Xu Hua, chief physician of the Department of Pediatrics of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine□ Attending Physician Ouyang Xuecheng
Pediatric nutritional anemia refers to a disease caused by the lack of certain essential hematopoietic substances in the body. Common symptoms mainly include mild facial edema, hypothesia, sallow skin color, thinning and yellow hair, inactivity, dislike of eating, nausea, diarrhea, etc.; Some have tongue pain and no tongue moss (mirror tongue); or psychiatric symptoms such as restlessness, sluggish expression, sluggishness to the outside world, and poorer intellectual and motor development than those of their peers; In severe cases, there will be bleeding spots in the skin, irregular limb twitching, etc. The principle of dietary therapy for the disease is to enhance the function of the spleen and stomach, nourish the qi and nourish the blood, nourish the liver and kidneys, and it is recommended to take eight treasure cakes.

Specifically: glutinous rice flour (stir-fried) 1500 grams, japonica rice flour (stir-fried) 750 grams, hawthorn (stir-fried) 50 grams, malt (fried) 20 grams, white lentils (fried) 20 grams, coix kernels 15 grams, coix (stir-fried) 10 grams, yam 20 grams, lotus seeds (heartless) 20 grams, poria (fried) 10 grams, sugar 500 grams. The above 8 flavors of Chinese medicine into a fine powder sieved, sugar with an appropriate amount of water, slightly heated and melted into syrup, all raw materials mixed well, and into a dough, let stand for 30 minutes, the dough into a round strip, cut into several pieces with a knife, made into cake strips, steamed for 30 minutes to take out, take several strips every morning.
Glutinous rice tonify and improve qi, strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea; Japonica rice replenishes qi and strengthens the spleen, eliminates thirst; Hawthorn digests the stomach; Malt digestion product; White lentils spleen wet; Coix li wet spleen; Solid kidney astringent, spleen and anti-diarrhea; Yam tonify the spleen and stomach, nourish the lungs, and supplement the kidneys and astringent; Lotus seeds tonify the spleen and stop diarrhea, benefit the kidneys and strengthen the essence, nourish the heart and calm the spirit; Poria is soaked with wet water, strengthens the spleen and stomach, and calms the mind. All medicines are shared, which is beneficial to the effect of qi and blood nourishment. ▲