Treatment of Infant Constipation Given by Zhi Zi

Infant intestinal and stomach function is in the period of agenesis, surfeit or indisposed diet may induce food obstruction, then it transfers to heat, the heat block in intestine and lead to constipation, or dry stool, it is difficult to discharge, it is infant common disease in clinic. If we use herbs with function of severe discharging, the infantile yin and infantile yang could be consumed. Then we use Zhi Zi for clearing, activity and descending, in the meantime, based on the theory of intake Zhi Zi could lead to Diarrhea, the Zhi Zi can clear intestinal heat, adding Zhi He for moving qi, all of them could promote intestine. Modification according to syndrome, adding Gou Teng, Chan Tui, Lian Qiao if there is heart irritation and poor spleen; adding Jing Jie, Fang Feng if there is snuffle and sniveling; adding Shan Zha, Mai Ya if there is poor appetite, it is effective every time. We use its function of acting and discharging middle jiao intestine and stomach for the treatment of infant constipation, it has no severe discharging disadvantage, in deed, it is the proper herb for upper level method, there are moving stasis and resolving food obstruction function among the function of discharge heat and promote stools.

The dosage of Zhi Zi should be light and small, it undoubtedly has obvious effect of promoting stools and clearing heat, if the dosage is big, it will do harm to spleen and stomach. The treatment should be stopped until the treatment effect is gotten.

Key words: Zhi Zi, Treatment, Infant Constipation

Writer: Senming Wu
Ning Du county TCM hospital, Jiangxi province (342800)