What medicine should children take for vomiting?

Because children's intestines and esophagus are not fully developed, various problems often arise during the eating process, such as vomiting. Vomiting after eating will prevent children from absorbing the nutrients they need, which can easily lead to malnutrition in children. There are many reasons for children to vomit, such as vomiting due to food stagnation damaging the stomach, vomiting due to insufficient stomach yin, vomiting due to external evil invading the stomach, etc. Different vomiting symptoms require different medications!

Food stagnation and stomach vomiting

If children eat too much, or eat too much raw, cold, greasy, or unclean food, it can damage the digestive and absorption functions of the spleen and stomach, leading to gastrointestinal indigestion, stomach qi stagnation, and vomiting. In the neonatal period, vomiting is a common symptom. The cause may be swallowing amniotic fluid during delivery, which irritates the stomach and causes vomiting. The vomitus may occasionally contain blood, but the child is generally in good condition and has no other symptoms or signs. 2% soda water can be used for gastric lavage to wash out the amniotic fluid. If the baby is bottle-fed, it is easy for him to suck too much and swallow too quickly, causing the child to swallow too much air and often spit it out shortly after feeding.

For those who vomit due to food stagnation and stomach damage, all the old food in the stomach should be vomited out. It is not appropriate to simply stop vomiting. The children's diet should be controlled. They should not eat too much or eat foods that are difficult to digest. If necessary, they can fast for 12 to 24 hours. If the food stagnation is severe, with abdominal distension and thick and greasy tongue coating, Baohe Pills should be given for treatment.

Vomiting due to insufficient stomach yin

This type of vomiting is characterized by repeated attacks, occasional dry retching, and usually dry mouth and throat. The reason is that the stomach is usually hot, and the stomach fire consumes the stomach yin, causing the stomach to lose nourishment and cannot descend, so vomiting occurs. You can use the Chinese medicine Maimendong Decoction, which nourishes the stomach yin, reduces adverse reactions and stops vomiting, and is effective for vomiting caused by insufficient stomach yin. It is advisable to eat light and cold foods, such as mung bean soup, lotus seed soup, lotus root powder, pear juice, water chestnut juice, fresh fruit juice, etc., or use fresh reed root and Ophiopogon japonicus to soak in water and drink instead, which can clear and nourish the stomach yin.

External pathogens attack the stomach and cause vomiting

This is due to external wind and cold evil, or the heat, dampness and foul air in summer, which disturb the stomach and cause foul air to rise up, resulting in sudden vomiting. In addition to vomiting, symptoms of respiratory tract infection such as fever, cough, and headache may also be seen. If the vomiting is caused by wind and cold evil spirits, Huoxiang Zhengqi Powder should be used. There are some other reasons for vomiting, which are not listed one by one, but no matter what kind of vomiting it is, when vomiting, pat the child's back gently and rinse the mouth with warm water after vomiting.