Indigestion in children
From our clinical experience, children with poor appetite,
excessively petite body size, yellowish facial colour or bad breath,
are often caused by indigestion. There are many reasons for
indigestion in children, including weak spleen and stomach,
excessive digestive fire, indulgence in food and beverages, etc.
When children under the age of 2 have a poor appetite, it is usually
due to weak spleen and stomach, and poor digestive function.
These conditions can sometimes exist at birth, or from catching cold
which can lead to weak spleen and stomach. When children starts
to take meals by themselves, they tend to pick only food that they
like, indulging in sweets, cold food and beverages, and refusing to
eat certain food. As a result of imbalanced diet, if the spleen and
stomach were already weak, they now becomes weaker.
Weak spleen and stomach:
Symptoms - excessive slow eating, low or no appetite, skinny and
excessively petite body size, pale or yellowish complexion, fear of
cold, pale tongue color, etc.
Treatment - traditional Chinese medicine that strengthens the
spleen and stimulates the appetite, Moxibustion, traditional Chinese
medicine external patches and other treatments. Our handmade all
natural "seven white powder" follows the principle of strengthening
spleen and stimulates appetite and is loved by children. It is easy to
use, commonly taken once a day with breakfast.
Damp and heaty spleen and stomach:
This is often caused by an imbalanced diet and over indulgence of
sweet and greasy food.
Symptoms - poor appetite, bad and sour breath, sticky stool or
constipation, sweaty hands and feet, and yellowish and greasy
tongue.
The Treatment - aims to properly digest food and strengthen the spleen
to clear away heat and damp through traditional herbal medicine.
However if the digestive fire is excessive, the child will still have
very good appetite but the food ingested has not been properly
absorbed, thus the child is still having indigestion. Symptoms
include bad breath, blushed facial colour, overly pink coloured
tongue with very little coatings etc. Thus treatment of herbal
medicine for these children aims to eliminate the excessive
digestive fire, nourishing yin and tonifying the spleen. As children
are physically delicate, we can start with small dosage of herbal
medicine tea bags. The child’s symptoms can be seen improved in
1 week. Traditional Chinese medicine is effective and has no side
effects when treating indigestion in children. Our tea bags and all
natural powders made from herbs are 100% natural, has no
additives, with smooth and silky texture and much loved by children.
Eczema in children
Paediatric eczema is very common among infants all the way to
adolescents. Some symptoms are severe, which affect normalcy of
life and even growth and development. Common symptoms of
eczema or specific dermatitis are, skin itching, rash, peeling, severe
flaking, ulceration, etc. In particular infants and young children, the
itchiness make them scratch, and causes skin damage, infection,
etc., and aggravates dermatitis. Traditional Chinese medicine
believes that eczema is caused by abnormal dampness - the
wetness of the external environment during change of seasons,
such as rainy season, or the humid season; or the dampness in the
internal body, such as spleen and stomach dampness and
heatiness, intestinal dampness and heatiness, etc. The treatment
for both external and internal cause are different, please consult Dr
Jessy Zhu for use of the herbal medicine. In addition to oral
medicine, there are also herbal medicine for external application. It
is also essential to abstain from sweet and spicy food, at least for a
period of time.