What is the treatment for Kawasaki disease?

Kawasaki disease is a very common disease among children. Parents must pay attention to it and help their children stay away from this disease. However, some children still suffer from this disease. When treating it, you must choose a method suitable for the child. Below is an introduction to the treatment plan for Kawasaki disease. We will introduce to you how Chinese medicine treats this disease.

1. For patients with sudden onset, persistent high fever, no aversion to cold, or slight aversion to wind, thirst and thirst, no sweating, cough, red eyes and throat, flushed palms and soles, initial rash on face and trunk, swollen lymph nodes in neck, loss of appetite, red tongue, thin white fur, and floating pulse, it is necessary to dispel wind and heat, expel evil and detoxify.

[Prescription] Yinqiao powder with modifications: 12g each of honeysuckle and forsythia, 7g of mint, 12g each of burdock, Scrophularia, Indigo, and reed root, and 7g of raw licorice. For flushing of the palms and soles, add raw rehmannia and scutellaria; for swollen lymph nodes in the neck, add Fritillaria cirrhosa and goat milk root; for those with high fever, add raw gypsum.

2. For symptoms of persistent high fever, mild during the day and severe at night, restlessness, or drowsiness, skin rashes, red throat and eyes, dry and cracked lips (oral mucosal congestion, conjunctival congestion), swollen lymph nodes in the neck, or swollen and painful joints, hard and swollen hands and feet, peeling, red tongue shaped like bayberry, thin fur, and strong pulse, it is necessary to clear the Qi and cool the Ying, detoxify and protect the Yin.

[Prescription] Qingwen Baiduyin with modifications, 30g of buffalo horn (pre-decocted), 6-12g each of raw rehmannia root, moutan bark, scrophularia, anemarrhena, honeysuckle, forsythia, scutellaria, and coptis root, 12-16g of raw gypsum, 7g of light bamboo leaf. For those with external symptoms, increase the dosage of honeysuckle and forsythia. For those with depleted yin fluid, add fresh dendrobium, ophiopogon, and radix trichosanthis. For those with visceral solidity, use raw rhubarb to clear the bowels. In addition, Qingying Decoction, Huaban Decoction, Xijiao Dihuang Decoction, etc. can also be used at this stage.

3. For symptoms such as lingering low-grade fever, dry throat and mouth, chapped lips, peeling of fingertips and toes, or flaking due to fever, poor appetite, red tongue with little fluid, and weak pulse, it is necessary to clear away the residual heat and nourish Yin and produce fluid.

[Prescription] Bamboo Leaf and Gypsum Decoction with modifications: 12 grams of raw gypsum, 7 grams of light bamboo leaves, 12 grams each of stir-fried Gardenia, Northern Adenophora, Ophiopogon japonicus, Dendrobium officinale, Radix Trichosanthis, and fresh Phragmites australis, and 7 grams of raw licorice; or use Adenophora and Ophiopogon japonicus Decoction with modifications.

Parents should have some understanding of the above methods of TCM treatment of Kawasaki disease in children. If your child has a fever or a cold, parents should not treat it as a minor illness, as it may be a symptom of Kawasaki disease. You should take your child to the hospital for examination immediately to find out the cause and treat it symptomatically. To treat Kawasaki disease in children, early detection and early treatment are necessary.