Baby, why does your breath have bad breath?

For little babies, bad breath can actually occur in daily life. For mothers, when they encounter the situation of bad breath in their babies, they actually don’t know what is causing it, so they can’t make timely dietary adjustments or treatments. In fact, there are many reasons that cause bad breath in babies. Today we will introduce the two main types and solutions.

Treating Bad Breath in Children from the Perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Traditionally, Chinese medicine divides children's bad breath into two categories: damp-heat in the stomach meridian and food accumulation. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bad breath in children is mostly caused by food accumulation, that is, the baby's poor digestion and

There are symptoms such as upper abdominal distension, belching, and nausea; in addition, bad breath is also caused by damp heat in the stomach meridian, that is, the baby is getting angry, such as accumulated heat in the stomach, excessive fire in the spleen and stomach, liver and kidney yin deficiency, and real heat in the intestines.

1. Food accumulation type bad breath: baby has poor digestion

Experts say that most babies' bad breath is caused by indigestion. This is related to the baby's irregular diet and improper feeding by parents. Children's digestive organs are not fully developed, digestive juices are not secreted enough, enzymes are not fully functioning, the stomach and intestinal mucosa are tender, and the digestive function is relatively weak. If parents cannot feed their children properly and give them everything to eat, the quality and quantity of their diet will be inappropriate, damaging their stomach and intestines. The children will then have symptoms of indigestion (food damage), such as bloating, vomiting, loose stools with a sour and smelly smell, and a large amount of undigested food residues.

Treatment principles: This type of child has long-term loss of appetite, pale face and thinness, but normal spirit. The medication is mainly used to help digestion and soothe the stomach. Use medicines such as Baohe Pills and Zhishi Daozhi Pills to help digest food and relieve constipation. The main medicines contained in Baohe Pills include hawthorn, Shenqu, Poria, Pinellia, Tangerine Peel, Radish Seed, Forsythia, etc. For children around 3 years old, 10 grams each of roasted malt, Shenqu, and charred hawthorn, and 6 grams of Patchouli can be used, and the method of use is the same as above. Chinese patent medicine can be used in conjunction with Baohe Pills, which help digestion and eliminate accumulation.

Babies are prone to bad breath when they get angry, which mainly includes problems such as heat accumulation in the stomach, excessive fire in the spleen and stomach, yin deficiency of the liver and kidneys, and heat in the intestines.

Heat accumulation in the stomach: manifested as bad breath, dry tongue, red and swollen gums, etc.

Treatment principles: Clear the stomach and relieve heat. Choose Qingwei San, the main ingredients of which are Coptis chinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, Cimicifuga heracleifolia, Cortex Moutan, Angelica sinensis, etc.

Excessive fire in the spleen and stomach: manifested as mouth ulcers, bad breath, dry lips, etc.

Treatment principle: Clear away latent fire in the spleen and stomach. The main ingredients of Xiehuang San are patchouli, gypsum, gardenia, saposhnikovia divaricata, licorice, etc.

Liver and kidney yin deficiency: manifested by emaciation, weakness in waist and knees, dry mouth and throat, and bad breath.

Treatment principles: Nourish the liver and kidneys. Use Zuoguiyin with modifications, the main medicines include cooked rehmannia, yam, wolfberry, cornus officinalis, etc.

Intestinal heat: manifested by constipation and bad breath.

Treatment principles: Nourish yin and promote bowel movements. Drinking tea made from senna leaves, Ophiopogon japonicus, Cassia tora, etc. will have good effects. 3. 6 secret recipes of TCM for treating bad breath

1. Boil 15g of Elsholtzia ciliata in water. Orally, or gargle frequently.

2. Take equal parts of orange peel, cinnamon and perilla, dry them and grind them into powder. Boil the jujubes, peel and core them, mash them together with the medicinal powder, make them into small pills, put them in your mouth and chew them from time to time.

3. Take a pinch of cloves and make tea with boiling water, or hold 1 to 2 cloves in your mouth.

4. Take 1 to 2 white cardamoms, put them in your mouth, chew them, swallow the juice, and spit out the residue.

5. Take 3 grams of Patchouli, 6 grams of White Chrysanthemum, 6 grams of Honeysuckle and 1.5 grams of Mint, make tea and drink it frequently.