I remember that more than a month ago, I was already off work, and a parent came to me with my child. It is said that the child has an enlarged adenoid, sleeps and snores every day, grinds his teeth, crawls and sleeps and cannot sleep at night.
The child's parents were also reluctant to undergo surgery, fearing that the child's operation would be risky, so I added a number to him.
I looked at the situation of the child, and it was actually quite bad. Thin and small, and the face looks like a weak and hot spleen, the tip of the tongue is red, the heat is very heavy, there is not much to eat, and the stool is dry.
At that time, I gave a two-step plan, first clear the internal heat, and then strengthen the spleen and stomach.
Clinically, I have also seen many children with adenoid hypertrophy, and the effect is very good through appropriate intervention.
First two weeks: honeysuckle, calamus, forsythia, xinyi, summer hay, skullcap, raw oyster, licorice
After two weeks of conditioning, it will become: Cangshu, Skullcap, Loofah, Coix Kernel, Xinyi, Summer Grass, Calamus, Raw Oyster, Licorice
Later, my mother gave me feedback that the child's snoring situation was much better, and I was very confident, and I hoped to stick to it and continue conditioning.
In recent years, more and more children have problems with adenoid hypertrophy. Therefore, more and more parents are asking me, should adenoid hypertrophy be operated on?
My point is that if you can try not to have surgery, why do you say that?
Many parents simply think: since adenoids are an unimportant organ that will degenerate sooner or later, and adenoidectomy surgery is a minor operation, isn't it okay to do surgery directly? This can solve the problem at the root. Many doctors also recommend surgery.
But I don't recommend a one-size-fits-all.
First, adenoid resection may weaken the immune function of the nasopharynx;
Second, if the root cause of adenoid hypertrophy is not solved, it is likely to recur after surgery and the phenomenon of hyperplasia and hypertrophy will occur again.
Let me interpret my two-step walk:
● Clear the fire and remove the heat
Children with adenoid hypertrophy have a relatively weak spleen and stomach, so it is easy to accumulate food and heat, and the children above are hot on the tip of the tongue and dry stool.
Accumulated heat aggravates the symptoms of "stomach fire", and the situation of adenoid hypertrophy is more difficult to alleviate.
Moreover, spleen and stomach depression can easily cause children to catch a cold, and a cold can easily stimulate the adenoids and aggravate the situation of adenoid hypertrophy.
So my first prescription, on the basis of accumulation, increased the effect of laxation, dissipated food accumulation, moisturized the intestines, reduced gas and fire, especially suitable for children with adenoid hypertrophy.
●This deficiency is solid, spleen and lung qi deficiency
The resistance of such children is definitely very weak, and some of them are accompanied by allergies and repeated respiratory infections.
Cangshu, coix kernel, dry and wet to strengthen the spleen, medicine for the spleen, and other tips to ventilate.
Therefore, the spleen should be replenished and strengthened, the spleen and stomach are good, the right qi is sufficient, the sinuses are ventilated, and the ability to resist the invasion of external evil is naturally strong.
In addition to taking care of the spleen and tonifying the lungs, you can also insist on doing this set of massage exercises for your child every day, preferably in the morning.
(1) Push the heavenly gate (thumb from the midpoint between both eyebrows, push to the hairline), rub the temples (rub with the thumb end), and rub the incense for 3 minutes each;
(2) 2 minutes each to replenish the spleen meridian, clear the lungs and level the liver, and clear the water of the Tianhe River;
(3) Rub the spring point on the soles of the feet for 3 minutes;
(4) Rub the lungs horizontally for 2 minutes;
(5) Pinch the ridge 6 times.
In short, adenoid hypertrophy is not the source of the disease in Chinese medicine, and surgical cutting can only temporarily alleviate the disease, not cure the root cause.
In real life, I have also encountered many similar cases, and I have used the idea of treating rhinitis and sinusitis according to the symptoms, and the effect is also very good.