Recently, the weather has been cold, and many children have developed cold and cough symptoms.
Today, Xiaobian invited Liu Yuanyuan, director of the Department of Traditional Therapy of Zhuhai Hospital of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, to tell parents how to protect their children's health in autumn and winter.
Compared with the dry and cold winter in the north, the winter in the south is relatively wet and cold, and cold protection is the most basic. First of all, protect the most critical parts of your child's body - the back of the neck, abdomen and the soles of the feet.
In addition, Director Liu Yuanyuan also introduced several health care tips that can be learned by Bao Mom and Bao Dad, so that children can spend the winter in good health.
1
Traditional Chinese medicine foot bath
When a cold first starts, you can use pediatric anti-sensory remedies: Guizhi, Mugwort, Jing mustard, ginger and other Chinese herbs, which can alleviate the symptoms of cold and wind and cold such as sneezing, nasal congestion, runny nose, itchy throat and cough.
This formula can also be used to prevent colds in winter, through soaking feet and sweating, clearing the wind, cold and wet evil qi inside and outside the body, playing a role in dispelling wind and cold, helping the yang to solve the table, and restoring the baby's righteous qi.
Notes:
(1) The water temperature should not be too high, about 38 ° C -40 ° C.
(2) It is generally recommended for children over 3 years old.
(3) If it is used for cold treatment, it can be used continuously for 2-3 days; if it is used for prevention, it can be used twice a week.
Of course, the specific situation is still recommended that Bao Mom and Bao Dad bring the baby to the hospital for treatment, and the formulation of prescription drugs suitable for children can achieve more effective results with half the effort.
2
Pediatric massage
Daily family anti-sensory pediatric massage techniques, 3-5 times a week, to protect the baby's health.
(1) Supplement the spleen meridian
Positioning: Thumb stub threaded surface.
Operation: Parents fix the child's thumb with one hand, and the thumb of the other hand is rotated and pushed in the hole for supplementation, 120 times / min, about 3 minutes.
(2) Mo belly
Positioning: abdomen.
Operation: Rub your abdomen clockwise with your entire palm or four fingers at the center of your navel for about 3 minutes at a time.
(This method can be used without diarrhea symptoms, if plain and easy to diarrhea, use the method with caution, it is recommended to seek medical treatment, follow the doctor's instructions)
(3) Press the foot for three miles
Positioning: 2 inches under the outer knee, 1 transverse finger next to the tibia.
Operation: Rub with the abdomen of your thumb or middle finger, 120 times/min, about 3 minutes.
(4) Pinch the ridge
Localization: spine, large vertebral acupoints to long strong acupoints.
Operation: Children lie prone, parents use both thumbs on both sides of the spine, from the Gu tail acupoint up to the large vertebral acupoint, while pushing while pinching the skin next to the spine with the thumb and the ingestion, the middle two fingers, not loose and tight, from the bottom to the top, push and pinch fluently, after pinching 3 times, you can practice the "three pinches and one mention" technique, about 5-8 times.
3
Medicinal diet supplementation
Xu Youjia, director of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, recommended two dietary remedies suitable for winter children's supplements, which can be used as a reference for Bao Ma And Bao Dad.
Warm winter party for children
Ingredients: 10 grams of five-fingered peach, 10 to 15 grams of baishu, 8 to 10 grams of mustard fruit, 5 grams of lotus seeds, 5 grams of lilies, 1 walnut kernel.
method:
1. Soak the mustard for 3 hours in advance, and the lotus seeds will go to the heart;
2. Put all the ingredients in a casserole dish and add about 500 ml of water;
3. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat and cook for 40 minutes, let cool and drink.
It is advisable to avoid:
◆ Suitable for symptoms such as appetite, poor sleep, cold hands and feet.
◆ This party should not be eaten with milk.
◆ Use when children over 3 years old digest well and have no pain.
◆ Fava bean disease can be used.
White radish crucian carp soup
Ingredients: 30 grams of white radish, 50 grams of crucian carp, 30 grams of lean pork, 8 grams of chives, 3 grams of ginger, oil, salt to taste.
Effect: Lipid elimination phlegm, lungs and cough, anti-accumulation stagnation.
◆ Children over 3 years old are taken dialectically.
Mastering these 3 methods can be used as a practical home adjustment in the current season, if the child's discomfort is more complicated, it is recommended to go to the hospital to avoid delaying the condition. ■
[Source: Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Medical Guidance: Liu Yuanyuan, Chief Chinese Medicine Physician, Xu Youjia, Chief Chinese Medicine Physician]