TCM management of pediatric adenoid hypertrophy
Adenoids, also known as pharyngeal tonsils, are similar to tonsils. They grow with age, reaching their maximum size at about 6 years of age and gradually shrinking after 10 years of age.
Adenoid Hypertrophy
Adenoids, also known as pharyngeal tonsils, are similar to tonsils. They grow with age, reaching their maximum size at about 6 years of age and gradually shrinking after 10 years of age. Adenoid hypertrophy occurs mostly in children and is often combined with chronic tonsillitis and tonsillar hypertrophy.
1 Etiology
Adenoid hypertrophy is due to recurrent inflammation of acute and chronic rhinitis, tonsillitis, influenza, etc., pathological hyperplasia occurs, thus causing increased nasal obstruction, obstructing nasal drainage, rhinitis sinusitis secretions and stimulate the adenoids to continue to proliferate, forming a vicious circle of mutual cause and effect.
2 Clinical
The main clinical manifestations of adenoid hypertrophy are anorexia, vomiting, and dyspepsia in children, followed by malnutrition, respiratory distress, and lack of lung expansion, and in severe cases, an “adenoid face”.
3 Treatment
01 General treatment
Pay attention to nutrition and improve immunity. As the adenoids gradually shrink with age, the condition may be relieved.
02 Nasal spray
Children often have rhinitis and sinusitis, which can be treated locally with nasal spray hormone and saline, and the clinical symptoms will be reduced after a period of time.
03 Surgical treatment
If conservative treatment is ineffective, adenoids should be surgically removed as early as possible.
04 Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
Chinese medicine treatment should follow the treatment principles of dispersing wind and cold outside, clearing the heat inside and resolving phlegm and dampness at the same time, tonifying qi and blood for those who have deficiency of qi and blood, and clearing the liver and relieving depression for those who have fire in the heart and liver, and clearing the heart and removing annoyance. The specific methods are as follows.
1, Dispersing external cold
Put a towel soaked and heated on the forehead, replace the hot towel after it becomes cool for 30 minutes.
You can take your child to the sun for 1~2 hours every day, with your back to the sun.
2, Food therapy
You can consume ginger and brown sugar water.
lotus leaf, poria, Chen Pi, winter melon, barley, yam, lotus seeds, etc.
Chinese wolfberry, mulberry, walnut, etc.
Usage: You can use 10g each of ginger, lotus leaf, poria, wolfberry and chrysanthemum to cook porridge and soup together.
3, Pediatric massage
Rub Yongquan and Taixi points for 5~10 minutes every day
Rub the body pillar point for 5~10 minutes every day
rubbing the foot three li for 5~10 minutes every day
4 Prevention
01 Early detection, early treatment
When a child has poor hearing or frequent nasal congestion and runny nose, check for adenoid hypertrophy.
02 Prevention of pediatric colds
If a child has a prolonged cold with symptoms such as runny nose, nasal congestion, coughing, eye rubbing, sneezing and snoring, seek medical diagnosis promptly.
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