What are the symptoms of poor spleen and stomach in children?

Parents need to pay attention to their children's physical health problems. They should be vigilant when their children show symptoms of poor spleen and stomach, especially if the child has anorexia for a long time or has night sweats while sleeping. These may be caused by spleen and stomach disharmony, and parents should pay attention to helping children regulate their spleen and stomach.

1. Long-term anorexia is related to spleen and stomach insufficiency

Although anorexia is a manifestation of weak spleen and stomach, there are many reasons for anorexia. Some children do not like to eat in the short term, which may be due to food accumulation or indigestion. They will definitely eat less during a cold, which is also the body's self-protection. If there are long-term eating problems, it is generally related to spleen and stomach deficiency, but this spleen and stomach deficiency should also be viewed dialectically. Traditional Chinese medicine also divides anorexia into several symptoms. We must look at the problem dialectically. Some may be spleen and stomach qi deficiency, some may be liver stagnation and spleen deficiency, and some may belong to yin deficiency, which requires a professional doctor to distinguish.

2. If a child only eats but does not grow, it is a sign of a weak spleen and a strong stomach.

Some children are very good eaters, but their parents report that their children excrete whatever they eat and cannot absorb the food. They are very thin but still eat a lot. Chinese medicine believes that this is "weak spleen and strong stomach", like a small horse pulling a big cart. In this case, pay attention to eating some spleen-strengthening foods, such as coix seed, poria cocos, etc. You can also go to the hospital to get some spleen-tonifying medicine. At the same time, be careful not to let your child eat too much and never overeat.

3. Children's "night sweats" when sleeping are a manifestation of Yin deficiency

Every child will sweat slightly 20 to 40 minutes after falling asleep, and this is normal and will disappear after a while. However, after some children lie down, you can see beads of sweat on their heads, or their pillowcases are wet. This is abnormal. Abnormal sweating during sleep is called "night sweats" in traditional Chinese medicine, and is mostly related to Yin deficiency. We just said that sweating due to spleen deficiency is either suppressive sweat or nourishing sweat. Children sweat more when they are active, which is due to weak spleen and stomach, and sweating during sleep is mostly related to Yin deficiency.