Feeding accumulation

A disease of the stomach and intestines in infants due to milk damage or food damage.

Simple suckling accumulation arises when the infant cries urgently for food and begins feeding while still crying or when feeding problems arise in spleen-stomach vacuity. In such cases, other signs include heart vexation, poor sleep, hot breath, the sour smell of milk in the mouth, vomiting of undigested milk, and diarrhea or constipation.

Medicinal therapy: Treat by dispersing milk and harmonizing the stomach for Harmony-Preserving Pill (保和丸 bǎo hé wán).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on SP and ST. Select CV-10 (Lower Stomach Duct, 下脘 xià wǎn), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), and SP-5 (Shang Hill, 商丘 shāng qiū). Apply shallow needling without needling retention; do not use moxa. Add BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), BL-21 (Stomach Transport, 胃俞 wèi shù), SP-4 (Yellow Emperor, 公孙 gōng sūn), and LR-13 (Camphorwood Gate, 章门 zhāng mén), needle with supplementation and moxa for spleen-stomach vacuity.

Milk damage and food damage accumulation is characterized by the inability to taste ingested foods, poor stomach intake, glomus in the stomach duct and abdominal distension. In some cases, there may be tidal or low fever, and if the condition continues the child may become emaciated.

Medicinal therapy: The tip is treated by dispersing accumulation and abducting stagnation, whereas the root is treated by regulating the stomach and spleen. Harmony-Preserving Pill (保和丸 bǎo hé wán) or Stomach-Calming Powder (平胃散 píng wèi sǎn) may be used initially and subsequently replaced with Spleen-Arousing Pill (启脾丸 qǐ pí wán) or Ginseng, Poria, and White Atractylodes Powder (参苓白朮散 shēn líng bái zhú sǎn).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on CV and ST. Select CV-10 (Lower Stomach Duct, 下脘 xià wǎn), ST-25 (Celestial Pivot, 天枢 tiān shū), CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), Lǐ Inner Court (里内庭 lǐ nèi tíng), and CV-21 (Jade Swivel, 璇玑 xuán jī); needle with drainage. Add GV-14 (Great Hammer, 大椎 dà zhuī) for tidal heat. Spine pinching also provides a useful complement to medicinal therapy.