How to identify pediatric unresponsiveness and inattention in Chinese medicine?

Children’s slow reaction and inattention can be referred to “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder” for diagnosis and treatment, according to the different types of Yin deficiency of the liver and kidney (deficiency of Yin of the liver and kidney), deficiency of the heart and spleen (weakness of the heart and spleen), and phlegm and fire disturbance (disturbances of phlegm and fire in the body) and other different types of identification and administration of medication. 1. Yin deficiency of the liver and kidney: manifested by hyperactivity, impatience, irritability, impulsivity, difficulty in self-control, inability to concentrate, or accompanied by poor memory, enuresis, and heatiness of the five hearts (heatiness of the hearts of the hands and feet, and self-consciousness of the heart and chest irritability and sultriness). The treatment should be nourishing the liver and kidney, calming the liver and subduing yang (suppressing too much rising yang qi in the liver), and can be treated with Qiji Ju Dihuang Pill with additional subtractions. 2. Deficiency of the heart and spleen: manifested by laxity of mind, poor concentration, fatigue (mental exhaustion, physical weakness), thinness, impudent speech, doing things without a head, poor sleep, poor memory, and partiality to less food. Treatment is to nourish the heart and calm the mind (stabilizing the mind by nourishing the heart), strengthen the spleen and benefit the qi, and use Gui Spleen Tang combined with Gan Mai Da Zao Tang plus subtractions to treat the disease. 3. Internal disturbance of phlegm-fire syndrome: hyperactivity and talkativeness, restlessness, impulsiveness and capriciousness, difficulty in restraining, lack of concentration, and irritable heat in the chest. The treatment is to clear away heat and fire (to remove heat and fire from the body), resolve phlegm and calm the heart, and use Huanglian Wengdian Tang with subtractions to treat the disease. Children’s slow reaction and inattention is recommended to do all the intelligence examination, clear diagnosis, and then according to the corresponding Chinese medicine disease diagnosis and treatment, do not blindly use their own medicine.