How should we treat a child with a yellow complexion?

Because the living standards are quite high now, malnutrition basically does not exist. Therefore, once parents notice that their children's face is yellow, they will worry whether they have some disease. This worry is not unreasonable. After all, children nowadays are basically fair and clean. A child’s yellow complexion may be caused by some discomfort in the child. Let us learn about it together.

Children's weak spleen and stomach are mostly caused by long-term irregular diet, excessive consumption of raw and cold foods, long-term use of antibiotics or certain diseases (such as chronic pneumonia). Children with weak spleen and stomach often have yellow complexion or uneven facial pigmentation (spotted appearance), sparse hair, weight loss, brittle and thin nails with white spots, and frequent paroxysmal umbilical pain that varies in severity. Children with weak spleen and stomach and internal cold have a good appetite, but have frequent and large bowel movements, and have diarrhea right after eating. Children with weak spleen and stomach and internal heat have a poor appetite and dry stools (once every two or three days). This is mostly caused by eating too many snacks or drinking too much milk.

How to treat weak spleen and stomach

To prevent weak spleen and stomach, parents must feed their children properly, and not eat too much meat to avoid food poisoning; do not abuse some heat-clearing and fire-purging drugs, such as Isatis root granules, heat-clearing and fire-purging oral liquid, etc., so as to avoid bitter and cold food that can hurt the stomach; do not eat too much snacks, etc.

Children with weak spleen and stomach and internal coldness should develop the habit of drinking hot drinks and should not eat too much yogurt to avoid disrupting the acid-base balance in the intestine. You can eat more yam, taro, pumpkin, and coix seed, and less greasy and cold food. For home use, you can use Chinese patent medicines such as Shenling Baizhu San and Yingying Jianpi San. Children with internal heat should eat less dry, fried, and spicy foods, drink less liquid protein foods such as milk, and eat more foods such as pumpkin, carrots, and kelp. For home medication, you can choose Xiaoer Huaji Oral Liquid to achieve the effect of clearing heat and digesting food, or take Feier Pills intermittently, which has the effects of clearing heat, digesting food and relieving constipation. Parents should remember not to overuse cold medicines just because their baby has dry stools.

To sum up, the yellow complexion of children is mainly caused by internal factors. Therefore, to improve the yellow complexion of children, we should start with the internal health of the child. It is best to ask a professional doctor to check and tailor a maintenance diet and methods for the child. If necessary, some traditional Chinese medicine methods can also be used to improve the yellow complexion of children.