Can a 4 year old take the cream?

The beginning of winter is approaching, and it is the best time of the year to recuperate and nourish the winter ointment. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that in autumn, due to the gradual weakening of the body's yang qi and the lack of sweating, the nutrients ingested are easy to store, so it is appropriate to take supplements. Today and tomorrow, three traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in Changsha will launch this year's Chinese medicine ointment festival, and launch many preferential measures such as free Chinese medicine identification and free tasting of ointment.

Experts said that the ointment prescription is not suitable for everyone, and the tonic ointment prescription should not be taken for two days and three days, nor can it be taken several times a day for quick results, otherwise the effect may be counterproductive.

Decryption: Personalized paste prescription takes 3 days after 8 steps.

The plaster is a Chinese patent ointment that is refined by the doctor according to the patient's condition and constitution, prescribed by traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation, boiled with traditional Chinese medicinal materials, and added with honey or gum. According to Deng Manjing, director of the pharmacy department and chief pharmacist of Changsha Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Changsha Eighth Hospital), the ointment is suitable for the following sub-healthy people: those with weak symptoms such as lack of qi and blood and loss of five organs; Elderly people with symptoms such as lack of energy and low visceral function; People who are prone to recurrent colds and have low immunity; ** stage of cancer patients.

Modern plaster prescription is generally composed of about 20 flavors of traditional Chinese medicine, and a dose of personalized plaster prescription needs to go through 8 major steps of expert pulse prescription, dispensing, honey refining, soaking, decoction, concentration, paste collection, and storage, which takes about 3 days before and after. The soaking process alone takes 12 hours.

Myth: Eat more ointment to "solve quickly"?

Ms. Li, a citizen, has suffered from headaches and insomnia for several years, and she specially asked an expert to prescribe a cream prescription at the beginning of winter last year. However, after taking it for a period of time, in order to increase the efficacy, Ms. Li increased the amount of ointment she took every day without authorization, and as a result, she had to go to the hospital due to gastrointestinal discomfort.

Among the patients treated, some patients stopped eating and eating, so the effect was not significant; Some patients think that the effect of the medicine is directly proportional to the amount taken, and take several doses of the ointment a day, which results in other diseases. Deng Manjing said that taking the ointment should be taken on time and in accordance with the doctor's instructions, and it is neither indiscriminately supplemented, nor can it be increased by oneself with the idea of quick resolution. In addition, avoid eating cold, greasy and spicy food during the period of taking the ointment, and stop taking the ointment when you have a cold, fever, cough and gastroenteritis.

In view of the mentality of some parents who are eager to give tonics to their young children, Deng Manjing also reminded that generally speaking, children over 4 years old with lung deficiency (manifested as susceptibility to colds, excessive sweating, repeated asthma attacks, etc.), spleen deficiency (manifested as long-term anorexia, developmental delay, etc.) and kidney deficiency (manifested as fatigue, restless sleep, etc.) These three types of children can be appropriately supplemented with ointment, but infants under the age of 4 and the following groups of people should not take the ointment: pregnant women; Patients with hepatitis, tuberculosis and other active periods; Patients with stomach problems, abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc.

Yes, the ointment prescription has been the first choice for nourishment since ancient times, Dr. Xie Jing is a well-known pediatrician in Hunan and the surrounding areas, you can rest assured, if the conditions allow, you can try it, after all, it is still cost-effective compared to spending money and suffering from illness one after another.