Two months ago, I had a small patient in my outpatient clinic:
6 years old, height 109cm, in the range of short stature, no lack of growth hormone, bone age more than 2 years behind, weight 17 kg, is far from the standard.
The parents didn't want to give their children injections and wanted to be treated with traditional Chinese medicine, so they came to me.
The first thing I see when I see a child is that the complexion is not good, which is called yellowing in traditional Chinese medicine, which is often a manifestation of a weak spleen and stomach.
This kind of child often has thinning hair, thinness, brittle nails and a little white, fatigue, does not like to eat, sweats a lot, children play together, others do not sweat much, he sweats profusely, and even his clothes are soaked.
In addition, in addition to the above symptoms, children with weak spleen and stomach and internal cold often have frequent stools, large amounts, diarrhea, and even have to go to the toilet after eating;
Children with weak spleen and stomach and internal heat often have poor appetite and dry stools, which are mostly caused by excessive consumption of snacks, milk, etc., and some children will also have episodic periumbilical pain, sometimes severe and sometimes light.
How does spleen deficiency form?
"Children's spleen and stomach are congenitally immature, and many children's spleen and stomach are caused by improper feeding of the acquired spleen deficiency, coupled with improper maintenance, it is aggravated. ”
If it is not handled properly at this time, it will cause the child to change from being able to eat to anorexia and begin to have frequent abdominal distention, diarrhea, constipation and other manifestations, white spots on the cheeks, thin yellow hair, drooling, poor sleep, turning over in bed, teeth grinding, thick tongue coating, dull lips, and irritable temper.
How to recuperate?
How to adjust and change is a concern for parents, and it is not difficult to solve.
At this time, many parents think about what they should make up for their children, in fact, I often warn parents:
At this time, don't eat too much, don't eat too late, don't eat too supplement, don't eat too cold and other foods, when the child does not eat these, the spleen and stomach will recover more than half.
1. Don't eat cold, cold food
2. Don't eat too much greasy food that is not easy to digest
3. No messy nourishment, no burden on the spleen and stomach
I would like to share with parents a few practical methods commonly used in Chinese medicine.
1: Food and nutrition method: millet + yam porridge
Yam segment, millet
Although the diet is slow, millet, yam, etc., are very spleen-nourishing, the purpose is to let children relax the spleen and stomach, lubricate, nourish and mobilize the spleen and stomach.
2. Internal adjustment of traditional Chinese medicine
Like the children above, while dieting, supplementing calcium, and increasing exercise, the child was also prescribed a prescription to strengthen the spleen.
Basic formula: Poria cocos, Atractylodes, Astragalus, Malt, Muxiang, Citrus aurantium, Hawthorn, Yam, Guya, Magnolia, Liushenqu, Tangerine peel.
According to the specific situation of the child, it is used dialectically.
As a result, the child not only eats and sleeps better, but also grows nearly 2 cm taller in about 2 months, which is relatively good.
The main living habits have been greatly improved, which is better for the healthy growth of children in the future.