Recently, many adolescent children have begun to pay attention to their height, and most of them are boys.
They have one thing in common: I can't bear to tell them that they found out too late and can't use drugs to promote growth.
Many parents know the concept of "late growth", but if they think that their child is short and grows late, and they do not go to the examination and diagnosis, it may really delay the best time for intervention, and when the child finds out that he is short, the possibility of growing taller is already very small.
If the child has the following 3 conditions, it is not short stature caused by late growth, and it is still too late to remedy it early, and parents should pay attention to it.
1. Poor spleen and stomach transport ability
The spleen is the foundation of nurture, the source of qi and blood biochemistry, and the material basis for children to grow tall and strong. However, children's spleen is often insufficient, which means that the child's spleen and stomach are delicate, and if you don't pay attention to it, you are prone to gastrointestinal dysfunction, picky eating, anorexia, food accumulation, restless sleep, etc., and the nutrients cannot be absorbed, how can you grow taller?
If the child has the above symptoms, it is necessary to seek the help of a doctor in time, adjust as soon as possible, and do not delay the normal growth of the child.
2. Sleep late and sleep quality poorly
The growth of a child is mainly due to growth hormone, which is secreted in a pulsatry pattern and peaks between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., but this peak only occurs during deep sleep.
If the child has sleep problems such as sleeping on his stomach, night sweats, and sleeping tossed and turned, solve them in time without affecting the quality of sleep and not missing the peak period of growth hormone secretion.
3. Early development
If there is a change in secondary sex characteristics before the age of 9 in girls and before the age of 10 in boys, it is considered early development.
The direct consequence of early development is the advance of bone age, and for every 1 year of bone age, the height will be 1 year less and the direct loss of 5-7cm.
An early child is like a car that has not been filled with gas, rushing out of the starting line and starting to be far ahead, but will break down due to lack of power in the middle of the process.
Western medicine uses the method of controlling bone age to inhibit acupuncture, while traditional Chinese medicine believes that children's early development is mostly due to changes in their physique, and most children cannot escape the three constitutions of yin deficiency and fire, liver depression and fire, and phlegm and dampness stagnation.
This is because the yin and yang of the kidney are out of balance, resulting in the early secretion of sex hormones.
Children with liver depression and fire generally have thin body, easy irritability, insomnia, dreams, loss of appetite and other manifestations, so it is necessary to use some traditional Chinese medicine to relieve liver depression, nourish yin and reduce fire.
This is because children often eat fat, sweet and thick food, which leads to the loss of spleen health, and becomes phlegm over time, phlegm and dampness obstruction, and poor qi and blood, resulting in large bone age.
As parents, we cannot change the genetics, but we can manage it from acquired factors, such as a healthy spleen and stomach, a balanced diet, high-quality sleep, reasonable exercise, etc., to create good conditions for the healthy growth of children.