Article excerpt: "Traditional Chinese Medicine Ancient Methods for Infant and Child Health Preservation"
Oral ulcer disease and dietary therapy methods
In addition to oral ulcers, children with thrush or hand foot mouth disease can also develop sores in their mouths.
The specific identification is as follows:
Goose mouth sores:
It is a condition where there are white shavings and a closed membrane around the mouth ulcer, which is more common in newborn babies. This type of ulcer is now easily distinguishable from ordinary mouth ulcers because, as the name suggests, goose mouth ulcers are like a goose's mouth, with white shavings inside and a red halo around. Generally speaking, there is no pain or bleeding. And mouth sores are very painful, causing saliva to flow, while goose mouth sores do not.
Hand, foot and mouth disease:
One characteristic of hand, foot, and mouth disease is definitely oral erosion, which is the presence of ulcers. In addition, blisters or rashes may appear on the palms, soles, and buttocks of children, as well as a characteristic of fever and some external symptoms.
Oral ulcers are basically divided into two types: the first is spleen and stomach heat accumulation, and the second is heart fire inflammation. The symptoms and dietary methods of oral ulcers caused by different situations are also different.
Spleen and stomach heat accumulation
Performance:
There are multiple ulcers in the oral cavity, with red and burning mucous membranes around it, which is a sign of heat, pain, refusal to eat, and reluctance to eat because it is too painful. It can cause restlessness, drooling, and crying, and no matter how hard one tries to soothe it (crying often refers to infants and young children). In addition, there are red faces and lips, accompanied by bad breath, dry stools, constipation, yellow urine, and possibly thirst in children, all of which are manifestations of heat in the spleen and stomach.
Also, look at the tongue coating. The tongue texture is red, and the tongue coating is not thin white coating, but a thick layer of white or yellow color, which is due to the accumulation of heat in the spleen and stomach.
Dietary therapy methods:
Lotus leaf bitter gourd and mung bean soup.
Boil 10 grams of lotus leaves and 30 grams of mung beans in water. Once the water boils, simmer over low heat for 20 minutes and let cool. Then put the bitter gourd into a juicer and squeeze it into juice. Mix the bitter gourd juice with water from lotus leaves and mung beans, and then add some rock sugar to drink. It has the effects of clearing heat, dispelling fire, strengthening the spleen, and removing dampness, and is very effective in treating mouth ulcers.
Heart fire inflammation type
Heart fire, the opening of the mind to the tongue, especially those mouth sores on the tip of the tongue, are all related to heart fire.
In traditional Chinese medicine, there is a great relationship between the heart and the mind, because it believes that the heart governs the gods. If the heart is troubled, there will be many worries, which, in the words of ordinary people, can cause anxiety and easily lead to mouth and tongue sores. Another issue is that pain is the main cause, and this type of mouth ulcer caused by heart fire is quite painful, even more so than those caused by spleen and stomach heat accumulation. Children may cry, become restless, and some may also experience fever, but the fever is not severe and their urine may turn yellow.
Dietary therapy methods:
Bamboo leaves, winter melon, red beans, rock sugar soup.
Boil 10 grams of bamboo leaves, winter melon, and red beans together for about 20 minutes. Once cooked, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar and let it cool before drinking.
Bamboo leaves can clear the heart and relieve fire. In traditional Chinese medicine, there is a famous formula called Daochi San, which means red color. Daochi San is a formula specifically designed to clear the heart and fire, with bamboo leaves as the main ingredient. Winter melon is diuretic, clearing heat and detoxifying. Red beans can dissolve dampness, promote diuresis, detoxify, and clear heat. Rock sugar can clear heat, nourish yin, and be used for seasoning. Being together to clear the heart and fire is very effective in treating mouth ulcers.
Prevention and care of oral ulcers in children
Prevention:
1. Pay attention to rest.
Fatigue can easily lead to mouth sores. Especially for many modern children, after the age of 7 or 8, when they start school, they face a lot of academic pressure and must pay attention to rest.
2. The diet should be light.
Eat more vegetables, fruits, and miscellaneous grains, especially fruits, which are rich in vitamins.
3. Oral hygiene.
Encourage children to develop the habit of brushing their teeth as early as possible to prevent the growth of bacteria, fungi, viruses, spirochetes, and other microorganisms.
Adjustment:
1. You can choose some Chinese herbs to rinse your mouth. Don't swallow them, just rinse your mouth. These herbs are: honeysuckle, wild chrysanthemum, Isatis root, green leaves, and raw licorice, each weighing 15 grams. Boil them like traditional Chinese medicine and rinse your mouth with soup. Especially rinse your mouth with Chinese herbal soup after three meals.
2. Eat a light diet, eat more vegetables and fruits, and maintain smooth bowel movements.
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