I tend to prescribe alfacalcidol along with herbal medicine in my children’s treatment because alfacalcidol becomes active in the body when taken. Vitamin D3 has a wide range of uses, not just for calcium and osteoporosis, as the instructions say. It is a misconception that parents who come to see a TCM practitioner tend to be particularly superstitious about Chinese medicine and reject Western medicine. Vitamin D3 is mainly a substance called 7-dehydrocholesterol that the body transforms in its own skin through sunlight, and this substance exists in the fat under the skin, so if you can get more sunlight, of course, it’s good, but nowadays life is all about insufficient sunlight and poor individual transformation. So vitamin D3 deficiency is very common. Vitamin D and calcium are two concepts. It is also different from the commonly used cod liver oil. So what are the functions of vitamin D3? Traditional research: 1, improve the body’s absorption of calcium and phosphorus so that the plasma calcium and phosphorus balance. 2, promote growth and bone calcification, promote dental growth and health, to prevent tooth decay. 3, maintain the normal level of the important substance citrate in the blood (an important substance for human metabolism and growth), 4, prevent the loss of amino acids (an important vital substance) through the kidneys. It is used for rickets, osteochondrosis and prevention of tooth decay. It has therapeutic effect on tuberculosis and lupus erythematosus of all types. International cutting-edge research: In the past 20 years, a lot of in-depth research on vitamin D3 has been conducted internationally, showing that vitamin D is no longer just a health supplement for rickets in children. Vitamin D has a broader therapeutic future and has been confirmed in numerous clinical trials. 1. Reduce the incidence of common cancers, such as breast cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, etc. 2, prevention and control of autoimmune diseases, such as wind-like off, lupus erythematosus, nephritis, rigid spondylitis, asthma, ulcerative colitis and other difficult to treat diseases. 3, hypertension, taking vitamin D can be less use of antihypertensive drugs to make blood pressure stable. 4, infectious disease recovery: such as respiratory diseases, intestinal infections, influenza, etc., taking vitamin D can promote healing and less disease. 5, regulate the development and function of the placenta, pregnant women have better levels of vitamin D can prevent miscarriage, pre-eclampsia, premature birth and other complications during pregnancy. 6, infants and children with adequate vitamin D levels can reduce the occurrence of insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes in children for life, and reduce the incidence of asthma and schizophrenia. Adding vitamin D3 for asthma attacks can promote asthma relief and healing, as well as prevent excessive sweating, obesity, and recurrent infections caused by the use of corticosteroids in the traditional treatment of asthma. 7. Overall, adequate vitamin D is very important for the overall health of all people, especially women and children. 8, after years of clinical application experience, for children’s excessive sweating, sleep restlessness, night terrors, inattention, epilepsy, recurrent cough, rhinitis and other diseases oral vitamin D3 that is active alfacalcidol, has a good therapeutic effect.