If your baby picks his nose frequently, be careful. This is a sign of an upcoming illness.

Qiuqiu has a bad habit of putting her fingers into her nostrils. When her mother first discovered this problem, it was when Qiuqiu was in small class. Every time her mother worried about whether there was something in Qiuqiu\’s nose, so she specially put Qiuqiu\’s nose into it. Qiu grabbed it and checked it. After the examination, it was found that there was nothing in Qiuqiu\’s nostrils. But Qiuqiu’s symptoms of nose picking became more and more serious. When reading, playing with toys, watching TV, sleeping… I can\’t help but put my hands into my nose, and the more I dig, the more intense it becomes. In order to make Qiuqiu change this habit, every time she sees Qiuqiu put her hand into her nostril, her mother will remind her. At that moment, Qiuqiu will take her hand out, and when her mother turns around, Qiuqiu will quickly put her hand in again. The more he digs, the more vigorous he becomes, and sometimes his nose will bleed. My mother also took Qiuqiu to the hospital for a check-up. The doctor said that Qiuqiu had rhinitis. When the weather is dry and there is a lot of dust in the air, she is prone to symptoms of dry nose and itching. She prescribed some nasal sprays to help Qiuqiu’s mother. Keep your nasal passages moist. After taking the medicine, the symptoms of nose picking were relieved a little. But not long after, Qiuqiu started again. Mom was also confused and didn’t know how Qiuqiu got into this bad habit. After listening to Qiuqiu\’s mother\’s description, I didn\’t help her answer the question psychologically. Instead, he asked her if Qiuqiu often had colds and coughs, or had symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections such as throat swelling, tonsillitis, and adenoid hypertrophy. Qiuqiu’s mother told me that it was indeed the case. Qiuqiu often caught colds and coughs, and sometimes the coughs were intermittent and not good for a long time. I also had tonsillitis and high fever several times. Every time I fell ill in Qiuqiu, my mother was particularly anxious, but she never thought that nose picking was related to colds. I told her that this was normal. Most mothers only pay attention to their babies when they are sick. They only focus on specific symptoms when dealing with them, and ignore that there is a reason for any disease. Whether it is a viral infection, a bacterial infection, or other problems, it is all caused by a deviation in some aspect of the body. Otherwise, if we are exposed to so many viruses and bacteria in our daily life, why would we sometimes not get sick but sometimes get sick? All diseases have certain signs before they develop, and common respiratory problems in babies are no exception. There are many, many subtle signs before babies get sick. If the baby picks his nose frequently, it is one of the signs of respiratory problems! Although babies do have some psychological dependence on nose-picking, if the baby often has respiratory infections and is accompanied by symptoms such as nose-picking, red bags under the eyes, red tongue, hot flashes in the hands, feet, and soles, these are all manifestations of yin deficiency. Traditional Chinese medicine has always emphasized the balance of yin and yang. When yin and yang are balanced, righteousness is sufficient and health is good. Once yin and yang are out of balance, something will go wrong. If there is less yin, the body\’s body fluids will be insufficient, and normal yang energy will appear redundant, making symptoms similar to getting angry very likely. If there is insufficient yang, normal body fluids will appear redundant, and the whole person will feel lack of energy. I have introduced in many articles that we are now too rich in material things. We eat too much fish and meat every day, and eat too many snacks and desserts, which account for too large a proportion in our diet. There are many children who don’t like to eat vegetables and eat less yin-nourishing foods. Once it comes and goes, it is particularly easy to suffer from spleen yin deficiency. In a shady state of mindUnder such circumstances, the spleen and stomach have insufficient transportation and transformation capabilities, and the body lacks moisture. The heat that should originally go down cannot be taken away, but continues to go up and be discharged through the lungs, trachea, throat and nasal cavity. The trachea, tonsils, adenoids, sinuses and other places are easily burned by heat and become red and swollen. If the lung heat is not suppressed and continues to move upward, the red and swollen areas will easily become inflamed. Mothers of babies who like to pick their noses can ask them if their noses are itchy. A dry and itchy nose is one of the symptoms of burnt, red and swollen sinuses. At this time, if you use a flashlight to look for it, you will usually find that deep inside the baby\’s nostrils and lower sinuses are red and swollen. If this symptom is not taken seriously and lung heat is further enhanced, at this time, as long as you blow a little wind or stay in an air-conditioned room for a longer time, your respiratory tract will be in trouble as soon as your body catches a little cold. Sometimes the lung heat is so severe that no external infection is needed, and the redness and swelling will become inflamed and abscessed. Qiuqiu\’s mother suddenly realized, no wonder she was so careful. She took Qiuqiu home as soon as possible after school every day. She was not allowed to run outside and sweat for fear of getting cold in the wind. She also paid special attention to cleanliness at home, but Qiuqiu got sick easily. She originally thought it was due to poor health, but she didn\’t expect there were signs. I told her that to deal with a dry and itchy nose and red and swollen sinuses, the following steps must be taken. When your baby\’s nose is itchy, you can first use external anti-itch moisturizing. You can use a saline nasal spray or a saline nasal rinser to help your baby clean his nasal cavity and keep it moist. When the nasal cavity is moist, it can relieve the symptoms of nose itching. But this only provides external control and does not eliminate the root cause. Therefore, while relieving itching and moisturizing, it is also necessary to deal with lung heat caused by yin deficiency. To improve yin deficiency, you need to nourish yin. The best yin nourishing product in this season is sour plum soup. I have written about the detailed method of sour plum soup before. You can reply \”sour plum soup\” on the public account to learn more. The tangerine peel and hawthorn in the sour plum soup both have the effect of strengthening the spleen and eliminating food accumulation. This can not only remove food accumulation, but also nourish yin, achieving multiple benefits. From spring to the whole summer, you can use sour plum soup to nourish yin and strengthen the spleen for your baby. If it is a dry autumn, you can cook Tremella lotus seed soup or Xiaodiaoli soup to nourish yin. Pears, white fungus, and wolfberry are added to Xiaodiaoli soup, which are all nourishing yin. In winter, it is best to drink radish water to nourish yin. If the baby\’s yin deficiency is more serious, with bags under the eyes turning red and purple, and a red tongue with no tongue coating, you can also use 3-5 grams of medicinal materials with good yin-nourishing effects such as Ophiopogon japonicus and raw rehmannia glutinosa to make soup for him to drink. You can also directly use 9 grams each of yam, lotus seed meat, and barley, and 6 grams each of Ophiopogon japonicus, Adenophora adenophora, and Rehmannia glutinosa to boil water for the baby to drink. Children over 5 years old can use this amount. Children under 5 weigh half as much. While using nourishing yin diet therapy, you can first perform yin and yang balancing techniques in conjunction with nourishing yin massage. The specific techniques are: push three levels 300 times, withdraw the six fu organs 100 times; push three levels 100 times, withdraw the six fu organs 300 times; push three levels 100 times , retreat the six fu organs 100 times. All the techniques should be done once. When the baby has yin deficiency, this set of techniques can be done once a day. Children with severe yin deficiency can take it twice a day. Massage the internal labor palace for 1 minute and the external labor palace for 1 minute. Massage the duo\’s Shangma point for 1 minute, massage Zusanli for 1 minute, massage Taixi for 1 minute, start from the topGo down and massage the chiropractic 10-15 times. The third step is to control your diet. Start by giving your child a vegetarian diet for 1-2 weeks. Many mothers feel bitter and unbearable when they hear that they are required to be vegetarian. They think that their babies will not be nutritious if they only eat vegetarian food. This concept must be corrected. Today\’s babies are not malnourished, but over-nourished. Meat, high-protein, and fried foods are very difficult to digest and will cause gastrointestinal burden. Moreover, after the baby goes to kindergarten, meat can be eaten in breakfast and lunch in the kindergarten. In this case, it will not be a problem to have a lighter dinner at home. Finally, it should be noted that some children do have psychological dependence on picking their noses. They use nose-picking to relieve stress. This is more common among children aged 4-6 years old. Some children will put the boogers they picked out into their mouths. At this time, the mother should judge based on the baby\’s physical condition. You can see if he has red and swollen lower sinuses and whether he has upper respiratory tract infections. If there are no accompanying conditions, the baby will simply pick his nose to vent stress. This When this happens, there is no need for special treatment, let alone threatening the child with punishment or intimidation, as this will only aggravate the symptoms of nose picking. But overall, you still have to be vigilant when your baby picks his or her nose!