What are the treatments for ADHD?

ADHD is one of the most common symptoms among children. Many parents have not found a good way to help alleviate the symptoms after discovering that their children are suffering from the disease, and may yell at their children when they are disobedient. This will often make the disease more serious and even affect the relationship with the child. So what method should be used for treatment? Let’s take a look at the relevant information the editor found.

1. Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, ADHD in children is caused by the loss of control over the changes in movement and stillness. Because the yin is insufficient and cannot control the yang, the yang movement becomes excessive. This is caused by the imbalance of yin and yang, which can manifest itself in two aspects: yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity and floating false yang. Therefore, adjusting yin and yang is the general rule for treating children with ADHD.

2. Exercise therapy. Taekwondo and other martial arts or any structured sport like ballet, gymnastics, or newer sports like rock climbing, mountain biking, and skateboarding. Because they need to use complex movement techniques in the process of consuming physical energy. The motor skills inherent in these movements activate a range of skills that govern balance, timing, sequencing, transition correction, and fine-muscle coordination.

3. Diet therapy. Children who consume foods containing too much tyrosine or tryptophan, such as donkey meat, pork floss, duck feet, fish fillets, mussels, scallops, cheese, bean curd sticks, tofu skin, pumpkin seeds, etc., may develop ADHD. To reduce the symptoms of ADHD in children, we should help them overcome their partial and picky eating habits. Their diet should combine coarse and fine grains, and meat with vegetables and fruits. The amount of sugar they eat should be reduced. Fruits such as apples, oranges, and tomatoes that are high in methyl salicylate should not be consumed too much.

To sum up, when treating children with ADHD, it is generally necessary to carry out the treatment comprehensively from all aspects of daily life. Only in this way can the symptoms be effectively relieved. At the same time, it is best for parents to take their children to the hospital for a detailed physical examination. If necessary, some sedatives can be used to help control the condition.