What are the dietary treatments for infant diarrhea? What should babies eat if they have diarrhea?

Diarrhea is a very common symptom among infants. This is mainly because the gastrointestinal function of infants is not fully developed. If they eat improper food or their abdomen is exposed to cold, they may suffer from diarrhea. In addition to going to the hospital for treatment for diarrhea, babies can also eat some foods that have therapeutic effects on diarrhea, such as scorched rice soup, applesauce, carrot and hawthorn fried, barley and chicken gizzard porridge, egg and butter, and ginger tea.

1. Scorched Rice Soup

Ingredients : rice flour, sugar.

Preparation : Put the rice noodles in a pot and fry them over low heat until they turn brown. Add a small amount of sugar and water and boil before serving.

Function : Scorched rice soup has a certain amount of thermal energy. After the rice noodles are fried, part of the starch can be converted into dextrin, which is beneficial for digestion and absorption. The scorched starch can also absorb intestinal toxins and gases.

2. Applesauce

Ingredients : apples, salt.

Preparation : Cut the apples into pieces and mash them into puree before eating. Eat applesauce 2-3 times a day, 30-60 grams each time. You can also take an apple, wash and chop it, add 0.8-0.9 grams of salt, 5 grams of sugar, and 250 milliliters of water, boil them together, and drink it in 2-3 times.

Function : Suitable for children over 6 months old. Apples contain fruit acid, which can absorb toxins, and tannic acid, which has an astringent effect and is suitable for treating diarrhea in children.

3. Carrot and Hawthorn Decoction

Ingredients : two fresh carrots, 15 grams of fried hawthorn, and appropriate amount of brown sugar.

Preparation : Decoction the above ingredients in water. Take several times a day for 2-3 days.

Function : Effective for diarrhea caused by indigestion.

4. Barley and Chicken Gizzard Porridge

Ingredients : 30 grams of raw coix seeds, one chicken gizzard lining, 25 grams of polished rice.

Preparation : Cook the above ingredients into porridge.

Function : It can help children to lose dampness, invigorate the stomach and help digestion.

5. Egg Butter

Ingredients : Fresh eggs

Preparation : Boil the eggs, take out the yolks, flatten them with your hands, put them into a pan and bake them over a low heat for about 10 minutes, then turn them over, and repeat this process several times. The yolks will turn from yellow to brown and the butter will precipitate out at the same time. Put them into a bottle for later use. Take 3-4 mg of egg yolk oil (the oil content of one egg) once in the morning and once in the evening for three times in a row.

Function : Can treat diarrhea in children. This recipe is suitable for children over 6 months old and has the effects of nourishing the spleen and stomach and stopping diarrhea.

6. Ginger tea

Ingredients : 3 grams each of shredded dried ginger and green tea.

Preparation : Add 150 ml of water to the above ingredients and bring to a boil, then drink as you like. Or ginger porridge: 5 grams of ginger, 30 grams of rice, add appropriate amount of water to cook porridge, then add a little sugar and salt to eat, twice a day.

Function : This tea has the effect of dispelling cold and stopping diarrhea.