Night crying syndrome refers to the condition where a baby cries or continues crying at night despite having normal daytime behavior, adequate physiological needs fulfillment, and no abnormal physical condition.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, the reason why a child always cries at night and becomes a "night crying child" is because the child's heart and lungs are overheated, causing internal accumulation of dryness and heat. The crying may also be caused by a disharmony of the heart and lungs, spleen and stomach deficiency, or invasion of cold causing pain. Additionally, it could be due to being frightened during the day, resulting in lingering fear and disturbance of the internal organs, leading to crying.
[Herbal Recipe 1]
Ginger Rice Porridge.
[Ingredients]
20g dried ginger, 20g Galangal, 100g glutinous rice.
[Instructions]
First, fry the dried ginger and Galangal, extract the juice, remove the residue, then cook the glutinous rice with the juice to make porridge.
[Suitable for]
Patients with night crying syndrome of spleen deficiency and cold type.
[Herbal Recipe 2]
Lotus Heart Licorice Tea.
[Ingredients]
2g lotus seed heart, 3g licorice root.
[Instructions]
Brew with boiling water, several times a day.
[Suitable for]
Patients with night crying syndrome of excessive heart fire type.
[Herbal Recipe 3]
Bamboo Leaf and Lily Sweet Soup.
[Ingredients]
100g fresh bamboo leaves, 50g fresh lily, 30g lotus seeds with core, 100g glutinous rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar.
[Instructions]
Wash the bamboo leaves, boil them to remove impurities, pour the bamboo leaf water into a pot, add fresh lily, lotus seeds, glutinous rice, and other ingredients. Boil with high heat, then simmer on low heat for one hour until the glutinous rice, lily, and other ingredients are tender. Add rock sugar for seasoning and consumption.
