Many children nowadays have excessive liver fire, especially those who stay up late or love to eat snacks. Generally, this can be regulated by starting with the child's diet, maintaining a good mood, avoiding crying and fussing frequently, and paying attention to daily life details. Below are some methods for dealing with excessive liver fire in children.
1、 What should I do if my child has liver fire
1. Control children's snacks and eat less foods that can easily cause internal heat, such as braised and fried foods. Preschool children should avoid eating foods with fruit shells such as peanuts and melon seeds. Don't let children drink too much cold drinks in summer.
2. Give children more mung bean soup or mung bean porridge. Mung beans have a sweet and cold taste, can clear heat and relieve irritability, and can cool and detoxify. They are most suitable for children who are restless and have a bad temper.
3. Give children more vegetables that can clear liver heat, such as celery, bitter gourd, eggplant, water bamboo, cabbage, and other vegetables
4. Encourage children to eat more fresh fruits
Water Chestnut: Rich in fruit juice and slightly cold in nature, it is very suitable for children who are restless, thirsty, have mouth and tongue sores, dry stools, and yellow urine. Pear and grapefruit: with a slightly sour taste and a cold nature, they are characterized by their ability to clear the liver and lungs. In addition to clearing heat, they are extremely suitable for babies with lung heat, cough, yellow phlegm, dry throat, and pain.
2、 Symptoms of excessive liver fire in children
1. Sleep has distinct characteristics. For example, difficulty falling asleep, sweating easily after falling asleep, restless sleep in the second half of the night, frequently changing sleeping positions and positions. Some children may sit up in a daze, lie down in a different position and then sleep again, while others may dream and wake up startled by their dreams. Most of these children like to sleep on their stomach, and some even snore and bite their teeth (grind their teeth).
2. I am particularly afraid of heat. When sleeping, it is easy to kick the blanket, lift clothes, and expose the belly. Some even take off their clothes in the middle of the night. Children who are impatient and prone to sweating should pay attention.
3. Judging from the tongue coating and pulse. The child's tongue, lips, and cheekbones are slightly red, and some children even have red palms, fast pulse, bad breath, and poor bowel movements. These children often have picky eating habits, poor appetite, thin bodies, and are prone to sweating above the chest when sleeping.
4. Due to a strong sense of 'heart fire', the child's personality is also quite irritable, prone to losing their temper, and stubborn.
Based on the above content, the symptoms and methods of regulating liver fire are related. Insomnia is quite obvious when sleeping at night, and people should not fall asleep at all. There are also those who are afraid of heat and have poor emotions. After these symptoms occur, they should be regulated in a timely manner, using dietary therapy is enough. Do not take traditional Chinese medicine, and develop good habits in daily life.
