What to do if children have food accumulation and fever? Chinese medicine treatment is effective

Many new mothers always feel that their babies are not full when feeding them, so they feed their babies a lot. This will easily cause food accumulation. Food accumulation in children can also cause fever. Do not treat it blindly. Traditional Chinese medicine symptomatic treatment is very effective for food accumulation and fever in children.

1. Milk and food accumulation

Symptoms: no appetite for milk and food, loss of appetite or refusal to eat, abdominal distension, pain that is not tolerated by pressure or belching and nausea, vomiting of sour and rotten milk and food, irritability and crying, restlessness at night, low fever, severe heat in the abdomen, foul-smelling stools, and a red tongue with a greasy coating.

Analysis: Milk and food accumulate in the body, causing stagnation of Qi, resulting in abdominal distension and pain that is resistant to pressure. If the gastrointestinal system is upset, the child will be restless at night and will be irritable and cry. When there is stagnation in the middle burner, the stomach fails to harmonize and descend, and the qi rises up, the person will have no appetite for milk and food, poor appetite or refusal to eat, belching and nausea, and vomiting of sour and rotten milk and food; when there is accumulation of rotten things and the spleen fails to transport and transform things, the stool will be foul-smelling. When heat accumulates in the middle burner and turns into heat, there will be low-grade fever and severe heat in the abdomen. A red tongue with a greasy coating is a sign of internal accumulation of milk and food.

Treatment method: Digest milk and food, resolve accumulation and relieve stagnation.

Prescription: Xiaoru Pills or Baohe Pills with modifications. Commonly used medicines: Hawthorn, Shenqu, radish, and malt help digestion and eliminate accumulation; tangerine peel, angelica root, and amomum villosum regulate qi and eliminate stagnation; Poria and Pinellia strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, relieve bloating and fullness; Forsythia clears away stagnant heat. For abdominal distension and pain, add Magnolia officinalis and Citrus aurantium to eliminate qi stagnation and relieve fullness; for constipation, add Aucklandia lappa and Areca catechu to eliminate accumulation and relieve stagnation; for severe cases, temporarily add Rhubarb to clear the bowels; for severe vomiting, add Ginger and Rhizoma Anemarrhenae to clear the stomach, reduce reflux and stop vomiting; for low fever, red tongue, greasy and slightly yellow tongue coating, add Coptis chinensis to eliminate accumulation and clear heat.

2. Spleen deficiency and accumulation

Symptoms: fatigue, sallow complexion, emaciation, restless sleep, no appetite for milk and food, fullness after eating, abdominal distension and pleasure from pressing, vomiting of sour and rotten milk and food, loose and thin stools with milk clots or food residues, pale red tongue, greasy white tongue coating, deep, thin and slippery pulse.

Analysis: The spleen and stomach are weak, and the vital energy is not flowing, and they cannot transform the essence into qi and blood to nourish the body, which will cause fatigue, sallow complexion, emaciation, and pale lips and tongue. The spleen and stomach are weak, the transport and absorption functions are impaired, milk and food are stagnant, and the qi flow is not smooth, so the patient has no appetite for milk and food. After eating, he feels bloated and has a full abdomen and likes to press it. He vomits sour and rotten milk and food; and has loose, thin, sour and smelly stools with undigested food. If the stomach is not in harmony, you will not be able to sleep well. The tongue coating is white and greasy, and the pulse is deep, thin and slippery, which are all caused by spleen deficiency and accumulation.

Treatment method: Strengthen the spleen and promote digestion, and use both elimination and tonification.

Prescription: Jianpi Pills with modifications. Commonly used medicines: Codonopsis pilosula and Atractylodes macrocephala strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, hawthorn, Shenqu and malt help digestion and relieve stagnation; Citrus aurantium and dried tangerine peel regulate qi and relieve bloating, taking into account both deficiency and excess, and using both elimination and tonification. If the tongue coating is greasy and the appetite is poor, add Patchouli and Amomum villosum to eliminate dampness and invigorate the spleen; if the tongue is pale, the abdomen is bloated and the stool is loose, add roasted ginger, Magnolia officinalis and Atractylodes macrocephala to warm the middle and invigorate the spleen.

Pediatric Massage Therapy:

Move the spleen and earth, clear the large intestine, relax the six internal organs, massage the abdomen, rub the back in an I-shape, pinch the spine, and press Zusanli.