#株洲头条 ##湖南省直中医医院#
Children's viscera is delicate and immature, and they are prone to external evils and onset. Newborn babies can't speak, and they are not suitable for oral medication, which has become the most headache and anxiety for novice mothers and fathers.
So in addition to taking medicine, injections, infusions, etc., are there any common disease treatments that are not too painful for babies? Let's learn about the following external treatment methods with Chinese medicine characteristics.
1. Acupuncture point application
Pediatric acupuncture point application belongs to the category of natural therapy and green medicine, with few toxic side effects, using pure Chinese medicine formula, changing the internal medicine to the external application, which alleviates the problem of children's difficulty in feeding medicine and vomiting after feeding, and has the advantages of convenience and good compliance, direct effect, wide indications, drug safety, no damage to the stomach and intestines, and can be discontinued at any time, especially suitable for children who refuse to take medicine.
Common types of acupuncture point application:
1. Cough patches
For children who feel cough caused by wind chill and cough and asthma caused by wind heat or cold into heat, they are divided into cold cough patch, hot cough patch, and cough and asthma patch.
2. Diarrhea patch
It is divided into cold diarrhea patch, hot diarrhea patch, wounded food diarrhea patch, and spleen deficiency diarrhea patch. According to different etiologies, different symptoms of diarrhea are caused, and syndrome differentiation is applied.
3. Flatulence patch
It is suitable for spleen loss and abdominal distension caused by spleen and stomach qi deficiency.
4. Constipation patches
It plays a role in eliminating food and guiding stagnation, regulating the large intestine qi and channeling stool.
In addition to the above fixed prescription application, the Neonatology Department of Hunan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine also uses personalized Chinese medicine granules for application according to the child's condition, under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine theory, through syndrome differentiation, one person and one party, and the effect is accurate.
2. Traditional Chinese medicine medicated bath
Medicated bath is one of the traditional treatment methods, which is a traditional Chinese medicine treatment that allows children to soak and bathe through medicinal decoction, so as to treat or prevent diseases.
With the help of medicine and heat, this therapy acts on the body through the skin and mucous membranes, and has a variety of effects such as promoting the intestines, dredging the meridians, harmonizing qi and blood, and preventing and curing diseases. Medicated bath therapy is not only simple and applicable, but also suitable for a wide range of diseases, and avoids the stimulation of the gastrointestinal tract by traditional Chinese medicine, reduces the burden on the liver, and avoids many toxic side effects.
Common indications for bathing prescriptions:
1. Yellowing and washing
Prescription: addition and subtraction of Artemisia sinensis, Gardenia, Atractylodes, etc.
Indications: It is used for neonatal fetal yellow caused by damp heat accumulation.
2. Cold washing
Prescription: Nepeta, parsnip, Su leaf, skullcap, peppermint, etc.
Indications: Nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, bad wind, sweating, headache, slight cough caused by common cold and flu (acute upper respiratory tract infection).
3. Antipyretic washing
Prescription: peppermint, cimicifuga, Lulutong, duckweed, Bupleurum chinensis, etc.
Indications: It is used for external fever (wind chill, wind heat), chills and fever, less sweating, and cold limbs.
4. Spleen and kidney deficiency washing
Prescription: Astragalus, Prince's Ginseng, Cinnamon and other plus or minus formulas.
Indications: It is used for premature infants and children with enuresis due to spleen and kidney deficiency, long-term use to enhance physical fitness.
The external treatment method of traditional Chinese medicine is effective, non-invasive and painless, so that children can have a comfortable, safe and efficient medical experience in the treatment.
Hunan Medical Chat Special Author: Liu Wang, Department of Neonatology, Hunan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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(Editor YT)