Umbilical cord therapy, or umbilical cord therapy for short, is to apply medicine to the umbilicus and fix it with adhesive tape or gauze, etc. Through the penetration of medicine in the umbilicus, the purpose of eliminating diseases and eliminating evil and promoting the body’s recovery is achieved. The umbilicus, which is called the Shen Que point in Chinese medicine, is closely related to the five internal organs, twelve meridians and eight channels. The umbilicus can be used to treat the entire body, both inside and outside the body, through the meridians, thus producing therapeutic effects. It has a wide range of clinical applications, including the head and face, the five senses, the chest, the abdomen, the limbs, the five viscera and the six internal organs, and the evidence of deficiency, reality, cold and heat. Because of the delicate skin of children, the drug is easily absorbed through the skin, so umbilical therapy is especially suitable for children. Common pediatric diseases such as anorexia, diarrhea, constipation, enuresis, nocturnal cry, wind, salivation, sweating, etc. can be treated with umbilical therapy. Of course, umbilical therapy also has precautions, such as strict disinfection to prevent infection; strengthen care to avoid scratching to prevent the dressing from falling off; the skin of children is delicate, the dressing time should not be too long, it is appropriate to follow medical advice and use. Now introduce a few umbilical therapy prescriptions for pediatric diseases, for use. Newborn umbilical infection: take the appropriate amount of Yunnan Baiyao, first with physiological saline to clean the child’s umbilical secretions, and then Yunnan Baiyao on the child’s umbilicus, covered with gauze, and then wrapped in bandages, every other day to change the medicine. Diarrhea in children: grind Huang Lian, Wu Zhu Zhu, Clove, Cinnamon and Atractylodes and fill the umbilicus with appropriate amount and fix it with wound damp pain relief cream once a day. Functional enuresis: take 10 sections of fresh white onion (two inches long) and 12 grams of sulphur, pound them into cakes and put the cakes on the navel before the child goes to bed, covered with gauze and fixed. Change the medicine once in two days, can be used for about two weeks. Pediatric constipation: Take appropriate amount of raw rhubarb, dry it and then grind it into fine powder. Take 10 grams of raw rhubarb powder each time, make a paste with appropriate amount of white wine, put it on the navel of the child, cover it with a piece of sterile gauze and fix it with adhesive tape, then use a hot water bag to heat the navel for 10 minutes. Change the medicine once a day, usually 3 to 5 days to see results. Pediatric anorexia: 10 grams each of fried Shen Qu, fried malt and jiao hawthorn, 6 grams of fried lycopodium, 5 grams of chicken naijin (fried), finely powdered together. Add starch to the above medicine, mix with boiled water into a thick paste, put it on the umbilicus before bedtime, then fix it with a bandage and take it off the next morning. Once a day, 5 times as a course of treatment. If it does not heal, interval of one week, and then the second course of treatment. Every night before going to bed, take an appropriate amount of powder, mix with warm water into a paste, put it on the belly button of the child, cover with a piece of sterile gauze, fix it with adhesive tape, and remove the medicine cake in the next morning. Change the medicine once a day, usually 3 to 5 days to see results. Children’s salivation: take 9 grams of puzzle nut, 6 grams of psyllium, 3 grams of licorice, and grind the above medicine together to make a fine powder. When using the appropriate amount of powder with a little vinegar into a thin paste, compress the child’s navel, and then fixed with wound wet pain relief cream. During the period of compressing the medicine can be intermittently hot water bag hot compress belly button, once a day to change the medicine. The child night cry: take vermilion, amber 20 grams each, 10 grams of dogwood, each research for the end, bottled spare, when the first powder and even, into the umbilicus, external fixed with adhesive tape. 24 to 48 hours to change the medicine once, 7 times for a course of treatment.