Ten Methods of Raising Children in Chinese Medicine

A back warm: Chinese medicine believes that the back of the yang meridian where the wind and cold air easily from the back of the Yu points into the human body and lead to disease. Therefore, the back of the child must add clothing in a timely manner, especially at night when sleeping. Two to belly warm: belly for the human spleen and stomach (digestive and absorptive organs) where, Chinese medicine theory: warm line, cold is condensed point of view. Because of the warmth of the spleen and stomach transport normal, cold is the spleen and stomach transport stagnation disorder, there will be abdominal pain, anorexia, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms. Three to foot warm: Chinese medicine believes that the cold from the feet, so the feet should be kept warm, if the feet are cold often cause cold and fever and other diseases. Four to head cool: Chinese medicine believes that the head for the six Yang meridians gathered place, Yang Qi is more vigorous, so the head should not wear too much clothing. But need to pay attention to the head is not too warm, but pay attention to the wind, because the head is the highest place in the body, as the saying goes, the high place is not cold, in the human body is the same, the head is the most easy to get cold and windy place. Therefore, when you go out and rest at home to avoid the wind, not when the wind blows directly. Five to heart chest cool: heart chest blood circulation is strong, so sleep should not cover too much clothing. Sixth, do not make to see the very thing: because the growth and development of children is not perfect, the spirit is not fixed, easy to be frightened by the outside world and cause convulsions. Seventh, the spleen and stomach to warm: because the spleen and stomach of children like warm and cold, in the children’s medication should be more warm medicine, less cold drugs. Eight children cry not yet settled, do not make milk: children cry, often air inhalation into the abdomen, this time to eat milk will often cause abdominal distension and vomiting and other discomforts. Therefore, it is best to eat milk when the child is quiet. Nine do not take light powder, cinnabar: light powder, cinnabar has a phlegm and saliva sedative effect, but its nature of the cold, easy to hurt the body. Ten within a week should be less bath: refers to the first week of the child’s birth, should not be bathed many times, Chinese medicine believes that newborns such as new shoots of grass and trees, without the cold and summer delicate and weak, so do not frequent baths, fear of warmth and heat of the gas Yu steam is not.