The spleen and stomach are the foundation of the day after tomorrow, whether the child is healthy or not, whether he grows well or not, a good spleen and stomach digestion and absorption function is the key.
Parents often ask me, my child has bags under his eyes, bruises on the bridge of his nose, can't sleep well at night, and always cries, what's the matter?
In fact, these are typical manifestations of spleen deficiency:
There are green tendons on the bridge of the nose;
yellowish complexion, uneven, with white spots;
The tongue coating is white and thick, yellow and greasy, or the tongue is mapped, strawberry tongue, the tip of the tongue is red, and there is internal heat;
picky eater, poor appetite for eating, small amount of food;
Accumulation of food, constipation, dry and hard stools, sometimes pulling sheep feces and eggs;
Sweating a lot in sleep, sweating more than others during the day under the same conditions;
Sleeping tossing and turning, unsteady, grinding teeth, kicking the quilt;
Poor constitution, low immunity, easy to catch a cold and fever;
The growth and development are not up to standard, and the height and weight lag behind their peers.
In particular, these 3 manifestations on the face indicate that the spleen is deficient for more than 3 months and needs to be treated immediately.
The lower eyelids are darkened and have bags under the eyes.
Most of these children have spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, and the part below the eye socket, which is called "qi pool" in traditional Chinese medicine, reflects the changes in the spleen and stomach, and the lower eyelids are blue and purple, like children with eye bags, most of them have long-term damage to the spleen and stomach.
Especially at night, sleeping is often accompanied by teeth grinding, sleeping on the stomach, sleeping on knees or rolling over and over the bed, long-term sleep quality is not high, and it is also the black, blue and purple eye circles caused by the child's spleen and kidney deficiency.
The bridge of the nose is green.
When the child's spleen and stomach are weak, the roots of this mountain are bruised, and the vertical green tendons are mostly more than the liver, and the child's temper is easy to be irritable; The horizontal green tendons are mostly bad spleen and stomach, and when the child is sick or in poor health, the green tendons will be aggravated.
After general conditioning, the bruising will gradually disappear, or fade, parents go back to see if the bridge of their child's nose is blue and purple, this is also a case of spleen deficiency.
Hair is yellow, qi and blood are deficient.
If the spleen and stomach are not good, there will be a lack of qi and blood, and after the hair is not full of blood, the child's hair will grow dull, dry and yellow.
Especially for some children with hoard, poor nutrient absorption, or children with weak spleen and stomach, their hair is yellow and thin, and the manifestations are obvious.
It is necessary for such children to regulate the spleen and stomach, and there are two ways to effectively strengthen the spleen and stomach, one is to use medicine, and the other is to regulate daily diet and sleep.
Let's start with the daily regulation:
1.Sanwu boiled water as tea, yam, chicken gold, hawthorn, plus orange peel, boil water together for 15 minutes, you can use it as water every day, insist on giving the child a drink.
2.Control your diet, especially not let your child eat too much at dinner, 1-2 hours before bedtime, and do not eat anything other than water.
3.Don't give your child anything that is too greasy, fried, spicy, just taken out of the refrigerator, and sweets, eat less or no sweets.
4.Eat more vegetables in moderation, go out for more outdoor runs, jumps, and exercise.
5.Don't stay up late, the spleen and stomach also need to rest at night, staying up late is not good for the spleen and stomach, and you have to fall asleep before half past 9.