Patient's question:
The child often has one eye closed while sleeping recently. Occasionally, I've seen online articles suggesting that this phenomenon is caused by a disorder in the infant's spleen and stomach functions. How can this be regulated?Doctor's answer:
Dysfunctional Spleen and Stomach function, a syndrome clinically characterized by reduced appetite and postprandial bloating. It is commonly seen in conditions such as stomach pain, abdominal distension, vomiting, belching, diarrhea, and constipation, as well as Western medicine conditions like chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers, and chronic hepatitis. The Spleen and Stomach jointly govern the digestion and absorption of food and drink, but each has distinct characteristics in function. The Stomach primarily receives and stores, while the Spleen transports and transforms. The Stomach's qi tends to descend, allowing food and its waste products to move downward, whereas the Spleen's qi tends to ascend, enabling the essential nutrients of food to nourish the entire body. The Stomach prefers moisture and dislikes dryness, while the Spleen prefers dryness and dislikes dampness. This interplay of receiving and transforming, ascending and descending, moistening and drying,