Children with poor sleep need to be treated with medication, the main causes of poor sleep in children are exuberant liver fire, deficiency of heart and spleen (heart and spleen are weak) and phlegm heat disturbing the heart, commonly used medications include gentian diarrhea liver soup, revert to the spleen soup, Huanglian wen gallbladder soup and other treatments.
1. Excessive liver fire. Children with poor sleep accompanied by red eyes and bitter mouth, yellow and red urine can be diagnosed as having an exuberant liver fire. At this time, it is necessary to take the method of dredging the liver and draining the fire (dredging the fire and heat of the liver meridian), to calm the heart and tranquilize the mind for treatment, and commonly used medicines include Longdian Diarrhea Liver Tang. Those who are allergic to this product or have a cold constitution should not use it.
2. Deficiency of heart and spleen. Children with poor sleep accompanied by loss of appetite, weakness of the limbs, abdominal distension and loose stools can be diagnosed as having deficiency of both the heart and the spleen. In this case, it is necessary to adopt the methods of tonifying the heart and nourishing the spleen, nourishing the blood and calming the mind (through nourishing the blood to stabilize the mind and soothe the emotions), and the commonly used clinical drugs include Gui Spleen Tang.
3. Phlegm-heat disturbing the heart. When children have poor sleep and are accompanied by acid swallowing (swallowing acid from the stomach up to the mouth and throat), nausea, and chest tightness, it can be diagnosed as phlegm-heat disturbing the heart. In this case, it is necessary to take the method of clearing heat and resolving phlegm, harmonizing the middle and tranquilizing the mind, and the commonly used clinical medicines include Huanglian and Wenbian Tang.
Those who are allergic to the above drugs or have allergies should not use them. If you need to use the above medicines, you should use them under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, and do not use them on your own to avoid adverse consequences.