Patient's question:
Yesterday afternoon, the treatment and its effects: All the food she ate was vomited out. She vomited after drinking breast milk, and the hospital checked. She was given anti-emetic medication Metoclopramide. Now she hasn't vomited, but she keeps crying. She wants to sleep and nurse.What kind of help do you want: Besides eating some congee, can she be breastfed after taking the medicine? Will she have a stomachache? Do I need to buy an umbilical patch for her to apply?
Doctor's answer:
Nausea, from a traditional Chinese medicine perspective, is caused by the reversal of stomach qi. When the stomach is affected by cold or cool pathogens, it can lead to blocked stomach qi, which in turn causes nausea. It's best to avoid giving the child metoclopramide, as it's not ideal. There's no need to buy abdominal patches for her either. Instead, you can give her Si Mo Tang and vitamin B6. Additionally, you can use ginger and brown sugar water for the child, which is very effective in stopping nausea. Ginger not only warms the stomach but also helps counteract the cold pathogens in the stomach. Also, make sure to keep the child warm and encourage them to drink plenty of warm water.