According to Chinese medicine practitioners, a child’s lack of appetite due to spleen deficiency may be caused by spleen dyskinesia (dysfunction of the spleen’s transportation function), spleen and stomach qi deficiency, and spleen and stomach yin deficiency, which require targeted treatment for different causes.
1. Loss of tonicity of the spleen: In addition to loss of appetite and aversion to eating, there will also be a lack of taste in food, a decrease in the amount of food eaten, and irregular bowel movements (abnormal stools). It can be treated by regulating the spleen and stomach, strengthening the spleen and opening the stomach. Clinically, the addition and subtraction of Buwajin Zhengqi San is commonly used for treatment.
2. Qi deficiency of the spleen and stomach: besides not wanting to eat, there will also be indigestion after eating, undigested food in the stool, pale face, emaciation, pale tongue, white fur, and feeble pulse, etc. The treatment can be carried out by strengthening the spleen and increasing qi. It can be regulated by strengthening the spleen and vital energy, and is commonly treated with the addition or subtraction of isogongsan.
3. Spleen and Stomach Yin Deficiency: Children with Spleen and Stomach Yin Deficiency will have little food and drink, rough and dry skin, dry stools, yellow urine, and even hot hands and feet, with red tongue and little moss, etc. The symptoms can be regulated by nourishing the spleen and stomach. It can be treated by nourishing the spleen and stomach, which is often treated with the addition or subtraction of Nourishing Stomach and Increasing Liquid Soup.
The child’s spleen deficiency does not like to eat can be treated through traditional Chinese medicine, the child’s spleen deficiency does not like to eat need to consult a doctor in time to avoid delaying the condition. You can also follow the doctor’s instructions to choose acupuncture, massage and other ways of treatment.