Physiological characteristics of pediatric TCM

Let’s talk to our friends about the physiological characteristics of the pediatric population according to the TCM pediatrics textbook. In the process of growth and development, the physiological and pathological characteristics of children are significantly different from those of adults, so they cannot be regarded as a miniature of adults. Regarding the physiological characteristics of children, ancient doctors have discussed a lot, which can be summarized as follows: the internal organs are delicate, the shape is not full; vigorous, rapid development of two aspects. A, the internal organs are delicate, the form of gas is not yet full The internal organs are delicate, the form of gas is not yet full refers to the growth and development process of children, the form of its organs have not matured, a variety of physiological functions have not been sound. Some physicians summarize this physiological phenomenon as “infantile yang not yet full, infantile yin not yet long”, that is, “infantile yin and infantile yang”, which means that children are infantile and imperfect in terms of material basis and physiological functions. This means that children’s internal organs are particularly susceptible to external influences, such as the use of medicine. However, if the wrong medication is used, then his body is immediately damaged. This is because of the delicate internal organs of children. In ancient times, people said, “It is better to treat ten men than one woman; it is better to treat ten women than one child”, meaning that pediatrics is difficult to treat. However, pediatrics is sometimes good, because according to my observation, children with medicine, if the right evidence, a few pairs of drugs must have a response, very quickly. Because his internal organs are delicate, they are easily affected by drugs and sensitive to them. But if you want to use the bad, it is easy for children to be injured, this injury may be long-term, for example, cold to his injury, which may lead to him to grow up to be very weak Yang Qi, which is particularly unfortunate. For example, the lung is not yet full of Qi, which means that the child’s lungs are delicate and easily infected by external evil, and the lungs also breathe faster than adults. Therefore, one of the main targets of respiratory infections is children. The child’s spleen is not yet full of vital energy, which manifests itself in the form of anorexia, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea when the child has a slight dietary disorder, or vomiting and diarrhea when the child is slightly exposed to heat and cold. The child’s kidney form is not yet full of qi, the performance of the second stool often can not control themselves, some children are still very big bedwetting, etc.; the child’s heart form is not yet full of qi, manifested as easily frightened, pulse beating faster than adults, poor binding behavior, etc., the liver form is not yet full of qi, manifested as easy to move the wind, such as fever, adults will not cause convulsions, but children will appear. 2. Vigorous and rapid development Vigorous and rapid development is used to describe the very rapid growth and development of a child. For example, height, weight, stature, head circumference, etc. It refers to the vitality of the child, as if the rising sun is rising, the grass and trees are flourishing, steaming and thriving. Expressed as a vigorous, tentative development. In the first year of life, a child’s weight can increase by 7.0Kg and height can increase by 25cm, which shows its rapid development. It means that the child will adjust itself if there is a problem, and this is the most important feature, he will adjust along the right direction. So for the child’s conditioning, a gentle tweak of the trend will do, because he will grow up a little by himself and grow up well. So we have to go along with the trend to give him adjustment at this time, he quickly recovered himself, and the speed of recovery is surprising. Many parents are very worried about their children’s health, so once the child is sick, they hope to hate the next day immediately well, under the guidance of this mood, parents are very easy to give their children excessive medication. In fact, in general, children grow rapidly and should recover quickly with a little intervention. However, if parents are anxious and give their children excessive medication and over-treatment, it will affect the recovery of the child’s body and lead to lingering illnesses and even more problems. According to clinical observation, there are many such problems caused by parents’ emotional instability. There are many parents who are the kind of nervous type. On the one hand, their children are often sick, which makes them become nervous, and at the same time, I think more on the other hand, they are always nervous and intervene quickly with medicine at the slightest wind, which may result in overdoing it, while the child’s own regulation ability has no chance to be exercised at all, and in the long run, it becomes a vicious circle. It is because they are not quite aware of the child’s vigorous and rapid development.