Traditional Chinese medicine has a solution for children with new crown, white strawberry tongue and constant cold

5-year-old Xiaozhen was diagnosed with Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) in June last year. After recovering, he had repeated colds, coughs, and runny nose for 4 to 5 months. He was once infected with mycoplasma and kept going to pediatric clinics. Later, she went to the doctor and diagnosed her with the new crown syndrome. She had lung-qi deficiency and dampness in the upper burner. She was prescribed traditional Chinese medicine to eliminate wind, cold and dampness. The cold recovered after 1 week, and then dehumidified spleen with Guizhi and Shengmaiyin. No more colds. Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University

In children with new crown syndrome, it is often found that the tongue of the affected child is thick and white like a white strawberry tongue, and the disease is lingering, which leads to a prolonged course of the disease and is difficult to heal.

(Photographed by reporter Cai Shuyuan)

[Reporter Cai Shuyuan/Taichung Report] 5-year-old Xiaozhen was diagnosed with Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) in June last year. After recovering, she had repeated colds, coughs, and runny nose for 4 to 5 months. Infected, kept going to the pediatric clinic, and later went to the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine to diagnose her with new crown syndrome, with deficiency of lung and spleen, dampness in the upper burnt, prescribed Chinese medicine to eliminate wind, cold and dampness, and the cold recovered after 1 week, and then dehumidified with Guizhi and Shengmaiyin Invigorate the spleen, and rarely catch a cold after 3 weeks.

Lai Wanyu, director of the Department of Pediatrics of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, pointed out that the infection of the new coronavirus is like the invasion of damp heat. After treating children, the new crown virus is still damp and hot. It is often found that the tongue of the infected child is like a white strawberry tongue. The tongue coating is thick and whitish. This is damp heat in Chinese medicine. In the mixed syndrome type, the damp evil is heavy, turbid and viscous, and the disease is lingering, which leads to a prolonged course of the disease and is difficult to heal.

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Lai Wanyu said that in Chinese medicine, post-children's COVID-19 syndrome is divided into "qi deficiency" which often causes respiratory infections, sweating, and decreased physical strength, and "yin deficiency" which leads to deficiency of fire, irregular heartbeat, chest tightness, dry mouth, itchy skin, and skin rashes. Adolescents often experience chest pain, irregular heartbeat, and insomnia, while preschool children experience coughing, excessive sweating, and decreased energy.

Xiaozhen developed the new crown syndrome, repeated colds, coughs, and runny nose.