Many children come to the clinic with vomiting and constipation, but a series of tests are done and nothing is found, which is most likely due to pent-up food. The term “paediatric food accumulation” is a term used in Chinese medicine, which refers to the stagnation of food in the middle jiao due to improper diet and damage to the spleen and stomach. The accumulation of food over time can cause malnutrition in children and affect growth and development. Identification of paediatric food accumulation: Paediatric food accumulation mostly occurs in infants and young children, mainly due to improper diet. As the saying goes, “If you want your child to be safe, you have to be hungry and cold”, and there is some truth to this. The main symptoms of paediatric food accumulation are the following, which can help you identify correctly. 1, vomiting Vomiting is the most common and easy to attract the attention of parents of the symptoms of paediatric eclipse, the child vomited after eating, vomit for undigested food, which is not digested fruits and vegetables, see clearly, and will be accompanied by a fermented sour odor. This kind of vomiting is generally different from vomiting caused by gastroenteritis and encephalitis, the child is in a good state of mind, after vomiting should play, should sleep, and even some vomiting appetite instead of up, chasing after food. If the child usually has constipation, more highly suspect the possibility of accumulation of food. 2, look at the tongue Among all the body surface reaction to food accumulation, the tongue is the fastest response to the gastrointestinal digestive function. Under normal circumstances, the tongue surface is clean and red, with uniform tongue texture and tongue papillae visible. In the case of food accumulation, the tongue moss is thick and greasy, and the tongue is a map. 3, bad breath In case of accumulation of food, the food stays in the stomach and intestines for a long time and ferments, resulting in a bad taste in the child’s mouth, especially in the morning. 4, abdominal distension Due to food stagnation, coupled with the fermentation of food will produce gas, the child in the accumulation of food will appear bloated, percussion abdomen drum sound. 5, sleep restlessness, clenching teeth In Chinese medicine, there is a saying that if the stomach is not in harmony with the sleep restlessness, adults also have this feeling, eat too much, eat bad digestion will affect the sleep, and children are more obvious, once the accumulation of food will sleep tossing and turning, tossing and turning, rolling all over the bed. There will lead to stomach heat and stomach fire, fire is active, so if the stomach is bad or intestinal parasites will lead to grinding teeth. 6, look at the stool under normal circumstances, the child stool more regular, generally 1-2 times / day, or every other day 1, the stool is yellow paste, older children are formed soft stool. In constipation, the stool is dry or hard, once every few days or even once every few weeks, accompanied by difficulty in defecation. 7, hair dry, knotted spike hair for the rest of the blood. The health of the hair reflects the health of the body to a certain extent. Children’s hair can reflect the state of spleen, stomach, qi and blood. When healthy, the hair is soft and dense, but when accumulation of food, due to digestion and absorption disorders, resulting in the lack of Qi and blood, the lack of trace elements, and hair dryness, knotted spike, and even hair loss. 8, look at the color of the face The accumulation of food children due to long-term digestion, absorption disorders, malnutrition, and even anemia, anemia of the child will be manifested as a pale yellow face. In addition, the eye bags from traditional Chinese medicine points is the starting point of the foot Yangming stomach meridian, ancient books record: “Yangming pulse failure, the face begins to anxiety”, so the spleen and stomach is not good, the child accumulation of food first Cheng Weeping point this location will be blue, the actual is edema. These are a few of the common manifestations of paediatric food retention, and you can make a preliminary judgment based on your child’s condition. Of course, if the child vomits a lot, it is still necessary to go to the hospital to listen to the doctor’s professional opinion.