Professor WU Min's clinical experience for treating children's psychosis with insect drugs
Children's mental disorders,including children's physical and mental diseases,are considered to be clinically intractable diseases.Traditional chinese medicine has significant curative effect and irreplaceable role in the treatment of mental disorders.Modern medicine customarily calls mental disorders as psychosis,which is mainly affected by genetic,environmental,social and other factors,but its pathogenesis is still unclear.Antipsychotics have side effects,and there are also many deficiencies in the efficacy,so this kind of disease has been a difficult problem in clinical treatment.Professor WU Min believes that abnormal growth or damage to the internal and external environment are the fundamental causes of mental disorder in children.Professor WU Min specializes in using insect drugs in clinical prescriptions.Nowadays,many scholars narrow the term Chong(虫)to insects,while in ancient times it generally referred to animal.These drugs have the characteristics of calming liver and wind,eliminating wind and dampness,clearing heat and cooling blood.Professor WU Min found that it has curative effect on children with tic disorder,attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,epilepsy,nocturnal crying and other common mental disorders.Professor WU Min believes that insect drugs are suitable for attack and defense,but some insect drugs are too aggressive.In order to prevent the damage of healthy Qi(气),tonic drugs can be added.When using insect drugs for the first time,we should be familiar with modern pharmacology and pay attention to its side effects and allergy.Children's viscera are delicate and have poor resistance.The type and dosage of insect drugs should be used less for the first time,and adjusted appropriately each time according to the medication situation.If the drug is used properly,significant curative effect may be obtained.On the contrary,it may be life-threatening.Professor WU used insect medicine to treat diseases flexibly,changed according to the syndrome,and achieved good curative effect.