Question
Hello, doctor, my child has the habit of sucking their thumb before bed. How should I treat it? Thank you.
Answer
Biting nails not only causes nail damage but may also lead to other clinical symptoms. Some children who bite their nails often have yellow facial muscles, abdominal distension, prominent veins, insufficient diet, a preference for various flavors, restless sleep at night, grinding teeth, dry or runny stools or meconium, yellow tongue coating or greasy tongue, slippery pulse, indicating disharmony of the spleen and stomach and symptoms of parasitic jaundice; others are nail-biting children. Children with irritability, white eyes, red tongue, wiry red pulse, constipation, and redness may manifest liver fire and blood dryness. Malnutrition is natural and improves with age.