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Children from newborn to adult, in the process of continuous growth and development of its various tissues and organs of the body, a variety of physiological function is not yet mature, with age, gradually perfecting. This immature state, the younger, and the performance of the more significant, and therefore can not simply Pediatric seen as a microcosm of the adult. TCM To sum up, the physiological characteristics of children with physiological and pathological characteristics, mainly for delicate organs, qi is not sufficient, vibrant, rapid development. Pathological features of the disease, manifested as easy and easy to change, easy to rehabilitation. Master these characteristics, an understanding of children’s growth and development, disease prevention, are extremely important.

Physiological characteristics

Delicate organs, shaped gas are not fully organs refers internal organs, the qi that refers to the shape and structure, fine blood and body fluids and gasification functions. Delicate organs, qi is not sufficient, in children born after the internal organs than those delicate fragile, its body structure, essence and blood and body fluids, and gasification are not mature enough and the relative lack of. Specific performance has not been charged for the blood, meridians not Shing, the bones are not strong, visceral essence guard outside the function is not solid, yin and yang, two gas are insufficient. Delicate organs internal organs shaped both the lack of gas but more prominent especially in the lungs, spleen, kidney three dirty. In children often lack the “lungs”, refers to one of the gas main pulmonary foreign joint fur Cou reason, lung delicate, not solid guard outside, prone exogenous pathogens invasion, the lung qi Lai spleen distribution to subtle sufficient to support, spleen health lung health from the solid to the contrary, the spleen is also weak lung; pediatric the spleen often lack “, acquired the book refers to the spleen, the main transport of cereal essence, the source of qi and blood, pediatric growth and development of rapid, vigorous growth, qi subtle needs than adults relatively more, but pediatric stomach weak transport and not Kin, diet slightly Festival will easily damage the spleen and stomach illness; pediatric kidney is often imaginary “refers to the kidney to the birth of the kidney Yin Yuanyang Zhongyuan the root of life related to human endowments of physical growth, the various dirty yin is taken from the kidney yin nourishing, dirty yang dependent on kidney-yang of temperature dependent. The growth and development of children, disease resistance, and bone marrow, brain, hair, ears, teeth and other normal development and function, are related to the kidney. Pediatric newborn is at the time of growth and development, the kidney is not Sheng, the blood has not been charged, kidney age gradually Chong Sheng, namely pediatric kidney is often true “meaning. The ancient physicians Pediatric these body special performance, “Zhi Yin Chih-yang”‘s point of view, pediatric body is “Chih-yang does not charge Zhi Yin is not long,” here “Yin”, generally is refers to the in vivo sperm, blood, body fluid and other substances, and “Yang” refers to a variety of physiological functions of the body organs and activities. Therefore, the Zhi Yin Zhi Yang Help children with both physical and physiological functions, are naive and imperfect, in the process of continuous growth and development.

Vibrant, the rapid development of this mainly refers to children with the body, such as the bud sprouting soil, correct feeding, will be rapid growth.

In the growth and development of the process, from the physical, intellectual and even organs function are constantly tend to improve and mature, the younger, the faster the speed of its growth and development. The ancient physicians observation to children with such vitality, rapid development of dynamic change, and proposed pediatric Shun Yeung body point of view. The “Shun Yeung,” referring to the yang thriving intended, our earliest extant a pediatric book cranial the first proposed by “,” children three years old or less, call Shun Yeung “saying, life is a yang, sun shade long. The course “Shun Yeung” not tantamount Sheng Yang, nor yang without yin, “Shun Yeung mainly pediatric body dynamic development quickly this physiological phenomenon, which means that the development of rapid body growth in children, particularly urgent demand for cereal essence, in the body Yin Changyang Health metabolism process, often shows the exuberant yang, while often relatively feel Yinye deficiencies. Pediatric body also precisely because of this exuberant yang physiological process in order to make children grow and develop to adult growth rate unmatched, like the rising of the Rising Sun, Fang Meng vegetation.

Short, the Zhi Yin Zhi Yang “and” Shun Yeung “two points is used to summarize the two aspects of the physiological functions of the body in children, the former refers to the pediatric body weak, yin and yang gas and adults Compared are inadequate, the latter refers to the the pediatric body in the process of growth and development, by Dry vibrant, often Yinye the relative lack of relatively more in terms of, Mizutani subtle demand. Both represent two aspects of pediatric physiological characteristics, which is different from the adults in children particularity.

Pathological features

1. Easy incidence in children due to the delicate organs shaped gas has not been charged, poor disease resistance of certain diseases, and children with warm winter can not be self-adjusting, I do not know since diet section, so easy for six evils of the evil outside invasion within easy diet injured, Feipi two dirty disease incidence is particularly high. Breath of lung Division, the main one of the gas-foreign joint fur the meridians not Shing, qi is not sufficient due to children with physical, health outside the function is not solid, it is evil per normal easy from the table into the room, invasion in the lung, affecting lung function , cough, asthma, pneumonia. Stomach for the day after tomorrow, the main transport of microscopic Mizutani and lose cloth rapid growth and development in children, required Mizutani urgent than in adults, but the spleen is often inadequate, hunger and eat excessive diet section, can affect the spleen and stomach, there vomiting, and diarrhea.

2. Easy to change pediatric onset easily, and rapidly changing, cold and heat changes more rapidly than adults, more complex, specific performance is easy to empty and easy real easy cold easily heat characteristics. The case of illness, modulating improper, the easy light lesions heavy, ill turn adversity. Sheng is the real evil, the essence of the conquest of the imaginary, the pediatric body weak sense of evil every easy disease potential arrogant, appeared empirical. But evil Sheng, righteousness injury, can be quickly converted to the deficiency, or the actual situation and see. Easy to cold and hot pathological changes, closely related to the generation and physiological characteristics of pediatric Zhi Yin Zhi Yang. “Zhi Yin is not long, after illness, was easy to vaginal injuries yang hyperactivity syndrome, performance thermal; while” not fully Chih-yang, the body is vulnerable, another easy failure, cold syndrome.

Easy rehabilitation pediatric vibrant in the thriving, continuous growth stage, dirty and clean air spirit, energetic, illness, if we get timely treatment and care, disease recovery more rapid, sooner or later, change is very obvious. This easy-to-rehabilitation characteristics, in addition to physical factors, and etiology simple, less impassioned affect also related. Ming dynasty Jing Yue Quan Shu pediatric “said: Qing Ling pediatric” dirty gas, with the dial should be with, but indeed lent this and take a drug can be more. “Can be described as pathological features in children generalizations.

Modern understanding of the relationship between physiological characteristics and the incidence on pediatric anatomy, and the elucidation of the theory of Chinese medicine in pediatric physiological and pathological features point of view, is basically consistent. As in the respiratory system, due to the short pediatric nasal mucosa vascular rich, no nose hair, plus less antibody production, and therefore vulnerable to infection. Infant Eustachian tube wide, short and straight, low nasopharyngeal openings when a cold complicated by otitis media. Throat lymph increased with age and gradually developed to adulthood and then gradually degraded, therefore pharyngeal the isthmus inflammation common in older children, the baby can occur pharyngeal abscess. Narrow throat, vocal cords and mucosal weak and full of blood vessels, and easy to produce infection laryngeal edema, and dyspnea. Similarly the trachea and bronchitis mucosal easy swelling, alveolar elastic poor, poor ciliary movement clogging easily phlegm. In the digestive system, the stomach in children with a horizontal position, the cardiac sphincter relaxation, it is easy to vomiting and galactorrhea. Relatively long intestine, conducive to digestion and absorption of a relatively small, but the secretion of gastric acid and digestive juices, digestive enzyme activity is low, so the diet slightly improper, that could easily cause diarrhea. In the circulatory system, the addition to pediatric apex often in the fourth intercostal space, than the adult apical position, wide heart coronary anastomotic branch, capillaries bulky than adults, the proportion of blood volume percentage of body weight than adults, these are beneficial metabolic illness after dehydration is more common than in adults. In the nervous system, neonatal cerebral cortex excitability by external stimuli, fatigue into suppressed, and therefore, most of the time in a sleep state;

Infant cerebral cortex the weak the subcortical center’s ability to control and easy to startle when sleeping. Because of nerve myelin is not fully formed, excited easily diffused and therefore prone to convulsions fever. In addition, less than 2 years of age, the location of the children with renal lower, the lower end is often up to the iliac crest to the girl’s urethra is very short, close to the anus, prone to urinary tract infections. These characteristics are delicate organs shaped gas are not fully easy onset, rapidly changing further description of the physiological and pathological characteristics.