Do your children also have these conditions when they sleep, sleeping on their stomachs, turning over and over, and not sleeping well? Some children sweat a lot after falling asleep, and often drool?...... If so, the child may have a weak spleen.
Long-term spleen deficiency will affect the growth and development of children, and there will be backwardness in height, weight, intelligence, etc., parents usually observe more to see if your child has these 6 manifestations when sleeping:
01Outlet water
Children always drool when they sleep, which may be due to the fact that the child has spleen and stomach qi deficiency, is prone to indigestion and food accumulation, and over time, the child is easy to get sick, which is not conducive to growth and development.
02 Sleeping
Children often sleep on their stomachs, which may be due to food accumulation, spleen and stomach deficiency, and stomach discomfort.
03 Flip over and over
The child's tossing and turning sleep is unstable, like a pancake, which is a manifestation of long-term food accumulation, affecting the child's sleep quality and delaying the child's growth and development.
04 Love to sweat
Some children always sweat when they sleep, and their clothes are always wet when they wake up, which is a typical manifestation of spleen deficiency.
05 Bad breath
Children with weak spleen and stomach do not digest and absorb well, and the food in the stomach will have an unpleasant smell after fermentation.
06 Semi-blind
When a child sleeps with his eyes half-open, it may also be because the spleen and stomach are weak and the qi and blood are not smooth, resulting in the eye muscles not being able to close normally.
If there are 2-3 of the above problems, it means that the child's spleen deficiency is more serious, and parents should pay attention to it, and do not let their negligence affect the child's growth and development.
So how to strengthen the spleen in children?
1. Dietary conditioning
✔ Eat at regular intervals, in rations, eat small and frequent meals, chew slowly when eating, do not overeat, and avoid being too full or hungry. Eat seven or eight minutes full at each meal, eat four or five meals a day, and keep the lifting function of the spleen and stomach normal.
✔ Warm, light, easy to digest, avoid eating cold, spicy, greasy, sweet and greasy foods, these foods will damage the yang energy and digestive function of the spleen and stomach, and increase the burden on the spleen and stomach. Eat more warm, light, and easily digestible foods, such as porridge, soup, noodles, dumplings, steamed buns, rice, etc.
✔ Strengthen the spleen and invigorate qi, strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness, appropriately add some spleen-strengthening foods, such as sweet potatoes, corn, jujubes, yams, potatoes, atractylodes, tangerine peel, prince ginseng, etc., these foods can nourish the spleen, strengthen the spleen and stomach, enhance digestion and absorption, and improve the symptoms of spleen and stomach weakness.
2. Life conditioning
✔ Maintain a regular sleep schedule and get enough sleep.
✔ Exercise appropriately to enhance physical fitness.
✔ Maintain a good mindset and avoid mood swings.
3. Traditional Chinese medicine conditioning
If the child's spleen deficiency is already more serious, if you want to strengthen the spleen, you can take some spleen and stomach strengthening products under the guidance of a professional doctor. There are also some methods such as massage, acupuncture and moxibustion, which can also play a certain role in regulating children's spleen weakness and weakness.