1Department of Chinese Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical
Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan
2The School of Post Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien Taiwan
【Summary】
A 7 year-old male patient has visited our Chinese Medical Department for Allergic rhinitis and poor appetite since the age of 4. He was found that he had insufficient gross motor skills at age of 5, especially at throwing, catching with right upper extremity and having weaker left lower extremity. Under the diagnosis of Allergic rhinitis and Mixed development disorder (on language and gross motor movement) which in Chinese medicine is correlative to “five retardations” and “ five flaccidity” the boy was treated by with chinese medicine, acupuncture and tuina to enhance defence qi of lung, tonify spleen and stomach. After 30-monthtreatment,all of his language, gross motor skill, and appetite have magnificently
improved. However, he still suffered from Allergic rhinitis when the weather changed dramatically.
Keywords： Chinese medicine, developmental delay, five retardations, five flaccidity
231.15 儿童发育迟缓中医治疗显效案例
