Question
How should I handle it when my son has a ‘fire’?
Answer
The term “having a fire” in children is a very common expression. Medically, there is no such term as “having a fire.” “Having a fire” mainly refers to the child exhibiting feverish symptoms, such as constipated stools, sore throat, swollen lips, and irritable temperament. Depending on the specific characteristics of different organs, having a fire may manifest as an excess of liver fire leading to irritability, heart fire leading to poor sleep quality, or fire in the spleen and stomach leading to bad breath and indigestion. For the above conditions, appropriate measures can be taken to alleviate the problem of having a fire.