As autumn grows stronger, pediatric clinics are crowded with babies suffering from upper respiratory diseases. Recently, many babies suffering from colds, not because they are wearing less cold, but precisely because they are wearing too much and are “covered with illness”. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, if you want a child to be safe, three points of hunger and cold. Children belong to the pure Yang body, vigorous, rapid development, the body of Yang vigorous, cold easily into heat, too warm clothes, sweating too much, Yin and Jin depletion, prone to fever. And children are active, easy to sweat, wear more sweat will soak the inner layer of clothes, and when quiet, a little wind will catch a cold. It is often said that “spring cover autumn freezing”, after autumn, more should be appropriate to let the baby “freezing” point, do not prematurely, too fast to increase the clothes, one is beneficial to the human body is conducive to the human body Yin Qi sealing, the second can exercise the ability of children to resist cold, so that the baby slowly adapt to the falling temperature, improve The tolerance to the gradually cold environment. How should I dress my child? Autumn clothing for children should generally ensure that “three warm and one cool”, that is, back warm, belly warm, feet warm and head cool. Warm back and neck. Keeping the back and neck warm can prevent illness and reduce the chance of catching a cold. But not too warm to sweat on the back, otherwise it will be wet and cold back and disease. Belly warmth. The stomach is the place of the spleen and stomach, keeping the stomach warm is to protect the spleen and stomach. Children often have a lack of spleen and stomach, when cold air directly stimulates the abdomen, children will have stomach pain, thus damaging the function of the spleen and stomach. In addition, the weather has turned cold, do not eat cold drinks and cold food to avoid damage to the spleen and stomach. Therefore, “belly warmth” is an important part of the child’s health care, to the baby wear a snug undershirt or a vest, is a good way to keep the belly warm. Foot warmth. The foot is the meeting place of the yin and Yang meridian points, belongs to the end of the limbs, blood circulation is poor, nerve endings are rich, the most sensitive to the external cold evil. Cold from the feet, only the feet are warm, the whole body can resist the cold. The head is cold. Chinese medicine believes that the head is “the meeting of all the yang, the brain marrow. The head should be cool, should not wear too thick hat. The head is too hot, too much head sweat, easy to cause head sores and eye disease. The head is slightly cooler, not only to keep the mind awake, but also to enhance the body’s ability to resist cold. From the physiological point of view, the baby through the body surface heat, there are 1/3 is from the head dissipation. So this season, choose a single layer of thin hat can, should not be too thick. In addition, to the baby dress to be layered more than a few, take the baby out, can take a thin coat, according to the weather changes and their own feelings, flexible increase or decrease clothing. The weather temperature drops gradually add clothes, the temperature rises appropriately reduce clothes. In the morning cool more wear one, noon hot can be reduced one. Warm tip: You can judge the baby hot and cold by two methods, one is to touch the hands, the baby’s hands slightly cool is normal, the second is to observe, if there is a dry mouth and lips, hands and feet heart hot, dry stools, it is likely to cover the situation. It is important to note that, for, plain cold hands and feet Chinese medicine that is Yang Qi deficiency of the baby, is not suitable for “autumn freezing”, or appropriate warmth is appropriate.