Children with poor spleen and stomach can be adjusted by taking traditional Chinese medicine and pediatric massage.
Weakness of the spleen and stomach in children manifests itself in the form of loss of appetite, reduced food intake, pale complexion, emaciation, mental lethargy, irregular bowel movements (abnormal stools), and in severe cases, irritability and hypersomnia, and heat in the hands, feet and heart.
Treatment for Spleen Disorders (dysfunction of the spleen’s transportation and normalization functions) can be prescribed by a doctor in the form of Buwajin Zhengqi San. Pediatric massage can be used to tonify the spleen and earth, transport the internal eight trigrams, clear the stomach meridian, pinch and knead the transverse lines of the palms, massage the abdomen, and knead the three miles of the feet.
Spleen and stomach qi deficiency type can be treated with Isokong San as prescribed by the doctor. Pediatric massage can be used to replenish the spleen and earth, transport the internal eight trigrams, knead the feet, rub the abdomen, and pinch the spine.
Yin deficiency of the spleen and stomach can be treated with Nourishing Stomach and Increasing Fluid Soup as prescribed by the doctor. Pediatric Tui Na can be used to knead the Panmen, tonify the stomach meridian, transport the Eight Trigrams (a kind of Tui Na technique performed on the hands of children), break up the yin and yang, knead the Erma, knead the middle epigastric region, and so on.
If there is any related condition, it is recommended to treat it under the guidance of a professional physician, and not to blindly use medication or manipulation on one’s own.