ginger: About ten grams of ginger should be cut into small pieces and boiled in a cup of water. It should then be strained and half a teaspoon of sugar added to it. This decoction should be drunk when hot. *Ginger tea, prepared by adding a few pieces of ginger into boiled water before adding the tea leaves, is also an effective remedy for colds and for fevers resulting from cold. It may be taken twice daily.

Medicines: In order to gain immunity power and to prevent reoccurrence of cold, cough, running nose etc, you may give some long term medications such as Chyawanprash, you can give Himalaya Septilin daily one tab.

Please feel free to ask if you have any quires. With regards, Dr.Vijay.