Emaciated children refer to children who are weak and emaciated and underweight.
Normal child weight, the weight of the newborn is generally 3 kg, the weight at the age of one year is 3 times that of birth, the age of two years is 4 times, two years old to before puberty, the weight increases by about 2 kg per year, and the extrapolation formula is: weight (kg) = age * 2 + 8.
First, the causes of children's thinness
The causes of children's thinness can be broadly divided into three categories:
First, due to the weakness of the spleen and stomach or improper feeding, damage to the function of the spleen and stomach, resulting in a reduced diet and inability to digest and absorb nutrients, so that the source of chemical gas and blood is insufficient, the qi and blood are weak, and the skin cannot be nourished and emaciated; other children are emaciated due to excessive activity, insufficient sleep, and physical exertion, and insufficient daily nutritional intake, short supply, and will also be emaciated. These are all nutritional wasting.
The second is congenital insufficiency, fetal malnutrition, sperm and blood loss, weak endowments after birth, weak body wins, and weak muscles and bones.
Third, due to chronic diseases, such as chronic enteritis, tuberculosis, wheezing, intestinal parasites, etc., affecting the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach and causing wasting.
For thin children, they should be treated according to their different causes. For emaciated children caused by nutrition, they can generally be improved and recovered through dietary conditioning; if the weight of children is more than 10% lighter than normal weight, it can be regarded as abnormally thin children, and the cause should be further examined, and medication and dietary therapy cooperate with each other. In addition, emaciated children are generally accompanied by nutritional anemia, and treatment should focus on anemia.
Second, the diet of emaciated children
(1) Thin children should first pay attention to dietary balance, the combination of fine and rough, the combination of meat and vegetarian, eat less and more meals, eat regularly, diversify food, and pay attention to color and flavor in cooking to improve children's appetite.
(2) It is advisable to eat protein-rich and easily digestible foods, such as eggs, milk, lean meat, pork liver, pork loin, fish and soybean products.
(3) Appropriately increase sugar and fatty foods. Provide sufficient vitamins and eat more fruits and vegetables.
(4) Accompanied by anemia, it is advisable to eat more iron-rich foods, such as animal offal, animal blood and fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C, so as to promote the absorption and utilization of iron.
(5) Choose the appropriate dietary remedy.
Third, the dietary remedies for emaciated children
According to the sexual taste function of food, it is formulated into a dietary remedy that nourishes yin and blood, strengthens the spleen and appetizes, and strengthens the body to regulate thin children.
1. Ginseng duck kidney soup
【Effect】Strengthen the spleen, appetize, and increase appetite.
【Composition, dosage】10 grams of ginseng, 15 grams of poria, 6 grams of baishu, 3 jujubes, 1 duck kidney.
【Cooking, eating method】 Duck kidney cut open and washed, tear out the duck gold wash, jujube pitting, the top of the same into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, simmer for 1 hour, season with a little salt, you can drink.
2. Sheep placenta purple reishi apple soup
【Effect】Strengthen the spleen and stomach, detoxify the heat, skin care and beauty, enhance immunity.
【Composition, dosage】 Half a sheep placenta, 5 grams of purple ganoderma lucidum, 1 apple, 3 jujubes.
【Cooking, eating method】 Lamb placenta wash, cut into large pieces, fly water, purple ganoderma lucidum soaked for 30 minutes, apple peeled and heartless, cut into large pieces, large dates to pit; the topping is put into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, boil over low heat, simmer for 1 hour, season with salt, you can eat.
3. Cordyceps stewed lean meat
【Effect】Nourish yin and spleen, improve qi strength, and enhance physical fitness. This remedy is not dry and can be often consumed.
【Composition, dosage】Cordyceps 2 to 3 grams, pork lean meat 30 to 50 grams.
【Cooking, eating method】 Pork lean flying water, put into the stew cup with cordyceps, add an appropriate amount of boiling water (80 ~ 120 ml), simmer in water for 2 hours, season with salt, you can eat.
4. Huailian pork belly soup
【Composition, dosage】Henan Huaishan 20 grams, lotus seed meat 20 grams, Yaozhu 10 grams, honey dates 1 piece, goji berries 5 grams, pork belly half (about 300 grams).
【Cooking, eating method】 Pork belly washed, flying water, Huaishan, lotus seeds soaked for 30 minutes. Put the ingredients into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, boil over low heat, simmer for 1 to 2 hours, add goji berries, season with salt, and eat.
5. Bird's nest stew with lean meat
【Effect】Nourish the spleen and qi, nourish the lungs and stomach yin, and appetize and eat. Suitable for children with thin bodies and loss of appetite. This stew is used to condition the body, has the function of enhancing the lungs and spleen, and promotes appetite. Generally children eat it, healthy spleen and appetizer.
【Composition, dosage】Bird's nest 3~5 grams, pork lean meat 30~50 grams. 3 grams of bird's nest for children aged 1 to 2 years old, 30 grams of lean pork; Children aged 3 to 5 years old should use 5 grams of bird's nest and 50 grams of lean meat.
【Cooking, eating method】 Bird's nest is first soaked in water for 4 hours, pick off the swallow hair impurities, cut the lean pork into pieces, fly water, put it into the stew cup, add a small amount of boiling water (80 ~ 120 ml), simmer for 1 to 2 hours, season with a little salt, you can eat.
6. Grain malt pork horizontal (pig pancreas) soup
【Effect】Digestion stagnation, healthy spleen and appetizer.
【Composition, dosage】20 grams of grain sprouts, 20 grams of malt, 1 piece of pork horizontal li, 2 pieces of honey dates.
【Cooking, eating method】 Grain sprouts, malt, wash, put into the pot with the toppings, add an appropriate amount of water, simmer for 1 hour, you can drink.
7. American ginseng stewed lean meat
【Effect】It is beneficial to vitality, healthy spleen and appetizer, and increase appetite. Suitable for thin children with dry mouth and poor appetite.
【Composition, dosage】5 grams of American ginseng, 30 grams of lean pork, 1 piece of dates.
【Cooking, eating method】 American ginseng slices, pork lean slices. Put the top ingredients into the stew cup, add an appropriate amount of boiling water, simmer for 1 to 2 hours, and drink ginseng soup.