Research Progress of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Functional Constipation in Children

Constipation is one of the common diseases in children. Functional constipation is commonly used in clinic. Due to the physiological characteristics of children's "tender viscera, inflated qi, vitality and rapid development" and the pathological characteristics of "easy to develop, rapid transmission", constipation has a high incidence and recurrence among children. At present, the main purpose of Western medicine is to treat pediatric constipation to solve symptoms. The method is relatively simple and the long-term effect is not good. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that although the site of pediatric constipation is in the intestine, it is closely related to the five viscera. Clinically, it takes conditioning the function of children's organs as the core. There are a variety of treatment methods such as oral traditional Chinese medicine decoction, pediatric massage, acupoint application, traditional Chinese medicine enema, etc. It is good at analyzing the etiology and pathogenesis from children's physiological and pathological characteristics, so as to distinguishing syndromes and treatment, and achieving real "accounter-made according to people's conditions", and the clinical effect is remarkable clinical effect. In recent years, many doctors in traditional Chinese medicine have been studying the clinical treatment of children's functional constipation. The latest research progress is reviewed as the ultimate goal of how to make the curative effect long-term and reduce the recurrence rate.