Symptoms of spleen deficiency in children

According to Chinese medicine, the spleen is the source of Qi and blood, and nutrients are transported and transformed by the spleen. With the great improvement of living conditions nowadays, parents let their children eat well and eat a lot, but on the contrary, their bodies are not strong and their spleen and stomach are getting weaker and weaker, suffering from spleen deficiency. Children’s internal organs are delicate, the spleen is often inadequate, coupled with the diet does not know how to self-regulate, children picky, partial food, good snacks, or overeating, hunger and satiety, are easy to damage the spleen and stomach, resulting in children’s spleen and stomach weakness. There are many symptoms of spleen deficiency in children. (1) Poor appetite, loss of appetite, picky eating, partiality, dislike of staple foods, or excessive uncontrolled eating. (2) A thin body, lack of growth, or weakness and lack of vitality. (3) Easy to catch cold, fever, cough. (4) Abdominal distension, excessive gas, diarrhea or constipation. (5) Lack of luster, greenish or yellowish face, dry or cracked lips, poor skin resistance, eczema, allergies, etc. (6) Thick white or yellow tongue coating. If the child has the above symptoms, then it means that the spleen is deficient and needs to be adjusted in time. First of all, feed properly and regularly, avoid injuring food, eat less fatty and oily food, increase the child’s activity appropriately, go to a regular medical institution for massage, or take medication to strengthen the spleen and tonify the qi.