Weakness of the spleen and stomach, known as spleen and stomach qi deficiency in traditional Chinese medicine, is a common digestive problem. Many parents will ask, how is the weakness of the child's spleen and stomach formed?Today, we're going to talk about this topic.
First of all, we need to understand that there are many causes of weak spleen and stomach, the most common of which is improper diet. The child's spleen and stomach function is not fully developed, if the long-term irregular diet, overeating or eating too much raw, cold, greasy food, it will cause a burden on the spleen and stomach, resulting in a weak spleen and stomach.
So, how can you tell if a child has a weak spleen and stomach?Parents can check to see if their child has any of the following symptoms:
1. Picky eating, anorexia, and refusal to eat.
Su Wen Tai Yin and Yang Ming Theory says that "the spleen and stomach are connected by membranes", the spleen is the main transporter of the water valley, and the stomach is the main recipient of the rotten water valley. The spleen and stomach are the "foundation of the day after tomorrow". If the spleen qi is deficient and the motor function is reduced, it will affect the digestion and absorption of food. Therefore, it affects appetite, resulting in picky eating, anorexia, and refusal to eat.
2. Diarrhea or constipation.
Children with weak spleen and weak stomach, weak stomach is rotten and incompetent, spleen deficiency is unhealthy, turbidity is not distinguished, water is damp, valley is stagnant, and the spleen is deficient and diarrhea. In another case, the spleen is deficient, food is easy to accumulate, accumulate heat, consume wounds and fluids, and lose intestinal moisture, thus forming constipation.
3. Poor physique, easy to catch a cold.
Temperament worries, children are prone to food accumulation, food accumulation and heat, and do not think about eating. Children's body organs are delicate, the lungs are not solid, and they are susceptible to external evils. The combination of the two makes the lungs and spleen weak, the constitution becomes weak, and it is easy to catch a cold.
4. Easy cough and spleen deficiency will cause children to catch colds often. The spleen belongs to the soil, the lungs belong to gold, and the spleen deficiency affects the lung qi, and the lung qi deficiency can easily cause the baby to cough.
5. Tempered.
Children usually have a big temper, and traditional Chinese medicine believes that this belongs to spleen deficiency and liver prosperity, and such children have multiple lung and spleen deficiency.
6. Sleeping and sweating at night is believed by traditional Chinese medicine that spleen qi has a solid effect, in addition to fixing organs and preventing sagging, it can also solidify the fluid of spleen, spleen qi deficiency, and dysfunction of solid fluid, and children will have symptoms of excessive sweating.
7. Love drooling Chinese medicine says that "the spleen is saliva in the liquid" and "saliva is out of the spleen and overflows in the stomach" The child's spleen and stomach are not in harmony, or the spleen is not taken, which leads to an abnormal increase in saliva liquidation, and it can be seen that the saliva comes out spontaneously, so the child loves to drool.
8. Affect growth and development.
This problem is also a series of problems of spleen deficiency that cause anorexia, picky eating, refusal to eat, children eat less, the quantity and quality of food intake are insufficient, there are not enough nutrients to participate in the movement of the spleen and stomach, and can not provide enough nutrition for children's growth, thus affecting growth and development.
In terms of **, the most commonly used method that children are most likely to accept is through traditional Chinese medicine, granules, patches, massage, etc. If you want to treat your child, it is best for me to understand the specific symptoms of the child first, and then prescribe the symptoms.