Adenoid hypertrophy is a common facial dysplasia in children, often resulting in problems such as bulging upper incisors, thickened lips, upturned lips, and a high arched palate. In severe cases, it may also adversely affect a child's height and mental development. In order to avoid these potential harms, parents must intervene in time to manage their children's spleen and stomach problems to alleviate the symptoms of adenoid hypertrophy.
Adenoid hypertrophy is often associated with weakness and imbalance of the spleen and stomach in children. The weakness of the spleen and stomach will lead to food accumulation, depression and heat, which will lead to the problem of phlegm and stasis, and eventually cause symptoms such as nasal congestion, mouth breathing, and snoring. Therefore, this problem can be solved by regulating the spleen and stomach. In addition, children with lung and spleen qi deficiency are usually thin and susceptible to colds and allergies. Therefore, through the method of strengthening the spleen and lungs, comprehensive conditioning, combined with the program of soft and hard knots, can achieve good results. Righteousness is yang, and the spleen and stomach are the foundation of nurture, the source of righteousness in the body. Only by nourishing the spleen and stomach can the child's righteousness be sufficient, and the body can resist external evils and reduce the occurrence of diseases. Therefore, spleen and stomach conditioning can not only prevent adenoid hypertrophy, but also help strengthen the child's resistance.
Many of the children with adenoid hypertrophy I have seen in my clinic have a common characteristic, that is, lack of lung and spleen, easy allergies and recurrent colds. Although the specific symptoms may vary from child to child, the overall management idea is the same, which is mainly divided into three cycles: infection period, migration delay and recovery period.
In order to regulate adenoid hypertrophy caused by weakness of the spleen and stomach, the prescription I often use is Shenling Baizhu San. The source of this recipe is the third volume of "Taiping Huimin and Pharmacy Formula". The composition of the recipe includes white lentils, atractylodes, poria cocos, licorice, bellflower, lotus seeds, codonopsis, sand seeds, yams, and coix seeds. These medicinal materials have the effects of tonifying and invigorating qi, strengthening the spleen and lungs, strengthening the spleen with dampness, dissolving dampness, aromatizing and dampness, reducing stomach inversion, promoting lung nourishment, and harmonizing various medicines. Through the rational use of these herbs, the purpose of tonifying the spleen and stomach and benefiting the lungs can be achieved, so as to improve the symptoms of adenoid hypertrophy.
As mentioned earlier, the accumulation of food and internal heat caused by the weakness of the spleen and stomach is one of the main causes of adenoid hypertrophy. When internal heat rises to the lungs, it causes the adenoids to become enlarged. If the internal heat spreads further to the throat, it is also easy to cause throat inflammation.
In order to regulate adenoid hypertrophy caused by weakness of the spleen and stomach, the prescription I commonly use is Bohol pills, which is from the "Danxi Heart Method". The composition of the recipe includes scorched hawthorn, fried Liushenqu, fried sulforaphane seeds, fried malt, prepared banxia, tangerine peel, poria cocos and forsythia. These medicinal materials have the effects of eliminating greasy flesh, eliminating alcohol and food staleness, eliminating phlegm and turbidity in noodles and food, regulating qi and stomach, drying and dampness, dissolving phlegm, dispersing knots and clearing heat. Through the combined use of these herbs, it can effectively eliminate food and stagnation, regulate qi and stomach, thereby improving the symptoms of adenoid hypertrophy.
In the process of preventing adenoid hypertrophy, parents need to work on their children's diet. The spleen and stomach are afraid of cold, so it is necessary to avoid giving your child too much cold food. In particular, the food taken out of the refrigerator, and some fruits with a cold nature, should be reduced to the child's intake, preferably no more than 10% of the overall diet. In addition, parents can buy some foot soak Chinese medicine packets for their children, soak their children's feet with warm water before going to bed, and let their children use some products that stick to the umbilical cord and spleen and stomach, such as massage. The key is to stick to these methods to help regulate your child's spleen and stomach.
By regulating the spleen and stomach, it can effectively improve the problem of adenoid hypertrophy. First of all, we should pay attention to avoid spleen and stomach deficiency, and enhance the child's resistance through reasonable diet and medication. Secondly, it is necessary to pay attention to prevent carbuncles in the spleen and stomach, and use appropriate prescriptions to regulate and relieve inflammation. Finally, parents should be careful to protect their children's spleen and stomach from cold irritation, avoid eating too much cold food, and take some warm methods to recuperate, such as soaking feet and using spleen and stomach patches.
In conclusion, adenoid hypertrophy is a problem that tends to occur in children, but as long as the child's spleen and stomach are properly regulated and persisted for a period of time, it can effectively improve the symptoms and prevent potential adverse effects. Parents should pay attention to the condition of their children's spleen and stomach, reasonably adjust their diet and living habits, and intervene in time to avoid the harm caused by adenoid hypertrophy.