TCM Differentiation and Treatment of Children's Yellowing

Yellowing of children refers to the symptoms of yellowing of skin, face and urine all over the body after the child is born. This article will introduce the syndrome differentiation and TCM treatment of children's yellowing.

Damp-heat jaundice

Pale and emaciated, with orange color, sweating urine like gardenia water, yellow staining, fever and thirst, abdominal distension, gray or secret stool, mental fatigue, oligogalactia, yellow greasy tongue coating and purple fingerprints.

Cold-dampness yellowing

Face is yellow, dark yellow, or smoky yellow, mental fatigue, drowsiness, hypogalactia, abdominal distension, light or thin stool, short and red urine, greasy tongue coating and reddish fingerprints.

Chinese traditional treatment

Children's yellowing belongs to the category of jaundice in traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine needs to treat children's yellowing according to different syndromes. Commonly used Chinese medicines include Coptidis Rhizoma, Gardenia Fructus, Scutellariae Radix, Cortex Phellodendri, Herba Artemisiae Scopariae, Semen Plantaginis, etc.