Don't eat bananas when your child is constipated! Try this fruit

Autumn is mainly dry, and children will more or less have "autumn dryness" phenomena such as dry mouth, dry skin, and constipation. Constipation is a very distressing thing for parents. The child did not have constipation in the past, and began to be constipated in the autumn; the child had constipation before, and now it is more serious. Constipation caused by dryness, children will have more difficulty defecation, and even scratches and bleeding. Parents are also very anxious and begin to use various methods to laxative their children.

Before that, parents said a method in the group: "Children are constipated, eat some prunes!" In this regard, many parents have asked: Is prune pass useful? How to use it? Let's talk about it in detail.

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Does it really work?

Many people see prunes, they will think that this is a kind of plum, in fact, prunes are a kind of plum, also known as Western plums, the appearance of prunes is more slender than ordinary plums, shaped like apricot plums.

The taste of prunes is very delicious, the skin is thin and tender, sweet and refreshing, the juice is abundant, and it has become a new favorite of China's fruit market.

From a nutritional point of view, prunes are not only delicious, but also have high nutritional value. Prunes are rich in fiber, vitamin A, minerals and various trace elements, can be supplemented for the human body with a variety of vitamins and trace elements, some merchants say "1 prune = 1 apple + 1 pineapple + 1 banana + 1 orange", although some exaggeration, but in the prune nutritional value of this point, is true.

From the perspective of health diet, prunes have to mention their laxative effect. Prunes are nicknamed "human scavengers" and are essential fruits for many European and American families to relieve constipation. The American Pediatric Association also recommends prune juice when it comes to how to laxative children and relieve constipation.

Prunes can be laxative because prunes are rich in water-soluble natural pectin fibers and insoluble plant fibers, which work together to effectively promote intestinal motility.

At the same time, prune juice in the body can synthesize xylitol and sorbitol, xylitol can accelerate intestinal peristalsis, sorbitol can soothe the stomach, regulate the intestinal flora, soften the excretion. The two work together, so prunes have a good laxative effect.

Prune laxative effect is good

Can I give it to my baby? How to use it?

Since prunes have the supposedly laxative effect, how to use them? This requires understanding prunes from the perspective of Chinese medicine:

Prunes

Sexual taste: Cool and sour.

Return to the meridian: return to the liver, lungs, spleen, large intestine meridian.

Effect: Clear heat and vitality, moisturize the intestines and laxatives, clear the liver and moisturize the lungs.

It can be seen that the prune as a whole is still more suitable for autumn seasonal consumption, in addition to raw and dry, in terms of moisturizing the lungs, raw jin, and clearing the liver fire, it is also more seasonal. The only thing to consider is the sexual taste of the prunes.

One of the reasons why prunes can help defecation is also because it is cold, which is similar to the principle of eating bananas to help defecation. Children are constipated, is it suitable for eating prunes? To see the causes of constipation:

(1) The secret caused by stagnation - mainly to eliminate food stagnation, diet should be controlled, and when there is real heat, you can eat a small amount of prune or prune juice.

(2) Dry bowel constipation caused by autumn dryness - you can eat a small amount of prunes, and more importantly, use dietary remedies to moisturize.

(3) False evidence of constipation, especially constipation caused by physical weakness and coldness - it is not recommended to eat prunes to help defecate. Even if the laxative effect can be achieved in the short term, in the long run, it is harmful to the child's overall physique.

I found that some of the adults around me who have been "old and cold" for many years have recently bought prunes and laxatives, which is actually not quite right.

If the stool is indurated caused by autumn dryness, you can eat some prunes recently. Note that prunes are not suitable for eating too much at a time, eating 2 to 5 a day is enough, eating more may cause bloating and diarrhea. Or cook prune porridge for your child:

Xu Youjia Parenting Hall Dietary Remedies - Prune Porridge

Ingredients: 2 prunes, 50 g of rice.

Directions: Wash and peel the prunes, cut into small pieces, put all the ingredients into a pot, cook until the rice porridge is thin, add a little rock sugar to taste.

Benefits: Laxative.

Applicable age: 2 years old or older, a small number of multiple times. Fava bean disease can be taken.

Fresh prunes have a relatively short time to market, and if parents can't buy fresh prunes, they can also buy prunes, prunes or prune juice to give their children a laxative.

Some parents may be worried that prunes add a variety of preservatives, but in fact, prunes themselves contain natural antioxidants, can be made without any additives, so parents should pay attention to screening when buying, it is best to buy natural prunes without additives, less added prunes.

The prune puree and prune juice have a higher sugar content, it is best to mix prune puree in rice paste to take, prune juice diluted with water many times, a small amount of drinking, do not take more than 3 days at most.

For constipation caused by accumulation of food, prunes are actually not the best choice. In addition to the new three-star soup, four-mill soup oral liquid, dietary therapy, with 10g of lyrex soaked in water for children to take, you can also breathe and laxative.

Source: Xu Youjia Parenting Hall WeChat public account

This article was scientifically checked by Xu Youjia, director of the Department of Pediatrics of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.