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How To Take Care of Your
Children
By Traditional Chinese
Medicine In The Fall
During the fall season, the weather is often changing. Common cold, sinus problem, cough, bronchitis and asthma are the common health problems for children. These problems are closely related with the lung system. According to traditional Chinese medicine theories, the spleen generates the lung. The spleen is the source of Chi (vital energy) and blood. When the spleen loses its balance, the vital-Chi will become weak and defensive-Chi will be deficient. The pathogenic-Chi can attack the lung system easily. Generally, children are not as strong as adult. Plus some children’s vital-Chi and defensive-Chi are low, so they can get a cold, running nose, sneezing and cough, then these bring out sinus problem, bronchitis and asthma.
If your children already has
a cold, traditional Chinese medicine is one of the solutions can be selected.
Firstly, according to the traditional Chinese medicine theory of “cold heat
deficiency excess”, to analyze the cold belong to which type, to treat cold
from it cause; secondly, to do prevention treatment. For example, some children
are easy to sweat. Their common cold usually comes and goes and is hard to
recover. They are aversion to cold and wind. Appetite decrease and bowel
movement is soft and easy to get diarrhea. Their tongues are pale red with
white coating. Their pulse is floating and weak. Some children are easy to
sweat at night and always eat small. They usually have dry bowel movement or
constipation. They have dry cough or cough with slight mucus. Their mouth and
lips are dry and often get sore throat. Their tongue is red with less coating
or without coating. Their pulse is thin, rapid and weak. According to the
children’s condition, beside to treat the symptom, also need to consider
tonifying the Chi and blood, invigorating the spleen and nourishing their Yin.
How to prevent these above
health problem? In fall, “dry” pathogenic-Chi is active and the lung organ
needs to be strengthened. The food with the function of nourishing the lung and
increasing vital-Chi should be added to their diet, for example, pear, almond
and sesame. They can eat fresh pear or pear soup which pear and water boil for
about ten minutes mixed with teaspoon honey that nourish the lung. They can eat
almond a handful (their hand) or with their soups or salad. They can eat sesame
oil and sesame seeds. Sesame oil can be added the soup with its flavor and
sesame seeds can be added to the salad and the bread. Another important thing I
would like to suggest here is to let them drink enough water, eat on time and
get enough sleep. Let them learn do some children’s exercise such as running,
walking with parents, do ten movements children’s exercise, which can be done
indoor or outdoor, in order to increase their immunity and keep healthy and
strong and be ready to welcome the winter.