Pediatric Nurturing FAQ I. Pediatric Gastrointestinal Parasite Problems: Children who have blue spots in the white of the eyes and a slightly cold spleen and stomach are prone to parasites in the intestines when they eat lettuce with worm eggs, and need to take medicine to regulate the spleen and stomach, so that the spleen and stomach are warmed up and the intestinal peristalsis speeds up, and parasites are easily discharged. If there are parasites, it is easy to scratch the anus during sleep, and there are worms in the large size. You can also go to the hospital and look at the feces with a microscope. However, for children with weak spleen and stomach, it is not recommended to use western medicine to fight worms, and often the spleen and stomach will be even worse after fighting worms. This situation can use Chinese medicine to regulate the function of the spleen and stomach; really have found parasites, you can use Chinese medicine to fight worms. Second, how to improve the child’s immunity: 1, healthy food, balanced diet, light, avoid sweets, cold drinks, chemical seasonings, too much meat and seafood, so as not to cause phlegm and dampness of the body, phlegm and cough every time you catch a cold; 2, appropriate amount of outdoor exercise; 3, colds and flu, do not because of the rush to reduce the fever and injury to the spleen, stomach, and kidney qi; should be in accordance with the symptoms of the cold, the body, given to the sweating, expelling the wind, warming the sun, Clearing heat, phlegm, line qi, tonifying qi, dampness and so on different treatments, so that the children’s body yin and yang and give the children’s body a little bit of time to deal with their own, the next time the same cold and flu viruses to be able to have resistance; 4, easy to have buccal inflammation, mumps, thrush and other illnesses, is a hot and humid body of the children are prone to have a condition, it is recommended that usually eat less meat and fried food; summer eat more red beans and coix seed soup and green beans and coix seed soup; 4, easy to eat red beans and coix seed soup and green beans and coix seed soup; 4, easy to eat red beans and coix seed soup and green beans and coix seed soup. 5, spleen and stomach children, the common denominator is poor appetite, poor absorption, muscle is not strong, endurance is relatively poor; but also divided into spleen and stomach cold and spleen and stomach heat; spleen and stomach cold children, poor appetite, not thirsty, large size does not form, large size does not stink, more afraid of cold; spleen and stomach heat children, will be hungry but do not eat much, will be thirsty, large size is easy to dry, large size is more smelly. Third, only eat meat and not eat vegetables children how to do: or to start from the dietary habits change, if the dietary habits are not healthy, just rely on medication to regulate, but also can not take medicine for life. Now do not eat healthy food, the future must often take medicine. Nowadays, the age of cancer patients has been decreasing, which is related to the dietary habits of children. The following is an excerpt from a news report in Taiwan: {There was a 14-year-old teenager who ate grilled sausages in front of his school almost every day, and by the time he had symptoms, he was already suffering from Stage 4 colon cancer, and he died after four months of treatment. By coincidence, a 10-year-old boy was admitted to a hospital attached to the Higher Medical College, because he couldn’t relieve his bowels, and the examination found a malignant tumor as big as a ping-pong ball jammed in his colon, and he was diagnosed as suffering from Stage III intestinal cancer, which is the youngest intestinal cancer patient in China at the moment.} Children’s restlessness at night, turning and turning, thick and greasy tongue: If there are too many sweets, monosodium glutamate (MSG), chemical seasonings, chemical pigments, etc., and too much meat in the diet, or if the children themselves have dampness and heat and phlegm obstruction, this will lead to the Yang not being able to get into the yin during sleep, and the children will turn over and turn around frequently during the night, and if it is severe, their heads will be sweaty when they go to sleep; in the long run, this will affect the kidney qi, which will affect the development of the bones and the brain. So first adjust the diet, if there is still such a situation, and then consider the physical condition of the Chinese medicine to regulate. Fifth, the performance of pediatric spleen and stomach cold: face dull yellow, mountain root color green, slightly blue eyes, may be part of the phenomenon of spleen and stomach cold, but it is best to look at the tongue, pulse depending on the face. Sixth, children’s stool a grain, dry and knotty problem: this is sheep poop, Chinese medicine is called the spleen about the disease; belong to the lungs can not go down, at the same time a little bit of hot and dry phenomenon of the large intestine, should eat less meat, fried food, at the same time, you can eat some of the food to nourish the spleen and stomach to produce fluids, such as lotus seed, white fungus, loofah, small cucumber, lily, lotus root, and so on. Seven, the child’s eye white blue spots: the white of the eye with blue spots, is the phenomenon of spleen deficiency and lung qi is not open, is prone to worms of the body, but not necessarily now there are worms. Dietary therapy can eat some of the spleen of the Chinese mountain, lotus seeds, jujube, the right amount of ginger to warm the spleen and stomach, eat some red roti to help gastrointestinal peristalsis, drink some unsweetened almond powder (specify the southern almonds, also known as sweet almonds) to help open the lung gas. Frequently Asked Questions on Pediatric Nurturing II I. Two-month-old baby, breastfeeding, with stools that smell like rotten eggs and are egg-shaped: This is a phenomenon in which the baby is unable to fully digest the proteins and fats in the mother’s milk, and if he or she is still eating the mother’s milk, there are a couple of possibilities: 1. The mother’s diet is too oily and the proteins are too high. 2. The baby’s spleen and stomach are naturally weak. 3. the baby may have been slightly chilled in the past few days, or there is a cold in the abdomen. If it is 1, then the mother can adjust the diet; if it is 2, 3, usually pay attention to the baby’s abdomen to keep warm, often used to rub the abdomen and navel around the hand, generally counterclockwise, from the baby’s abdomen of the right down, right up, left up, left down the direction of the gentle kneading, to the skin slightly warm can be. You can also slightly add complementary food, brown rice powder is appropriate, or the Chinese medicine of the four gods powder. If necessary, ask your trusted Chinese medicine practitioner to prescribe tonics to be infused in small amounts. If the large size is very frequent, often crying, we should consider possible enteritis. Second, one and a half month old baby, stools have yellow long thin stripes: if it is yellow long thin stripes, such as snot, may be a slight diarrhea; if it is yellow long thin stripes of soft stools, may be a slightly narrowed intestinal tract, may be with the development of natural improvement. Third, a month and a half old baby, baby stool color is normal, occasionally pull foam, appetite and sleep are normal: occasionally pull foam, should not be sick, just a little wet spleen and stomach phenomenon; can try to see, the mother will eat less wet food, such as sweets, iced beverages, etc., eat some spleen and moisture food, such as corn, red bean soup, etc., should be helpful. Fourth, two and a half year old baby mouth ulcers: try to see what can clear dampness and heat of the red bean barley green bean soup, three kinds of equal parts after cooking, add a little rock sugar for flavor. If the red beans, barley and green beans can not be swallowed, you can make juice, or just drink the soup. At the same time, try to eat a light diet, do not eat barbecue, spicy, fried, and recently eat less meat, try tofu instead, there will be no heat toxicity. If the condition continues to worsen, please find a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner for treatment. Fifth, children with phlegm after a cold cough runny nose: 1. As long as there is phlegm dampness caused by a runny nose, coughing up phlegm, we must avoid food, animal fats, animal proteins should be eaten sparingly, that is, meat, seafood, dairy should be eaten sparingly, there are also sweets should be eaten sparingly, sweet and sour taste of fruits and beverages should also be reduced. Protein can be supplemented with almond flour, soy milk, grain milk, black soybean milk, red soybean milk, etc.; 2. To phlegm part, therapeutic food is not easy to do; to wet part, you can get more sunshine, drink corn juice, drink red bean water; hot and humid body can drink red beans and barley water; cold and humid body can can drink some ginger soup, or red beans boiled ginger soup. If you can not distinguish, to abstain from food, sun, drink corn juice, drink red bean water and other neutral way to wet can be; 3. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the children’s physique for the spleen deficiency phlegm dampness, the spleen for the source of phlegm, lungs for the storage of phlegm apparatus, the spleen and lungs must be adjusted at the same time, dietary adjustments, taking tonics can change the physique. Six, children coughing after a cold can drink chenpi water or jujube tea: chenpi water or kumquat tea, jujube tea, etc., can line the gas, open the lungs, for coughing sound powerful baby can try to see; for coughing sound weak and feeble, poor appetite baby is not suitable. In addition, unsweetened almond powder, as long as the confirmation is south almonds, you can drink a small amount of no harm every day, eight months of the baby, about each time 5g south almond powder, mixed into the complementary food, three times a day. Seven, pediatric navel protrusion, navel hernia: This navel hernia is the cause of the umbilical cord off, the navel around this circle of tissue (Umbilical ring) is not completely closed, so when the baby in the crying or abdominal distension will occur, protruding inside the intestinal mesentery or a portion of the small intestine, generally do not have to worry about it, along with the development of babies, between six months and a year old will be naturally healed and Shrink back; but I have also heard of four, five-year-old children have this kind of navel hernia, usually occurs in the spleen and stomach weakness, easy to flatulence of the pediatric body. Some babies because of spleen deficiency, gas stagnation and flatulence, or cold and dampness into the navel hernia, often accompanied by abdominal pain or easy to go down, so we should observe the baby’s appetite, stools, or mobility is normal, or gently press around the navel, observe the baby’s facial expression, you can learn whether there is abdominal pain. If it has been determined that eating abdominal pain, we must find a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to strengthen the spleen and qi method, at least let the child’s symptoms of abdominal pain healed, to ensure that the future navel hernia can be with the development of the early disappearance. If the child is crying, vomiting, hernia bulging red, swollen, hot, or even black and other inflammatory phenomena, it may be “incarcerated hernia”, that is, the protruding small intestine is pinched, resulting in unfavorable blood flow and stasis and swelling of the phenomenon, which requires immediate medical treatment. Chinese medicine can be taken internally to strengthen the spleen and blood qi prescription, external anti-inflammatory blood qi powder external application. Eight, the child is easy to flatulence: 1. You can consider gentle abdominal massage, in order from the baby’s right lower, right upper, left upper, left lower way, massage the abdomen. 2. cold evidence of the constitution of the baby, you can use a little ginger juice to rub the abdomen, to help the bowel movement. Heat evidence of the constitution of the baby, you can use a little rhubarb soaked in water to rub the abdomen, to help intestinal peristalsis. However, it is important to note that babies under two years of age, the use of topical ointments, medicinal oils, can not be used containing peppermint (menthol), camphor (camphor), methyl salicylate ⋯ (methl salicylate) these kinds of chemical components of the ointment or medicinal oil. These ingredients have been banned in Taiwan for babies under 2 years old. 3. need to consider whether the bottle’s nipple hole is too large, resulting in sucking the bottle when inhaling too much air; or bottle-feeding posture is not appropriate, the general recommendation to 45 degrees. The general recommendation is 45 degrees. And it is not advisable to lie down immediately after eating. 4. Consider whether liquid milk other than breastmilk is not suitable for your baby’s body type. 5. If the symptoms persist, it is advisable to consult your trusted Chinese medicine practitioner. (ix) excessive sweating in the head of the child, excessive sweating in the head during sleep and restlessness at night: there are many possibilities for this condition, which must be clinically examined to be sure. Generally, it is common for babies to have dampness in the middle jiao, or dampness and heat in the body, or heat in the blood, or spleen deficiency, or Yin false heat, etc., and all of the above may make the baby’s head sweat more due to the floating of deficiency and Yang.