It’s time for winter tonic, while adults are enthusiastic about poultice tonic, many parents also want to take the opportunity to prescribe Chinese poultice tonic to their children, hoping that their children can strengthen their body resistance and get sick less. A. What is a children’s prescription? In general, children’s poultices are mainly made of calm and tonic herbs, such as Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Radix et Rhizoma Atractylodes Macrocephalae, etc. Chinese herbal ingredients such as rice kernel, lentil, malt and hawthorn in the poultice formula can be consumed in daily life, and icing sugar, syrup and brown sugar are used to replace the warm tonic herbs commonly used in adult poultices such as deer horn gum, avoid using hormonal herbal drinks, and use less nourishing and greasy products that hinder the stomach. It is a calm and tonic type of poultice. Which children are suitable for taking poultices? Generally speaking, children who take poultices should be over 4 years old. Only when they are weak or in remission from certain acute and chronic diseases, they need to take poultices in time. There are four main categories of children who are suitable for cream prescriptions: 1. recurrent respiratory infections, including frequent cold and cough, rhinitis, bronchitis, pneumonia and other diseases and immune deficiency; 2. bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, skin eczema or other allergic symptoms; 3. growth retardation, thin and short body, loss of appetite, spontaneous sweating and night sweats, urination; 4. other diseases, such as functional abdominal pain, weak digestive function, anorexia, etc. Weak function, easy to accumulate food, anorexia, vomiting, indigestion, chronic nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, myocarditis sequelae and other diseases. When should I take it? Generally, it should be taken between winter (December 21-22) and spring (February 4-5), and finished in about 45 days. Usually, it is better to take the formula continuously for more than 3 years. Fourth, how to take the formula? Start with a small dose and gradually increase it. For the first week of taking the formula for children, it is recommended to take one tablespoon every morning on an empty stomach to facilitate the absorption of the medicine. If you feel gastrointestinal discomfort or loss of appetite after taking it on an empty stomach, you can also take it after 30-90 minutes after meal. If the patient’s digestive function is normal or the condition requires it, after a week, it will be taken once before breakfast and dinner. V. How to store the cream? After the cream is made, use porcelain jar to store it, or use enamel pot to store it, but not use aluminum pot as container. Too high temperature will make the cream deteriorate, and light exposure will affect the efficacy of the cream, so it is advisable to put it in the refrigerator or choose a dry, light-proof, air circulation place. VI. Is there any dietary contraindication when taking the cream? It is recommended to avoid spicy, fatty, cold and other indigestible and special stimulating foods, and not to drink tea, coffee, cola, etc. during taking the formula. It is not advisable to take it at the same time with milk (can be taken at an interval of more than 2 hours), because the calcium, phosphorus and iron contained in it are prone to chemical reaction with the organic substances in tonic medicine. In case of fever and cold, acute vomiting and diarrhea or asthma attack should be suspended, and can only continue to take after the disease is relieved. Seven, after taking the cream discomfort symptoms: 1, nausea: do not take on an empty stomach, instead of 1-2 hours after the meal to take, the dose and add water to reduce the appropriate, take while hot. Or three slices of ginger boiled with water, take the juice to wash the paste; 2, diarrhea: stop taking the paste, looking for the cause. After the diarrhea can continue to take, a small dose to start, gradually increase; 3, constipation: dilute taking, or appropriate to reduce the dosage by half, extend the time of taking, or add an appropriate amount of honey in the paste to mix and serve, while increasing the diet of mixed vegetables and other foods rich in coarse fiber, such as lily fried celery, millet porridge, cornmeal and other ways to solve; 4, bloating, poor appetite: reduce the single dosage, to appetite, then increase Take the dosage, or use Chen Pi 6g, Buddha’s hand piece 10g, grain bud 30g, add water and boil for 10 minutes, take its juice to brew the paste. If there is bad breath and thick and greasy tongue, stop taking the medicine immediately and consult a doctor. Eight, warm tips Children are in the peak of growth and development, generally normal healthy children do not need the paste conditioning. Children with metabolic disorders, obesity, precocious puberty, etc. are generally not treated with children’s poultices. Children who are suitable for nourishment, even if they choose the children’s poultice, should also be combined with a reasonable diet and appropriate exercise under the guidance of parents in order to achieve the effect of strengthening the body.