Children can regulate the spleen and stomach through pediatric massage, moxibustion, and paying attention to diet, etc., and should follow the doctor’s instructions.
1. Pediatric Tuina: The functions of the spleen and stomach can be strengthened by tonifying the spleen meridian and clearing the stomach meridian. The specific operation is: use the thumb and index finger to rub the abdomen of the child’s thumb1 to tonify the spleen, clear the stomach meridian is to hold the child’s thumb, along the red and white flesh intersection (the junction of the heart of the hand with the back of the hand, the heart of the foot with the dorsum of the foot), from the root of the direction of the fingertips to the distal end of the first section of the thumb straight push.
2. Moxibustion: Moxibustion can be used to strengthen the spleen and regulate the spleen and stomach by moxibustion of the spleen meridian’s original point Taibai point and the stomach meridian’s joint point Foot Sanli; navel moxibustion can also be used to infiltrate pure Yang heat into the body of the child in order to regulate the effectiveness of the spleen and stomach.
3. Pay attention to diet: parents should insist that children eat on time, balanced nutrition. Prohibit overeating, prohibit cold and spicy food, eat less watermelon and other cold fruits, can take more yam and millet porridge and other foods that nourish the spleen and stomach.
Children with weak spleen and stomach may have nausea, loose stools (thin and unformed stools), etc. They should consult a doctor in time, and under the guidance of a professional doctor, make adjustments as soon as possible.