In recent years, large hospitals in many cities have set up "learning difficulties" outpatient clinics, and there are many registered people, and there is a situation where it is difficult to find a No. 1. ADHD accounts for the vast majority of children with learning difficulties.
These children don't study well, not because they don't want to study well, but because they can't study well at all.
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ADHD, also known as Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by inability to concentrate for a long time, hyperactivity, and emotional impulsivity. Such children often fail to pay attention to the class, write homework for a while and then play something else, or even forget to write homework; Unable to filter irrelevant stimuli, often lost; Do things out of interest, often overexcited, or depressed due to frustration, and appear defiant and aggressive. As a result, poor academic performance and poor relationships with teachers and classmates often lead to low self-esteem, which in turn exacerbates these situations. ADHD may become more severe with age, which will have a greater impact on future work and social life, and in severe cases, it may also form an antisocial personality. Therefore, such children (commonly known as "A baby") often break the hearts of parents.
The cause of ADHD in Western medicine is currently unknown, and it is mostly believed to be the result of the interaction of multiple factors such as genetics and environment, including the mother's smoking and drinking during pregnancy, lead exposure in the growing environment, parental discord, improper parenting style, bad personality, childhood separation from parents, abuse, and improper school education methods.
Other studies have found abnormal brain development in children with ADHD, including:
Frontal lobe dysplasia, cerebral dysfunction and decreased metabolic rate in areas related to central control of attention and movement.
The maturation of the central nervous system, especially the frontal lobe, is delayed, and the cerebral cortex is inadequately aroused.
The central nervous system is underfunctioned with dopamine and norepinephrine neurotransmitters, and serotonin is hyperfunctional.
ADHD is considered a psychological disorder, and the usual treatment is a combination of psychological intervention and medication. Drug therapy is mainly aimed at the core symptoms of ADHD and is generally used in children aged 6 years and older. There are two main categories of drugs for ADHD, one is central nervous system stimulants, such as: methylphenidate; The other category is non-central nervous system stimulants, such as atomoxetine. However, this kind of drugs that excite nerves are not changed from the etiology, so they are drug-dependent, rebound as soon as they stop, and have a certain risk of side effects, including insomnia, dizziness, headache, nausea, loss of appetite, abnormal liver and kidney function, etc., and long-term use will also be detrimental to the growth and development of children.
However, if psychological intervention is carried out alone, the effect is often uncertain. Because this disease is not purely psychological.
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So is there a good way for TCM to deal with this disease?
In recent years, TCM has also carried out a lot of research and practice in this field, and their research results have also been published in major domestic medical journals. In the 39th volume of "Bright Chinese Medicine" in January 2024, an article entitled "Systematic Analysis of ADHD in Children from the Liver" was published, the author used 18 Chinese literature on the treatment of ADHD in children from the liver, and used RevMan5.3 software for Mate analysis, and found that the clinical efficacy of the observation group was statistically significant due to the control group, hyperactivity index, TCM symptom score, etc. due to the simple treatment of Western medicine. Therefore, it is concluded that compared with the treatment of Western medicine alone, the use of traditional Chinese medicine to treat ADHD in children from the liver has a definite curative effect, which can improve the clinical efficacy, reduce the incidence of adverse reactions, and is safer.
It can be seen that as long as the cause and pathogenesis of ADHD can be found from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, and the thinking and way of traditional Chinese medicine can be regulated, there is a possibility of real conditioning.
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ADHD does not have an exclusive name in traditional Chinese medicine, it belongs to the categories of "dirty irritability" and "liver wind" in traditional Chinese medicine, and there is also a disorder of the gods, "the gods are born in the five organs, and they are given up in the five organs", and the five organs are out of harmony, and the five gods will also be out of balance.
Children's viscera is delicate, immature yin and yang, the surrounding environment has a great impact on them, smoking, alcohol, heavy metals and other bad substances, improper maintenance, unreasonable family education methods, etc., will lead to their viscera suitability, yin and yang imbalance, disturbance of the body and spirit, resulting in ADHD,
Therefore, if you want to regulate your child's ADHD, you need to find the imbalance in the child's viscera, make up for the deficiency, remove the surplus, and restore the yin and yang balance of the viscera.
Many children's ADHD has a lot to do with the liver, such as spleen deficiency and liver prosperity, heart and liver fire prosperity, liver and kidney yin deficiency, which will lead to hyperactivity due to liver wind. But not only that, some children's main problem lies in the deficiency of the heart and spleen, so they will be distracted, tired, and unable to concentrate; Some children are phlegm-fire and internal disturbances, so they are hyperactive, multi-talkative, irritable, impulsive and willful.
It can be seen that each child's situation needs to be specific and analyzed, so as to distinguish which situation it belongs to, and then adjust accordingly. In traditional Chinese medicine, the body and mind are an inseparable whole, and only when the physical level is well regulated can the mind be restored.
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Pediatric massage and Dong's special effect acupoints are both masters in regulating the imbalance of yin and yang in the internal organs.
Foot reflexology massage can not only regulate the whole body, but also act on the brain and nervous system, which has excellent conditioning effects on all parts of the brain and various problems, and has special conditioning acupoints for the nervous system. Therefore, it must be a great god assist in regulating ADHD.
And the children's viscera are very immature, the absorption and metabolism of drugs are relatively low, these external treatments of traditional Chinese medicine do not pass through the spleen and stomach, nor through the liver and kidney metabolism, so they are more suitable for children, I hope that more parents can try to use traditional Chinese medicine to treat these safer, greener, more effective techniques to regulate children's ADHD, and give children a better future.