資料來源:註冊中醫師徐澤昌

 

如果小朋友經常性出現反覆呼吸道的感染,即經常患上感冒和咳嗽。在中醫角度而言,也是因為他肺脾氣虛及肺脾不足而引起,即個人抵抗力下降了。這些小朋友很多時候因肺氣虛,可能經常感到疲倦或是說話的時候沒有力氣等。如果小朋友脾虛的話,很多時會感到食慾不振又或容易腹瀉。以中醫角度而言,主要便是照顧肺脾,即是要照顧肺脾之氣,讓他能夠增強抵抗力。

 

他在很短的時間裡剛剛痊癒了卻再次患上感冒,患上感冒後又痊癒,經常性這樣出現,便屬於反覆呼吸道感染。譬如小朋友這次生病了,可能剛痊癒了一、兩個星期後,又再次感冒,又再次出現呼吸道感染。在中醫角度而言,已經可以判斷為小兒反覆呼吸道感染,即生病的頻率和次數比一般人多。

Source: Registered Chinese medicine practitioner, Tsui Chak Cheong

 

If a child frequently experiences recurrent respiratory infections, such as frequent colds and coughs, from the perspective of Chinese medicine, it is also caused by deficiency of Qi in the lung and spleen and deficiency of the lung and spleen, leading to a weakened immune system. These children often feel tired due to lung qi deficiency and may lack energy when speaking. If they have spleen deficiency, they may experience loss of appetite or easily have diarrhea. From the Chinese medicine standpoint, the focus is on taking care of the lung and spleen, which involves nurturing their qi to enhance their resistance.

 

If a child has just recovered from an illness but quickly falls ill again or experiences recurrent respiratory infections, it falls under the category of recurrent respiratory infections. For example, after recovering from an illness, the child may catch another cold within one or two weeks, leading to another respiratory infection. From the Chinese medicine perspective, it can be determined as recurrent respiratory infections in children, where the frequency and number of illnesses are higher than average.

又或是可能以前不是這樣的,以前你可能一年會生病三次,但是今年你可能只過了半年,卻已經每個月生病一次,又或是兩個星期便生病一次,這樣子就可能是你的小朋友的身體出現了問題。

 

如何通過飲食來有效地預防感冒?其實最主要便是飲食清淡面、注意營養及勞逸合適,即運動和休息時間要取得平衡。日常飲食中,要吸收多一點維他命C及維他命A等,增強自身的抵抗力。家長可煲青紅蘿蔔湯,盡量不要讓小朋友吃太多煎炸、濃味食物及難消化的食物,因為小朋友的消化能力還是很弱,即脾常不足的特徵。如果平常天天吃快餐或是天天吃一些很難消化及濃味的零吃,小朋友的身體會累積痰熱。這些痰熱加上外界的病邪入侵身體,就會形成一些容易感冒的體質。

Or it could be that in the past, it wasn’t like this. Previously, you might have gotten sick three times a year, but this year, it’s possible that within just six months, you’ve already been falling ill every month or once every two weeks. In such cases, it’s possible that there are underlying issues with your child’s health.

 

How can diet effectively prevent colds? The key is to have a light and balanced diet, pay attention to nutrition, and maintain a proper balance between activity and rest. In daily meals, it’s important to consume more vitamin C and vitamin A to strengthen the body’s immune system. Parents can prepare carrot soup and try to minimize the consumption of fried, heavily seasoned, and hard-to-digest foods for children because their digestive capacity is still weak, which is a characteristic of spleen deficiency. If children frequently consume fast food or indulge in hard-to-digest and highly seasoned snacks, their bodies may accumulate phlegm and heat. This accumulation, combined with the invasion of external pathogenic factors, can create a susceptibility to frequent colds.

如果要推薦湯水,有一種湯水稱為「玉屏風散」。「玉屏風散」的主要材料是黃耆、白术和防風這三種藥材,如果我們煲湯水,也可以用這三種藥材,再放一塊瘦肉,放少許蜜棗。

If you want recommended soup, there is a type of soup called “Yukpingfung San.” The main ingredients of it are astragalus, white atractylodes, and saposhnikovia root. When preparing the soup, we can use these three medicinal herbs along with a lean meat and a few honey dates.