What are the symptoms of internal heat in children?

Many parents think that their children are suffering from internal heat when they see constipation, redness and swelling in the corners of the eyes, and sores in the mouth. There are many kinds of internal heat in children. If there is heat in the heart, the tongue will turn red. If there is heat in the liver, the corners of the eyes will turn dry. If there is fire in the spleen, there will be dry and bitter mouth. Therefore, the symptoms of internal heat in children are different, and parents should adjust according to different symptoms.

Symptoms of internal heat in children

(1) Constipation. Once a baby suffers from constipation, he will often delay defecation as much as possible because he feels pain during defecation, which makes the stool drier and forms a vicious cycle.

(2) Yellow urine. This is when the baby's urine will be yellower than usual and the amount will be smaller. This symptom indicates that the baby is getting hot, and it also means that the baby's body is often dehydrated.

(3) Mouth and tongue ulcers. This will affect your baby's diet. If a child who has not yet learned to speak suddenly refuses to eat, becomes easily irritable, cries, or even refuses to drink water, parents should check whether they have ulcers in their mouths.

(4) The baby does not sleep well. If you often feel irritable, restless, cry, wake up easily, toss and turn, and sometimes grind your teeth while sleeping, but have no other symptoms, it may be a sleep disorder caused by an imbalance in the body due to getting angry.

(5) The baby suddenly has more eye mucus. After ruling out some tear duct and eye diseases, it can be preliminarily determined that the baby is suffering from internal heat.

(6) The baby has bad breath. It may be caused by "stomach fire", which is generally related to food accumulation due to improper feeding. In addition, when stomach fire is severe, problems such as dry and hard stools will also occur simultaneously.

Can children drink herbal tea to reduce internal heat?

1. "Babies and adults are different. Some 'heat-reducing' medicines for adults may not be suitable for babies. Abuse of adult medicines may even harm children's stomachs, livers and kidneys, and must be used with caution. Even for commonly consumed prescriptions such as herbal tea, if the dosage is not controlled well, it may cause diarrhea, and long-term drinking may affect the normal development of children." Wei Muxin reminded, but on the other hand, if parents are unwilling to use medicine or delay taking medicine, the baby will also be more susceptible to colds, tonsillitis, mumps and other diseases due to the deterioration of physical fitness.

2. To reduce the baby's internal heat, you can choose special medicines suitable for babies, such as the Children's Seven-Star Tea suitable for children aged 0-6, or homemade internal heat-reducing tea. Just use mung beans, fresh lotus roots, sugar cane, cabbage roots, water chestnuts, fresh thatch roots, fresh reed roots, etc. to make tea, and let the baby drink it several times a day, which will be very effective in preventing internal heat.

3. In addition, preventing "getting angry" is more important than "reducing angry". For babies, insisting on breastfeeding and adding more heat-clearing vegetables to their complementary foods can help prevent getting angry and constipation. At the same time, you should pay attention to feeding your baby less spicy foods such as onions, chili peppers, peppers, etc.; and also feed less high-calorie foods such as meat, chocolate and fried foods.

4. In addition, you should cultivate your baby's habit of drinking boiled water to replenish the water needed by the baby's body. It also helps clean the intestines and eliminate waste. If your baby doesn’t like drinking plain water, you can add some sugar or fruit juice. But don't give your children drinks with added sweeteners, coloring, flavors or high sugar content, as this may aggravate the symptoms of heatiness. Make sure your baby gets enough sleep, and also pay attention to keeping the indoor environment fresh to keep your child in a happy mood. Take your baby out more often on days when the air is fresh, which can also help dissipate the heat in your baby's body and improve your baby's resistance to disease.