How to protect the health of adolescents and children in autumn and winter

The culture of Chinese medicine is broad and profound, in addition to the cultivation and conditioning of Chinese medicine, there are also cupping, acupuncture, tuina, diet therapy and other methods
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With autumn and winter approaching, the temperature drops, and this is also a period of high incidence of respiratory diseases in adolescents and children, how to use TCM health care methods to protect their health? The reporter interviewed Chinese medicine experts, let's
find out together.

Li Haixia, deputy director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Hunan Children's Hospital, said that in autumn and winter, adolescents and children have poor adaptability to environmental climate change, and wind cold can easily invade children's lungs, spleen and other organs, resulting in respiratory and digestive diseases
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Experts suggest that TCM can be used to improve children's immunity through diet regulation, regular work and rest, scientific oral oral Chinese medicine ointment, tuina, acupressure point application treatment, foot bath, etc
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"Teenagers and children should get enough sleep in autumn and winter, and can wake up half an hour
later in the morning than in summer.
" Wang Yalu, a traditional Chinese medicine doctor at Hunan Children's Hospital, said that adequate sleep and good nutrition are essential
to strengthen children's immunity.

Experts suggest that parents can understand some common sense of children's ointment prescriptions and pediatric tuina, take their children to the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine for physical identification, and choose the appropriate ointment to supplement and scientific massage according to their children's physique
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For example, in autumn and winter, parents can properly press the foot acupuncture points, pinch the back, and massage the abdomen to improve the child's immunity
in the morning and evening.

"In the cold season, acupressure point application treatment under the guidance of a doctor is beneficial
to the child's health.
" Li Haixia said that acupoint application treatment refers to a traditional Chinese medicine external treatment method that uses traditional Chinese medicine to apply specific acupuncture points to the human body to prevent diseases, which can play a role in warming yang and invigorating qi, tonifying the lungs and strengthening the spleen, warming the kidneys and dispersing cold, so that children can
get sick less.

"In autumn and winter, foot baths are a good choice
for children who are prone to colds.
" Li Haixia said that foot bath can improve children's blood circulation, regulate organ function, and improve immunity
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The temperature of the child's foot bath should be 37 degrees Celsius, 20 minutes each time, and the feet should be properly hydrated
after soaking.
(Editor Li Chuang)