Question
A child is experiencing symptoms of fever, vomiting, and diarrhea. How should these issues be addressed? The child has dry vomiting, wakes up easily during deep sleep, feels nausea and has vomiting episodes. The fever started two days ago, with vomiting occurring four times a day, followed by dry vomiting. The fever reached 38.5 degrees yesterday. The past treatment and its effects were as follows: The child visited a maternal and child health care center yesterday, where the fever subsided and bowel movements returned to normal. The child still does not want to eat and will vomit after eating a few mouthfuls. Assistance needed includes how to stop the dry vomiting, how to prevent future occurrences, and whether it is due to feeding the child too greasy food.
Answer
Consider administering Huoxiang Zhengqi Liquid to the child, which is a traditional Chinese medicine formula. The past dosage form was in pill form, but now it also comes in soft capsules. The main ingredients include huoxiang (herb), lingzhi (poria), dafupi (big belly peel), zisu ye (perilla leaf), baiqi (white clove), jupi (tangerine peel), jiegeng ( Platycodon grandiflorus), bai shu (white atractylodes), houpu (cinnamon-baked magnolia bark), fahanxia (pinellia ternata), and gancao (licorice). Its function is to relieve exterior syndrome and transform dampness, regulate qi and harmonize the middle jiao, suitable for symptoms caused by external wind-cold and internal dampness injury, such as headache, abdominal pain, dry vomiting, and diarrhea.