Summary of case history, The child Xu, female, 3 years old, was diagnosed as "indirectinguinal hernia" on November 25, 2021, because "the left inguinal recoverability lump was found for more than 1 year". Her parents decided to seek the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, so they came to Ningbo hospital of traditional Chinese medicine for outpatient treatment on November 29. Diagnostic information: clear spirit-mind, irritable temper, slightly full of belly, the left inguinal lump will be clear when she is crying, and her underbelly was painful. The lump was about 2 cm × 2cm size, with smooth surface, clear boundary, and could be returned, no tenderness, transparent experiment (-), local skin without obvious redness. No significant mass was found in the contralateral inguin. General eating, normal urination and defecation, greasy coating tongue root, two stringlike pulse.,TCM diagnosis ,fox lump; syndrome of liver depression and qi stagnation.,Western medicine diagnosis ,indirect inguinal hernia.,Therapeutic methods , Traditional Chinese medicine decoction treatment.,Clinical outcomes ,hernia drop decreased and left inguinal lump decreased. Later, the above prescription was adjusted for more than ten times, and the hernia didn't fall. After 2 months, no recurrence was seen.