What to do if your 10-year-old child has bad breath

Many mothers are very careful when taking care of their babies. Some mothers find that their children suddenly have bad breath when they are ten years old, so they will pay attention to the oral hygiene of their children. In fact, bad breath is not only caused by oral hygiene, but may also be caused by some other diseases of the child. For example, the child’s liver fire is relatively strong in a short period of time. So what should I do if my ten-year-old child has bad breath?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that there are five main causes of bad breath:

1. Hyperactivity of liver fire, exhaustion of energy and damage to essence, caused by upward inflammation of fire.

2. The stomach and intestines are accumulated with dampness, heat and toxins, the heart fire is hyperactive, and it attacks the head, eyes, mouth and throat, and turbid air descends, causing the evil to invade the stomach and intestines.

3. If the stomach yin is damaged, body fluid will be insufficient and virtual fire will rise; if the lung yin is damaged, qi will rush upward; if the essence, qi and blood are damaged, virtual fire will stagnate and heat will accumulate inside the body, which is caused by yin deficiency and body fluid deficiency.

4. It is caused by spleen deficiency, qi stagnation, cold and heat combination, and dysfunction of ascending and descending functions.

5. Climate, mental state, and dietary factors cause the spleen and stomach to be out of balance, leading to qi stagnation and food accumulation. An unhappy mood causes liver fire to attack the stomach, resulting in qi stagnation and discomfort.

The root cause of bad breath is the reduced immunity of the body, which causes dysfunction of the internal organs and makes it difficult to balance and inhibit pathogenic microorganisms that can produce odorous compound gases. When the large-scale reproduction of pathogenic microorganisms reaches a certain aggregation amount, high concentrations of odorous compound gases will be produced when absorbing and decomposing nutrients in the human body. When the concentration of odorous compound gases is high, the gas will enter the blood and be transported intact to the lungs and stomach by the blood, and then discharged from the body through the mouth and nasal cavity. The treatment is to soothe the liver and regulate qi, regulate the intestines and nourish the stomach, nourish yin and cool blood, balance the human endocrine system, and completely eliminate the toxins accumulated in the human body, thereby increasing the body's immunity, comprehensively regulating the human body's internal organs and meridians, regulating endocrine system, nourishing yin and reducing fire, clearing away heat and detoxifying. If there is no effect, it is recommended to use traditional Chinese medicine to adjust the overall