The Experience Summary Of Professor Youjia Xu Using The "Children’s Constitution Is Deficiency Cold" Academic Idea To Treating Children’s Functional Constipation

ObjectivesTo summarize the experiences of professor Youjia Xu’s preferred treatment of children with functional constipation and regulation of using herb, and explore the connotation and meaning of "Children’s constitution is deficiency cold" academic idea.MethodsSummarizing professor Youjia Xu’s experience of treating children’s functional constipation through literature research, clinical diagnosis, medical record and thematic interpretation. On the basis of literature research, collecting and sorting the treatment of children’s functional constipation of the medical record fllowing professor Youjia Xu. And analysing the data collected by the auxiliary platform of traditional Chinese medicine inheritance software, then ordering the results by the analysis to initially formed professor Youjia Xu’s experience of treating children’s functional constipation. Then discussing with professor Youjia Xu intending to make the instruction of the "children’s constitution is deficiency cold" academic idea and the experience in treating children’s functional constipation.Result1. Clinical studyThere are 60 cases of pediatric constipation in this research which clinically following professor Youjia Xu. The common age of the children in the research is from 2 to 4 years old. The common clinical symptoms with the children in the research include poor appetite, sweat more, fatigue, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, irritability, which are due to getting hot, injury of Yin, or indigestion. Therefore the treatment must be based on strength the spleen and helping the spleen transporting, taking care of children’s Yang-qi, and modify the prescription according to the syndrome differentiation. Commonly used herb is variable, including atractylodes, betel nuts, orange peel, wheat, stem, etc.2. Special interviewProfessor Youjia Xu think that " deficiency cold" constitution is the basis of the pediatric constipation, and the performance of the " deficiency cold" in the disease is focused on the spleen, which takes "the spleen is often insufficient" as the core. So we can say " deficiency " is the pathogenesis of constipation, which could exist with hot, injury of Yin, or indigestion. In these situation, constipation has the factor of being excess. Insufficiency and excess syndrome is the characteristic of children’s functional constipation, therefore the therapy should be reinforcing deficiency and reducing excess. Helping spleen to transport is the foundation.Conelusion1. The theory of "children’s constitution is deficiency cold" is a part of children’s physical characteristics, and being an innovative supplement in traditional Chinese medicine pediatric physiology characteristic. Finally this theory will provides a comprehensive guide for the care and treatment of children.2. Insufficiency and excess syndrome is the characteristic of children’s functional constipation, therefore the therapy should be reinforcing deficiency and reducing excess. The base of treatment should be to transport the foundation spleen and always take care of pediatric yang-qi to promote the growth of yang-qi.