According to Chinese medicine, a normal person’s tongue is a light red tongue with thin white moss. Children with insufficient stomach qi and map tongue can be adjusted by adjusting their dietary habits and traditional Chinese medicine treatment.
1. Adjusting dietary habits: Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are mutually exclusive, and insufficient stomach qi often causes spleen dyskinesia (a dysfunction of the spleen’s transportation function), both of which can cause indigestion. In addition, Chinese medicine believes that cold will damage the yang qi of the spleen and stomach, so it is necessary to eat less cold and stimulating food.
2. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treatment: Children with insufficient stomach qi can use herbs that strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach, such as Chinese yam and atractylodes, etc. In addition, the Chinese herbal formula Baohe Pills can be used to treat the deficiency. In addition, Chinese herbal medicines such as Baohe Pills, Si Jun Zi Tang, and Spleen Enhancement Pills are all effective in strengthening the spleen and stomach, and can be used to regulate the spleen and stomach.
Bao He Wan can eliminate food stagnation, guide stagnation and harmonize the stomach. It is used for stagnation of food (indigestion of food and its accumulation in the stomach), distension of the epigastrium (stomach and abdomen), belching and swallowing of acid (burping with foul taste and acidic water in the mouth), and lack of desire for food.
Spleen Strengthening Pill can strengthen the spleen and harmonize the stomach, eliminate food and stop diarrhea. It is used for treating spleen deficiency and food accumulation, which is characterized by poor appetite, stuffiness in the epigastrium, tiredness and fatigue. Sijunzi Tang can benefit qi and strengthen the spleen, treating deficiency of spleen and stomach qi, such as low voice, shortness of breath and fatigue. The adverse effects of the above prescriptions are not clear.
Children with insufficient stomach qi need to consult a doctor in time to identify the cause of the disease and standardize the treatment. Self-medication is not recommended to avoid delaying the condition.