Lian's TCM Pediatric Tips: December 21, 2021, the winter solstice festival
After the winter solstice, the climate enters the coldest stage, it is said that the cold starts from the feet, at this time the cold protection is very important, and insisting on soaking feet every day can effectively help get rid of the cold.
Around the winter solstice, children should eat less of both foods
1, sweet and sour food to eat less
Sour food or sweets, children have to eat less, if it is sour food, it will accumulate phlegm, resulting in the child's sputum can not be cleared, stuck in the body, it is easy to cause the child to cough and heal.
2, cold food to eat less
The child is still in the development stage, the stomach and intestines are delicate, usually eat cold food may be cold into the body, eroding the child's spleen and stomach, causing the child's spleen and stomach deficiency, not to mention the child's cough, eat too much cold food, not only spleen and stomach deficiency, but also easy to accumulate food, damage the child's physique, delay the child's healthy development.
In addition, children with bad spleen and stomach and weak lungs are more likely to be attacked by cold and evil and aggravate the disease, especially children who love cough and asthma, and should be particularly vigilant and beware of seizures.
At home, parents can also press two acupuncture points for children, about 4 inches above the navel, there is a middle prion point, parents use the thumbs of both hands to finger the abdomen, starting from the child's middle prion point, pushing and rubbing to the sides, can help the child strengthen the spleen and stomach, enhance the physique.
The spleen and yu points on the child's back, often kneaded, can also promote the relief of the child's accumulation of food, vomiting, flatulence, and play a role in stomach and spleen.