Abstract: Acute milk moth is a common pharyngeal disease in children,which is acute tonsillitis and acute suppurative tonsillitis in western medicine.Guided by the "heat-toxicity theory" of Professor Wang Lie,a master of Chinese medicine,Professor Duan Xiaozheng,the instructor,analyzed the etiology and pathogenesis of the disease based on the physiological and pathological features and acquired care of children,established treatment rules,and put forward the following points:the treatment should be based on the spleen and stomach;the treatment should focus on clearing the fever and removing toxins to benefit the pharynx in the early stage;in the middle stage,the treatment should be clearing heat and removing moisture to promote digestion and invigorate the spleen;in the late stage,the treatment should be replenishing the lungs to activate the spleen.Here is a typical case to provide reference for the differential treatment of acute milk moth in children.

Key words: Acute milk moth, Experience in differential treatment, Spleen and stomach, Heat-toxicity theory, Child