Chinese medicine against vertigo
Vertigo is a kind of motion illusion, caused by many diseases. Since babies have less vertigo than adults and cannot express it in words, they often use the term “headache” to describe it.
Different ages, different causes
Early childhood
Disease-related: Uprightness adjustment disorder is common. Common causes include brain tumors, especially cerebellar and brain stem tumors, which often have vertigo and falls as the first symptoms. Other causes are severe nutritional anemia, cerebellitis, meningitis, combined with otitis media and inner ear malformation.
Cerebellar malformation causes balance and sensory disorders, and in addition to vertigo, there are also movement delays, abnormal balance and sensory, and difficulty in writing.
Physiological: Benign paroxysmal vertigo occurs mostly in babies aged 1 to 4 years old, with paroxysmal attacks lasting from a few seconds to a few minutes and rotational vertigo.
・School age
Adjustment disorder: This condition is more common in female babies than in male babies. The baby feels dizzy, pale and nauseous when waking up in the morning, and feels dizzy after standing for a little while and must sit down immediately. Blackness and vertigo in front of the eyes instantly when getting up from a squatting position, accompanied by chest tightness, heartburn, vomiting, etc., often with motion sickness and seasickness.
Infectious origin: Acute vestibular neuronitis is also a common cause of vertigo, which may be caused by viral infection. Babies often feel that they or the surrounding scenery are constantly rotating, blurry eyes, swaying, nausea, vomiting, nystagmus and unsteadiness in standing, but no hearing impairment.
There are many Chinese medical treatments
・Take medicine
Chinese medicine treatment can be added with Tianma Gou Tang (Tian Ma), Gou Tang (Gou Tang), Scutellaria Baicalensis (Scutellaria Baicalensis), 15 grams of Shijiazhuang, 9 grams of Chuanxiu Knee, 9 grams of Dou Zhong, 9 grams of Nightshade, and 9 grams of Xia Ku Cao. Decoction with water, 1 dose daily.
Indicated for: erectile dysregulation, acute vestibular neuronitis.
Foot therapy
Take 15 grams of Cornus officinalis, 2 grams of cinnamon, finely grind together, mix well with rice vinegar, pinch into a cake and apply it to the Yongquan point of both feet before bedtime, and take it off the next morning, 3-5 times in a row. Or take the right amount of dogwood, research as fine powder, with rice vinegar or petroleum jelly appropriate amount of paste for external application of the Chungquan point in the heart of the feet, 1 change daily, for 10-15 days.
Indicated for: vertigo and tinnitus, sleep disturbance, facial flushing.
Navel filling therapy
Take 10 grams each of Astragalus membranaceus and Schisandra chinensis, grind them into fine powder, add appropriate amount of water to make a thin paste and apply it to the navel. The dressing is wrapped and fixed with adhesive tape, and the medicine is changed once a day for 3 to 5 days. It can strengthen the spleen and benefit the qi.
Indicated for: dizziness caused by anemia and deficiency of qi and blood in babies.
Health tips
Before taking the above treatment, the mother should clarify the specific cause of her baby’s vertigo.
Pay attention to a nutritious, fresh and light diet, and avoid eating fatty, sweet, spicy things.
Make sure your baby gets enough sleep by keeping the room quiet and the light dark.
Keeping your baby in a relaxed and stable mood is very important to prevent the onset of vertigo and reduce its attacks.