In the three-volt day, the temperature gradually rises to the peak of the year, and the child becomes ill-fated, has a weak appetite, and the whole person appears to be weak.
Parents are most afraid that their children will not eat, so nutrition can not keep up, just under all kinds of coercion and inducement, try to let children eat more. First of all, to be clear, I don't approve of this forced feeding method.
Zeng Shirong, a famous physician of the Yuan Dynasty, once wrote in the "Book of Living Young Hearts": "When you want to get children's peace at four o'clock, you often have to be hungry and cold." He further admonished everyone, "I don't know how to endure a little hunger, and I am better than the agent of tempering the spleen." It can be seen that it is very necessary to let the child's spleen and stomach take a proper rest.
Children have a bitter summer, their appetite has deteriorated, and to adjust this problem, we still have to start from the reasons.
Spleen and stomach transport are blocked, and the child's appetite decreases
The bitter summer of children is closely related to the climatic characteristics of summer heat and humidity.
In the summer, the weather is hot, and children are prone to sweating when they move slightly. Qi is discharged with sweat, and children sweat excessively, which will cause damage to the qi of the spleen and stomach. At this time, if the water is not replenished in time, it will lead to insufficient yin fluid in the child's body and exhaustion.
In addition to the heat in the summer, there is also more rain, and the humidity of the environment is easy to cause "external wetness" to invade the body. The spleen is mainly transported, and the water valley is subtle, and it likes dryness and dampness. The child's physiological characteristics are often insufficient, and the spleen deficiency naturally leads to the child's easy "internal wetness". Mixed with internal and external wet evils, coupled with summer evils, it will further hinder the scorched spleen soil, resulting in damage to the child's spleen and stomach function.
Spleen and stomach transport is blocked, children are prone to accumulation of food, and the appetite naturally deteriorates. At this time, parents blindly let their children eat, which will only increase the burden on the spleen and stomach, resulting in a vicious circle. If the food guidance is not eliminated in time, the accumulation of food into the humidification heat will also cause a series of problems such as gastrointestinal and lung diseases.
Eliminate food stagnation and adjust the child's diet structure
To adjust the child's bitter summer, parents should adhere to the "10-second method" to judge digestion, and judge the child's digestion by observing the child's tongue, tone, sleep, and stool. When it is found that the child has 1 to 2 abnormal indicators, it can be judged that the child has accumulated food in the body.
To give children food guidance, you can choose the new Samsung soup, with vegetarian food for 2 to 3 days. In terms of diet, choose foods that are easy to digest, such as fresh vegetables, melons and fruits, etc., and eat less greasy foods. In terms of staple food, you can choose porridge, and then add some edible herbs that have the effect of clearing heat, dampness and cooling down, such as yam, red adzuki bean, lotus seed, poria and so on.
In addition, parents can make a bowl of hawthorn apple brown sugar water, which can replenish the spleen and stomach and prevent food accumulation. (See the end of the article for dietary remedies)
Sweet into the spleen, a bowl of sugar water let the child circle around you
The "Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic" once recorded that "sweet into the spleen", in the five tastes, gan belongs to the soil, into the spleen, can ease, can be harmonious, can make up. It can be seen that eating something sweet in moderation is very beneficial for children who are "often insufficient in spleen", especially in the long summer season, which is a good time to replenish the spleen.
Hawthorn apple brown sugar water is simple to choose, just prepare hawthorn, apple and brown sugar. Among them, hawthorn can digest and strengthen the stomach, and the qi can dissipate stasis. Apples can benefit the stomach and relieve heat and annoyance. Brown sugar is warm and has the effect of replenishing blood and qi. This bowl of sugar water, the taste is sour and sweet, very popular with children.
Finally, parents are reminded of 2 points:
First, when boiling sugar water, the brown sugar must be put in an appropriate amount. If you find that your child has dry stool, yellow urine, yellow tongue and other symptoms of fire, you can also replace brown sugar with an appropriate amount of rock sugar, because rock sugar has the effect of nourishing yin and vitality.
Second, the "sweetness" in the "sweet into the spleen" refers to the sweetness of nature, like the sweetness of apples and hawthorns. On the contrary, desserts such as candy, chocolate, and cake, which add a large number of artificial additives and white sugar, will not only not replenish the spleen and stomach, but also easily produce wetness and hinder the spleen, and parents must control it.
Hawthorn apple brown sugar water
material:
2 fresh seeded hawthorns, 1 apple, brown sugar to taste
method:
1. Put the hawthorn and brown sugar into the pot, add the appropriate amount of water and cook until soft and rotten;
2. Add the washed and chopped apples;
3. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat and cook for 10 minutes, skim off the froth and let it cool.
efficacy:
Quanfang has the effect of strengthening the spleen and relieving diarrhea, preventing accumulation of food, and appetizing and digesting food.
It is advisable to avoid:
◆ Suitable for anorexia.
◆ Hawthorn dosage needs to be correctly controlled, not too much.
◆ 3 years old or older to take dialectically.
◆ Fava bean disease can be used.
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.
Source: Popular Science China
The illustrations are derived from the network