Children are restless at night, have a short temper, and are prone to mouth and tongue sores . Try lotus licorice tea!
Medical guidance: Chief Physician of Traditional Chinese Medicine Xu Hua, Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology
Text/Pediatrics Ouyang Xue recognized as attending physician
Babies cry uneasily at night, stop crying sometimes, or cry at regular times every night, or even stay up all night, which is called night crying . It is more common in newborns and babies under 6 months. This section mainly discusses the unexplained repeated crying of babies at night. Crying caused by hunger, discomfort or other diseases is not within the scope of this section. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that children's night cries often occur due to spleen cold, heart heat, fright, and food accumulation. Therefore, the principles of medicinal dietary therapy are to warm the spleen and strengthen the spleen, clear the heart and purge fire, calm convulsions and calm the nerves, and eliminate food accumulation. For those who have trouble sleeping at night, have a short temper, and are prone to sores on the mouth and tongue, Dr. Ouyang recommends Lotus Heart Licorice Tea !
// Lotus seed licorice tea //
Ingredients: Lotus seed 1g, raw licorice 3g.
preparation method: is brewed in boiling water. This drink is mildly sweet and slightly bitter.
Usage: generation tea, drink several times a day.
Efficacy: lotus seeds are bitter and cold in the heart, return to the heart and kidney meridian, function to clear the heart and calm the nerves, communicate with the heart and kidneys, astringent essence and stop bleeding; licorice and Ganping, return to the heart, lung, spleen and stomach meridian, function to nourish the spleen and replenish qi, clear away heat and detoxify, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, relieve pain and relieve pain, and reconcile Various medicines. All medicines are used together to clear the heart and purge fire.
is suitable for: is restless at night, has a short temper, is prone to sores on the mouth and tongue, has red and dry lips, and has dry stools.
Applicable age: htmlChildren over 61 years old.
Source: Xu Hua. Medicinal diet for child health. China Traditional Chinese Medicine Press, 2017.3.
Expert profile
Xu Hua, MD, professor, chief traditional Chinese physician, doctoral supervisor, First Clinical School of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Director of the Pediatric Teaching and Research Section, Director of the Pediatric Neonatology Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of China; leader of the national secondary key disciplines, key disciplines of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Pediatrics of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and deputy director of the Pediatrics Professional Committee of the Chinese Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Vice President of the Children's Health and Health Education Professional Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine, Vice President of the Pediatric Branch of the China Traditional Chinese Medicine Information Research Association, Vice Chairman of the Children's Health Collaborative Innovation Platform Committee of the Chinese Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, HQCC China Pediatric Massage Standardization Construction and Certification Committee Guangdong Chairman of the branch, honorary chairman of the Pediatrics Professional Committee of the Guangdong Society of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, deputy chairman of the Pediatrics Professional Committee of the Guangdong Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine, national outstanding clinical talent of Chinese medicine, instructor of the inheritance of famous Chinese medicine practitioners in Guangdong Province, representative of the Lingnan Li School of Pediatrics Sexual inheritor.
has been engaged in pediatric clinical, teaching, and scientific research for more than 30 years. He is good at diagnosing and treating blood syndromes and lung and spleen diseases in children. He uses traditional Chinese medicine to treat difficult and complex pediatric diseases based on syndrome differentiation, and treats children with diarrhea, Schonlein purpura, and cholestasis. etc. have conducted more in-depth research; they advocate that "a good doctor never abandons external treatment" and are good at using traditional Chinese medicine and external treatment to prevent and treat common diseases in children. He has presided over more than 10 projects at all levels, including the national "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" scientific research support project, the National Natural Science Foundation of China project, and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine projects; edited and participated in the editing of more than 20 textbooks and books; published more than 40 papers; and won awards 1 third prize of the Guangdong Provincial Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Progress Award, 1 first prize of the Science Popularization Award of the First Guangdong Provincial Medical Science and Technology Award, 1 first prize and 1 third prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and 1 first prize of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Teaching Achievements One first prize, two second prizes, and three patent applications.
clinic time: Wednesday and Thursday morning.
About the author
Ouyang Xuecheng, MD, Attending physician of pediatrics at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Member of the Health Communication Self-Media Alliance of the Guangdong Provincial Medical Association, Youth Member of the Collateral Diseases Professional Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Province Member of the Pediatric Professional Committee of the Society of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine. He has presided over more than 10 provincial school-level projects such as the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Guangdong Provincial Clinical Teaching Base Teaching Reform Research Project, and the Guangdong Provincial School Moral Education Research Project. He has published more than 40 papers, including 1 SCI (IF: 3.4).Won outstanding papers at the National Pediatric Academic Conference of the Chinese Medical Association, outstanding papers at the National Academic Conference on Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine in Pediatrics, outstanding papers at the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Qiongao Perinatal Medicine Academic Forum, outstanding papers at the Guangdong Pediatric Academic Exchange Conference on Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, and the first Guangdong Medical Science and Technology Award (sixth completer), second prize of the 9th Teaching Achievement Award of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (fifth completer). Participated in the compilation of the book series "Collection and Analysis of Pediatric Asthma Cases", "Medicinal Diet to Treat Children's Strength", "1000 Soups to Drink According to Your Body Type", "Common Talk about Pediatric Massage" and "Epidemic Prevention Soup", and has been published in "Guangzhou Daily", "Yangcheng Evening News" and " Newspapers such as Elderly News , " Life Times " and " Health Times " have published more than 100 popular science papers. They were the most popular articles in China's traditional Chinese medicine science popularization test week, and hundreds of famous doctors live broadcasted the TOP50 influential figures.
won the "Young Traditional Chinese Medicine Differentiation and Treatment Expert", "Science Popularization Expert" and "Excellent Employee" of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, the first place in the "Young Traditional Chinese Medicine Differentiation and Treatment Expert Competition", the first prize in the quality control competition, and the 2015 Family fog Second runner-up in the Southern District of Story Hui, speaker at the national sharing session, promotion award at the 2016 South China District Correct Reading Literature Guide Sharing Session, speaker at the National Ultimate Sharing Session, 2017 Fifth Children’s Star Case Speech Contest First Prize and Best Popularity Award in Guangzhou Division, Best TED Speaker and TED Popularity King in the China Anti-Infection Clinical Practice Improvement Project in 2018, Second Prize in the Southern District of the Chinese Journal of Practical Pediatrics Essay Contest, and the Most Influential Annual Award in Guangdong Province in 2019 The second prize in the popular science work of Li Health (graphics and texts), the outstanding case in the National Influenza Case Essay Contest, the first prize in the 2020 China Children's Influenza Cases Speech Contest on the Standardized Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Colds in Children, and the promotion award in the speech contest on the rational use of antibiotics in pediatric outpatient clinics. , the first prize in the 2021 Clinical Lecture Observation Competition and the third prize in the Jinsheng Yuzhen Typical Case Competition.
is good at: fever, cough, asthma , diarrhea, anorexia, allergic purpura, nephritis and kidney disease and other common diseases in children.
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