Question
Will covering a child with a wool blanket cause heatiness? Can they use one?
Answer
Hello: In daily life, parents often notice that children frequently experience heatiness. After a period of time, symptoms such as colds, fever, coughing, sore throat, constipation, and dark yellow urine may appear. In severe cases, pneumonia and myocarditis can occur. Heatiness, from a modern medical perspective, is explained as inflammation, which is often caused by various bacteria and viruses attacking the body or due to children’s indigestion and dysfunction in excretion. When food residue remains in the child’s body without being expelled through feces in a timely manner, it can lead to toxins forming in the gastrointestinal tract over time. These harmful substances can cause inflammation within the body, thereby lowering immunity and making the body susceptible to external virus attacks. Children who have heatiness often suffer from conditions such as tonsillitis and pharyngitis. During the body’s natural immune response, they are prone to invasion by external pathogens such as wind-cold and various viruses, leading to conditions like colds, mumps, and chickenpox. Therefore, heatiness is a hidden cause within children’s bodies that requires timely treatment. Since children’s organs are delicate and their organ development is not yet mature, direct purgation can severely harm children’s gastrointestinal function and cause dysbiosis of the gut microbiota. Clinical treatment often involves traditional Chinese medicine, which is free of toxic side effects and has a stable therapeutic effect. In addition to choosing the correct medication for treatment, it is also important to adjust children’s diet in daily life, consume more vegetables and fruits, pay special attention to hydration during spring, and engage in more outdoor activities to fundamentally eliminate the causes of heatiness. Please do not worry; ensure proper warmth and avoid catching a cold.