ISSN 1674-3865  CN 21-1569/R
主管:国家卫生和计划生育委员会
主办:中国医师协会
   辽宁省基础医学研究所
   辽宁中医药大学附属医院

Chinese Pediatrics of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine ›› 2025, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (2): 150-153.doi: 10.20274/j.cnki.issn.1674-3865.2025.02.011

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Experience in treating short stature in children based on spleen with Sijunzi decoction as the core formula

LI Ying1,DONG Hanyu1,DONG Dan2,WANG Xuefeng2   

  1. 1Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Shenyang 110847,China;2Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Shenyang 110032,China

  • Received:2025-02-10 Published:2025-04-25 Online:2025-04-25
  • Contact: DONG Dan,E-mail:dong_dan76@163.com

Abstract: Short stature in children refers to the condition of the individuals of the same race,same sex and same age who are less than 2 standard deviations (-2SD) from the average height of the normal population or less than the 3rd percentile (-1 88SD) in similar living conditions,some of which are normal physiological variations.The treatment for short stature in children with traditional Chinese medicine has achieved remarkable efficacy.Professor Dong Dan believes that congenital insufficiency of endowment and acquired feeding disorders are the main causes of short stature in children,and takes nourishing and strengthening the spleen as the therapeutic principle in clinical practice,utilizing Sijunzi decoction as the core formula to treat short stature in children,which has achieved satisfactory efficacy.This article summarizes Professor Dong Dan's experience in treating children with short stature to provide reference for readers.One case is attached.

Key words: Short stature, Sijunzi decoction, Experience, Child