What is the best medicine for children's night sweats?

It is actually quite common for children to suffer from night sweats, so parents don’t need to worry too much. They can return to normal with a little adjustment. If a child suffers from night sweats, the body can be regulated through some milder Chinese herbal prescriptions, because the side effects of Chinese medicine are relatively small and the conditioning effect is also relatively good.

1 Prescription for treating night sweats in children

Prescription: Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Gypsum, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Bamboo Leaves, Scutellaria Baicalensis, Radish Seed, a small amount of Rhubarb

Indications: Children with heat accumulation in the spleen and stomach may have a strong or weak appetite, good spirits, constipation, frequent bowel movements, bad breath, and do not feel tired despite being thin, and play all day long. Treatment requires clearing away heat and promoting bowel movements to expel the heat.

Efficacy: It can help with bowel movements and stop night sweats. People who eat a lot can return to normal, and those who eat little will feel better.

2 Prescription for treating night sweats in children

Prescription: Raw earth, Ophiopogon japonicus, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Lycii, Mulberry leaves (If the heat is too severe, add Coptis chinensis, if the sweating is heavy, add Dragon bone, Oyster, Raw Astragalus, and the sweat will be eliminated quickly)

Indications: Yin deficiency and internal heat. This is because long-term night sweats cause excessive consumption of body fluids, resulting in a yin deficiency phenomenon. Children with this disease have red and dry lips and tongue, hot hands and feet, dry mouth, drink a lot of water but do not quench their thirst, have bowel movements every few days or every day, and the stool is dry and granular. Treatment should be to clear heat and nourish yin to eliminate the heat internally.

3 Prescriptions for treating night sweats in children

Prescription three is suitable for children with night sweats who often catch colds. This situation is called the disharmony between the Ying and Wei in traditional Chinese medicine. When treating it, it is not advisable to blindly use tonics. Tonics can harmonize the Ying and Wei. Guizhi Decoction combined with Yupingfeng Decoction often works quickly. Prescription: Guizhi, white peony, licorice, ginger, red dates, astragalus, white atractylodes, and saposhnikovia. Indications: Children with night sweats who are prone to catching colds mostly catch colds due to sweating and pushing off the quilt during sleep, which causes colds. This should be distinguished from colds caused by physical weakness. Some children with night sweats do not have a fever. They sweat a lot, are very susceptible to colds and coughs, are more afraid of cold than other children, have poor physical strength, and sweat easily even with a little exercise.

4 Prescription for treating night sweats in children:

Huangqi Baisheng Shansang Decoction is a prescription suitable for yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire: 20 grams of astragalus, 15 grams of white atractylodes, 20 grams of raw rehmannia, 15 grams of yam, and 12 grams of mulberry leaves, decocted in water and taken orally. Function: Use raw rehmannia to nourish yin and blood, and yam to nourish spleen yin. The combination of the two medicines is intended to adopt the method of Liuwei Dihuang Pills to nourish yin and retain essence, and is combined with mulberry leaf, one of the important antiperspirant medicines, and raw rehmannia to protect the camp, calm the liver and moisten dryness.

5. Children with night sweats should avoid abusing supplements

Children nowadays have adequate food and rich nutrition, so physical weakness rarely occurs. However, many mothers will think that their baby has physical weakness when they see night sweats, and they will take some medicines such as astragalus, codonopsis, atractylodes, dragon bone, oyster, dried peach, rice root, red dates, etc. This kind of tonic is of no benefit. On the contrary, the diet should be adjusted, and the children's meat and sweets should be controlled. Children should eat more vegetables and fruits, which is beneficial for the treatment of night sweats. In the author's observation, children with night sweats are almost all picky eaters: they only eat meat such as fish, meat and chicken, love chocolate, but never eat vegetables. These sorghum and thick flavors can easily cause internal heat.

6. Combined with massage therapy

Night sweats in children can be treated with massage. The following are massage therapies for treating night sweats in children:

(1) Massage the abdomen, rub the Zhongwan point, replenish the spleen and earth (the spiral surface of the last knuckle of the thumb), and press and rub the Zusanli point.

(2) Select the lung, spleen and subcortical auricular points for massage. Stop when you feel a sense of heat and swelling. Massage each point 60 times. One course of treatment is 10 days. Or choose the above-mentioned acupoints to stick ear beans and keep them for 15 to 20 days.

(3) Press and tap the Zusanli, Zusanli and Taixi acupoints for 1 minute each.

(4) The child lies on his back, and the parents use the thumb and other four fingers to massage the inner side of the limbs for 2 to 5 minutes.

(5) The child lies prone, and the parents use their thumbs to massage the heart, lung, spleen, and kidney points for 1 minute each. (6) Pinch the Yinxi point 30 times with your thumb.

7 How to take care of your baby when he sweats

Whether it is physiological or pathological night sweats, nursing work is very important.

1. After a child has night sweats, you should promptly wipe the skin with a dry towel, change clothes in time, and move briskly to prevent the child from catching a cold.

2. Pay attention to replenish water and salt in time. You can supplement with oral rehydration salts, abbreviated as "ORS", or boiled water with some salt and sugar. Sugar can promote the absorption of water and salt.

3. Bedding should also be dried frequently. The function of sunlight is not only to heat and dry, but also to disinfect and sterilize.

4. In addition, children who are prone to night sweats should undergo planned physical exercise, such as sunbathing, cold water baths, etc., to strengthen their physical fitness and improve their adaptability. Your physical condition will be improved and night sweats will stop, which will be better than any panacea.