48 What to do if your child has stomach discomfort and vomits

Now everyone's living conditions are different from before, and the diet has improved. Although we pay more attention to the nutritional combination of baby's diet, many children often have stomach discomfort due to eating too much or not paying attention to their diet. It is normal for babies to have stomach discomfort and vomiting, and it cannot be ruled out that it is caused by food accumulation.

Food stagnation

During the Spring Festival, colorful delicacies satisfy the baby's appetite. However, the spleen and stomach function of babies is relatively weak. If babies do not know how to eat in moderation, or are fed improperly, or eat too much raw, cold and difficult to digest food, the food will not be digested in time, the gastrointestinal tract will stagnate, and the baby will have a loss of appetite and even vomiting, belching, and mouth ulcers.

Symptoms of food stagnation such as bad breath, abdominal distension, and sour and smelly stools.

Taboo

When babies have food stagnation, they must control their diet, not eat fatty and greasy foods, not eat raw or cold foods, and do not force them to eat when they are vomiting.

1. Western medicine treatment: prepare Baohe pills, Xiaoshi tablets, compound clove appetizers and other medicines in advance

Eating too much greasy food during the Chinese New Year can easily damage the stomach and intestines, so mothers should not forget to prepare commonly used household medicines for the Chinese New Year when buying New Year's goods: Baohe Pills, Digestive Tablets, Compound Clove Appetite Patch, etc. It can be used appropriately when the baby has abdominal distension, bad breath, and thick and greasy tongue coating in the early stage. Baohe Pills have the functions of digesting food, relieving stagnation and harmonizing the stomach. They are used to treat food stagnation and damage caused by greasy food. The dosage for adults is 6-9 grams of water pills at a time, 1-2 large honey pills at a time, twice a day. Children can take a reduced dosage. There are special digestive tablets for children. 1 to 3 years old should take 2 to 3 tablets each time, 3 to 7 years old should take 3 to 5 tablets each time, and adults should take 5 to 6 tablets each time, 3 times a day.

2. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment: Practical Prescriptions

When symptoms of food stagnation are obvious, you must reduce your food intake. When appropriate, such as when vomiting is severe or abdominal distension is obvious, you should fast for 1 to 2 meals. In addition, mothers can choose coping methods according to their baby's symptoms:

For food stagnation caused by eating too much meat or greasy food, you can fry 30 grams of raw hawthorn and boil it in water and drink it frequently.

If you have food stagnation due to eating too much steamed buns, dumplings, Yuanxiao and other pasta, you can stir-fry 15 grams of malt or barley malt and boil it in water and drink it frequently.

For those who have indigestion due to overeating raw and cold food, boil 15g of charred hawthorn and 3 slices of ginger and drink it frequently.

If nausea and vomiting are obvious, you can boil water with appropriate amounts of radish and ginger and drink it frequently in small amounts.

Indigestion and diarrhea

The baby's spleen and stomach are weak, and diarrhea often occurs after food accumulation. The main manifestations are loose stools (containing milk curds or food residues, with a sour and smelly odor), abdominal distension and pain (abdominal pain before defecation, pain relieved after defecation), loss of appetite or accompanied by vomiting, thick and greasy tongue coating, etc.

Taboo

Most of the diarrhea during the Spring Festival is caused by food accumulation, so when you have diarrhea, you should reduce your food intake appropriately, but in principle you should not fast. Do not eat raw or cold food

, greasy, and difficult-to-digest foods; for babies who are in the stage of adding complementary foods, no new types of complementary foods should be added; breastfeeding mothers should also be careful not to eat raw, cold, and greasy foods.