An Old Remedy That the Whole Family Can Use: A Record of an Old Chinese Medicine Doctor

Chapter 4 Happy babies come from health, small family remedies for worry-free pediatrics (3)
[Grandpa said] Dangshen has the function of nourishing the spleen and lungs, and is an important medicinal material for treating deficiency of the five internal organs; while lily and rock sugar have the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, and japonica rice can warm and nourish the lungs and stomach of children, so eat the three ingredients together , Eat more, you can tonify the deficiency and strengthen the body, and it can also nourish the spleen, benefit the lung and yin, and relieve cough.Lily Codonopsis porridge is more suitable for children with low-grade pneumonia.Another flavor of dandelion and reed root porridge is more suitable for children with viral pneumonia who have fever, cough, and poor appetite.Because dandelion is cold in nature, it is a commonly used drug for clearing away heat and detoxification. It has diuretic, choleretic, stomachic and laxative effects. It has obvious inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and hemolytic streptococcus. Diplococcus, diphtheria bacillus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, etc. also have a certain inhibitory effect.In addition, reed root can clear away heat and promote body fluid, and has been used to treat diseases such as lung-heat cough and lung abscess.Almond is a commonly used medicine for relieving lung and relieving cough.Boil these three ingredients into porridge and give it to children to eat more. It can clear away heat and detoxify, strengthen the body and drive away evil spirits, clear the lungs and relieve cough.

Oral thrush is a type of aphthous sores that often occurs in infants. The infants are generally infants under one year old or breastfeeding newborns, with symptoms of snow-white curdled patches on the tongue or cheeks.The main cause of thrush in infants is that infants have poor resistance. Once the cleanliness of tableware or nipples is not high enough, it will easily lead to bacterial infection in the oral cavity, tongue, soft palate, etc. of infants, and white plaques will appear, and then spread to other places. Gums and cheeks.During the onset, the child's mouth will feel tingling and dry, causing the child to cry and refuse to breastfeed. It is a common disease that plagues parents.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that thrush in children is mainly caused by factors such as accumulated heat in the spleen and stomach, rising fire in the heart, and rising fire from deficiency. Therefore, it is mainly to treat thrush in children.

[Remedy [-]] Mix watermelon juice with sugar.

[Ingredients] Watermelon and sugar in moderation.

【Method】Remove the seeds of watermelon meat, twist it into pieces to get the juice, add an appropriate amount of sugar, dissolve it and feed it to infants, 4 times a day.

[Remedy [-]] Winter melon and lotus leaf soup.

[Ingredients] Appropriate amount of winter melon and whole fresh lotus leaves.

[Method] Slice wax gourd, use lotus leaf as the base, boil in water, add a small amount of salt to taste, take the soup and feed it to the children, 3 to 4 times a day.

[Remedy [-]] Tremella water with rock sugar.

[Ingredients] White fungus and rock sugar in moderation.

[Method] Wash the white fungus, soak it in water to swell, cook it in boiling water, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar, and feed the child with white fungus water once a day.

[Nurse said] One day, my grandfather and I went for a walk in the park and saw a young mother breastfeeding a baby in the gazebo. The baby kept crying and refused to take milk. After a few sips, he turned his head and cried .Seeing this, the mother didn't know what to do, and because there were so many people around, she took out a small towel to clean up the milk stains on the child's mouth.It may be that seeing the milk stains in the child's mouth when he opened his mouth to cry, the young mother wet the towel with the water in the bottle, trying to reach into the child's mouth to clean up the white milk stains in his mouth.

Seeing this, grandpa immediately stepped forward to stop her, which startled the young mother.

Grandpa said: "There is no trace of milk in the mouth, so it can't be cleared." The young mother was surprised, just in the state of breastfeeding, it is inevitable that the young mother is so embarrassed.I hurried forward to smooth things over for my grandpa, saying that grandpa is an old Chinese doctor, he didn't do it on purpose, it should be that he saw something wrong with the child.Sure enough, grandpa completely ignored mother and looked directly at the child's mouth.Grandpa said that the inner wall of the child's mouth is not milk stains, not dirty, but out-and-out thrush.

Hearing about thrush, the young mother didn't know why, rolled her eyes, and continued to ask grandpa.Grandpa explained that thrush mostly occurs in children who are still breastfeeding under the age of one, because the child's resistance is low, the nipples are not clean or treated incorrectly, which can easily lead to aphthous ulcers in the child's mouth, and the child is unwilling to eat Milk, crying non-stop, and even slightly hot in severe cases, feeling very uncomfortable.Mom became nervous when she heard this, so grandpa quickly comforted her and asked her to go home and make some tremella water with rock sugar and feed it to the child. After taking it several times, the thrush would be cured.

[Grandpa said] Oral thrush is a common disease in infants and young children. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, there are three main types: accumulated heat in the spleen and stomach, rising heart fire, and rising virtual fire.Children with spleen and stomach heat accumulation will have white ulcerated spots of different sizes on the lips, tongue and cheeks, and most children will not be able to eat due to illness, so it is suitable to use folk remedies such as sugar mixed with watermelon juice for treatment, clearing away heat and detoxification, laxative and diarrhea fire.Children with increased heart fire generally have symptoms such as erosion and ulcer on the tip of the tongue, difficulty in eating, dry mouth, anxiety, etc. It is suitable to use winter melon lotus leaf soup and other diet therapy to clear the heart and purify the fire to improve the situation.Children with rising and rising fires will have oral ulcers, but less white spots, so they are suitable for treatment with diet therapy that nourishes yin and reduces fire. Diet therapy such as rock sugar tremella water has a significant effect on this and does not affect the children's daily eating. You can use it more.

Molluscum in children is generally caused by human papillomavirus infection. Because the virus invades different parts of the body of children, its clinical manifestations are also different.Molluscum warts in children usually appear between the fingers, nails, and toes as rough, firm papillomas on the skin of the affected area.The transmission and infection of the virus is mainly due to the low function of the cellular immune system in children. When local friction, trauma, or excessive sweating of body organs is severe, it will cause a decline in the function of local lymphocytes, thereby making the human papilloma virus take advantage of the weakness. And enter, and then feel as molluscum.

[Recipe [-]] Coix Seed Tuling Decoction.

[Medicinal materials] 40 grams each of raw coix seed and Smilax tuckahoe, 15 grams each of Patrinia, comfrey root, isatis root, forsythia, Folium Folium, and dandelion, and 10 grams of flea.

[Method] Decoct each medicine to extract the juice, take it twice a day on an empty stomach in the morning and evening.It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxification, reducing swelling and dissipating stagnation, promoting blood circulation and promoting blood stasis.

[Remedy [-]] Nepeta Fangfeng Decoction.

[Medicinal materials] 10-15 grams each of Fangfeng, Nepeta, Chanyi, and Angelica, 15 grams each of Bupleurum, Chishao, Bombyx silkworm, and Scutellaria baicalensis, 30 grams each of Coix Seed and Folium Folium, 7 grams of Licorice.

[Method] Put each medicine in water, boil 3 bowls of water into 1 bowl of water, take 1 dose a day, a little each time.

[Recipe [-]] Jiedu Pinggan Decoction.

[Medicinal materials] 30 grams each of fresh raw coix seed, Daqingye, Banlangen, oyster powder, etc., 15 grams each of Patrinia and Prunella vulgaris, and 10 grams of red peony root.

[Method] Put each medicine in water, decoct in water, and take 5-7 doses, a little each time.

[Remedy [-]] Langen Yiren Decoction.

[Medicinal materials] 30 grams each of Radix Isatidis and Coix Seed, 10 grams each of Equisetum and Fangfeng, and 6 grams of raw betel nut.

[Method] Decoct in water, extract the juice and take it warmly in several times, once a day.

[Nurse said] One day, a mother brought a two-year-old child to look for grandpa.On the surface, there is nothing serious about the child, and he looks good.But the mother was very worried, and quickly handed the child's little hand to the grandfather.Grandpa understood it after reading it. It turned out that the child had molluscum.Grandpa comforted his mother, saying that molluscum is very common in children, so that mother should not worry too much.Grandpa said that molluscum in children is mainly caused by human papilloma virus. When a child’s hands sweat too much when playing with toys or doing work and rest, coupled with insufficient resistance, they are prone to soft warts between the fingers when they are attacked by the virus. wart.Although molluscum has little effect on children in the short term, in the long run it will affect the function of lymphocytes in children and cause damage to the lymphatic system.Therefore, the grandfather gave the mother several prescriptions, all of which can be made frequently at home, namely Coix Seed Tuling Decoction, Jiedu Pinggan Decoction and Langen Yiren Decoction.Grandpa said that the medicines used in these prescriptions are mild in nature and can be bought from pharmacies. It is recommended that mothers cook more for their children according to the dosage.Treatment of diseases, prevention of diseases without diseases, especially Jiedu Pinggan Decoction, which uses isatid root, coix seed, horsetail, windproof and raw betel nut. After the molluscum is removed, the child can continue to drink it once a week to prevent diseases such as influenza.

[Grandpa said] Traditional Chinese medicine believes that molluscum in children is caused by insufficient congenital endowment and weak constitution.All in all, it is formed by the stagnation of qi, blood, phlegm and dampness in children.In addition to the above three prescriptions for diagnosis and treatment, you can also eat more ingredients such as astragalus and angelica to nourish qi and blood and strengthen the roots; ; Safflower, Sanleng, Curcuma, Cyperi and other medicinal materials can promote blood circulation and disperse blood stasis, regulate qi and blood circulation, and can help the treatment of molluscum in children.Because the traditional Chinese medicine for clearing heat and detoxification has the effect of anti-virus, and the traditional Chinese medicine for nourishing qi and nourishing blood has the effect of enhancing the body's cellular immune function. On warts, at least 2 times a day.In this way, if medicated diet therapy, internal adjustment and external treatment can be taken together, it will be of great help to the treatment of molluscum in children.

Anemia is a common symptomatic syndrome in childhood.From the perspective of modern medicine, it refers to the performance that the number of red blood cells and the amount of hemoglobin per unit volume in the peripheral blood are lower than the normal value, or one of the indicators is lower than the normal value.Among them, because the functions of children's internal organs are relatively lower than those of adults, children's nutritional intake often appears unbalanced. Therefore, nutritional iron deficiency anemia is the most common type of anemia in children, especially in infants under the age of one. Young children have the highest incidence.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the children's viscera are relatively delicate in childhood, and their functions have not yet fully developed. A little improper feeding will cause damage to the spleen and stomach of children. Parasites are more likely to grow, which makes the function of the spleen and stomach incomplete, and the nutrition of the food cannot be completely digested, and the intake is uneven, resulting in insufficient Qi and blood, which will cause anemia.

[Remedy [-]] Four-color pearl soup.

[Ingredients] Lean pork, eggs, spinach, seaweed, flour.

[Method] The first step is to put the flour into the basin, and mix the flour with chopsticks while adding water until the flour thickens into "little bumps".The second step is to chop the pork into minced meat; blanch the spinach with boiling water and cut into small pieces.The third step is to heat the pan with oil, add an appropriate amount of minced green onion and ginger according to personal preference, add minced meat and stir-fry, add a little soy sauce, and add an appropriate amount of water to boil.The fourth step is to put the lumpy flour water into the pot, cook for a while, then pour in the egg liquid, add spinach, seaweed and appropriate amount of salt, cook for a while and then eat.

【Applicable people】Children of 8-12 months who are eating rice cereal.

[Recipe [-]] Duck blood tofu soup.

[Ingredients] One piece of tofu, one piece of duck blood, and appropriate amount of seasoning.

[Method] Cut the duck blood and tofu into small pieces, put them in boiling water and bring to a boil. After a while, you can add cabbage, spinach and other green vegetables with high nutritional value to the pot according to your personal taste.

[Applicable people] Because it is liquid food, it is suitable for children over 7 months old who can eat liquid food.

[Nurse said] I went to the playground with my niece on a weekend. My niece played very vigorously, but when it was time to eat, I was timid. Seeing that there were all kinds of nutritious dishes in front of me, she refused to eat.Steamed eggs, she said they were not tasty; pork ribs, she said she didn't like them; beef, she said she didn't want to eat them.I asked her what she wanted to eat, and she said she wanted fried chicken wings or ham sausage.A little common sense knows that these foods have low nutritional value and contain many preservatives.I looked at my niece's twisted look again, and thought, there must be parasites in my stomach, and the diet is not nutritious, picky eaters, resulting in no growth of meat, apart from anything else, I took my niece to my grandfather's house, and hurried to seek medical treatment asked.

Grandpa was very happy to see his niece, and hugged her for a while, but soon his face sank.

Grandpa said that my niece's face was yellowish, her lips were white, and her eyes were dull. I replied that it must be because of parasites and the inability to absorb nutrients, resulting in a sallow complexion and emaciation.Grandpa shook his head, saying that the situation was much more troublesome than having parasites.

Grandpa said that my niece had anemia in children.Due to a partial eclipse, the nutrition is not balanced, and the hematopoietic function of the child itself is lower than that of the adult. Therefore, the deficiency of Qi and blood leads to anemia.Grandpa also said that anemia in children is not a question of whether there is too much blood or too little blood. The point is that anemia in children will affect the growth of the child and the function of the organs.The so-called three-year-old must be eighty, children are short of blood, and it is even more difficult to nourish blood when they grow up.So without further ado, my grandfather gave two prescriptions and asked me to send them to my brother quickly, and I must cook for my niece every day.I took a look at the recipe, one was four-color pearl soup, which was made with several ingredients of different colors, and the appearance alone was enough to attract children’s attention; the second was duck blood tofu soup, both Soft food is easy for children to digest.

Sure enough, after a month of dietary treatment by my sister-in-law and my brother, my niece's complexion improved a lot, and she asked her mother to make four-color pearl soup for her every day.

[Grandpa said] Parents should pay more attention to anemia in children. It cannot be solved by simply eating supplements, because the function of the spleen and stomach in children is not yet perfect. Therefore, from the perspective of Chinese medicine, compared with traditional Chinese medicine diet and Western medicine, it is more recommended to use more household food. Food therapy creates balanced nutrition for babies.For example, the duck blood tofu soup has simple ingredients, high quality and low price, but it is rich in nutritional value, and it is easy for babies to eat, without the feeling of medicine conditioning.Tofu is rich in protein, duck blood is high in iron, while cabbage, spinach and other nutritious vegetables are rich in calcium and folic acid, calcium can promote the development of the baby's bones; folic acid can enhance hematopoietic function and ensure blood The activity and lifespan of red blood cells; vitamin A, B vitamins, vitamin C, etc. are also very effective in promoting the development of the baby's nervous system.Therefore, Grandpa suggested that parents should pay more attention to creating a "blood-enriching meal" for their babies with iron-rich ingredients in their lives.

Hand, foot and mouth disease is an infectious disease in children that has attracted the attention of parents and society in recent years. It is called "eruptive vesicular stomatitis" in modern medicine.Most of the children are children under 5 years old. The main symptoms are red and swollen herpes in multiple parts such as hands, feet, and mouth. Bacterial meningoencephalitis and other complications.Hand, foot and mouth disease is an infectious disease caused by enterovirus. Most children are infected through contact with virus-contaminated hands, towels, handkerchiefs, dental cups, toys, table utensils, milk utensils, bedding and underwear.At the same time, the patient's throat secretions and saliva can also be transmitted through the air, which is highly contagious.There used to be a few severely ill children whose condition developed rapidly and eventually led to death.Therefore, in recent years, the prevention and vigilance of hand, foot and mouth disease in society has been greatly improved.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that hand, foot and mouth disease belongs to the category of "febrile disease", because children's spleen, stomach, heart and lungs are relatively delicate, so they are prone to be infected by epidemic toxins and pathogenic factors. The disease is mainly located in the lungs, spleen, and heart.

[Recipe Name] Honeysuckle Green Leaf Drink.

[Medicinal materials] 6 grams of honeysuckle, 6 grams of Daqingye, 15 grams of Mian Yinchen, 10 grams of raw coix seed, 3 grams of raw licorice.

【做法】水煎服，一日分２次服用。3~6岁儿童连服5~7天为一个疗程。3岁以内婴幼儿可减量服用；6岁以上患儿可加量服用。

[Nurse said] It was the high incidence of hand, foot and mouth disease in children. One day, a colleague brought the child who was supposed to go to the kindergarten to the unit, saying that the school’s bacteria spread was dangerous, and he was worried about letting the child go to school. There was no one at home to take the child, so he took it Came to the hospital.I smiled and said, aren't there more germs in hospitals?When the colleague heard this, he was dumbfounded for a while, and immediately showed a regretful expression, and hurriedly disinfected the child's hands, mouth, and mouth.I quickly stopped my colleague and told her that hand, foot and mouth disease is actually preventable and curable, as long as you are vigilant, you don’t have to worry too much. Besides, you can’t worry about letting your child participate in the activities that he should participate in because he is afraid of the child’s exposure to bacteria. social contact.In addition, his kindergarten will also do a good job of disinfection to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease, so let her not worry.

But my colleague still seemed worried. I took her and the child to my grandfather's house when I was off work, and asked him for a folk prescription to prevent hand, foot and mouth disease.Seeing his colleague's serious expression, grandpa smiled and said that there is no folk remedy to guarantee that hand, foot and mouth disease will not occur, and his prescription is only from the perspective of nourishing the lungs and spleen and improving the child's resistance.Grandpa asked a colleague to give the child a small pot of honeysuckle and green leaf drink every day.From the perspective of daily life, hand, foot and mouth disease is a disease that enters from the mouth and is easily infected through contact; from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is mainly caused by relatively weak spleen, stomach, heart and lungs, which are easily invaded by viruses.Therefore, prescribing the right medicine and drinking honeysuckle green leaf drink can improve the resistance of the child's heart, lung, spleen and kidney, which is naturally beneficial to the prevention of hand, foot and mouth disease.

The colleague followed the instructions of the grandfather, and filled a small kettle with a little honeysuckle and green leaf drink for the child every day, instead of tea.After the peak period of hand-foot disease, I asked her again, and she said that the child was healthy and nothing happened, not even the common influenza in children during this period.

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