What is the best food for children with constipation?

It is quite common for children to suffer from constipation, and there are many reasons for constipation. At this time, different methods should be adopted to strengthen nutrition according to different symptoms of constipation. Diet is a better conditioning method, which can gradually improve children's eating habits and gradually change children's constipation symptoms. In addition, parents should also educate their children to develop the habit of regular bowel movements.

1. Constipation due to excessive heat

Symptoms: dry and hard stools, short and dark urine, abdominal distension, pain when pressed, dry mouth, bad breath and even mouth ulcers in children.

Diet therapy:

Stir-fried Cassia and Eggplant Cubes: Take 10 grams of Cassia seed decoction, boil out about 50 ml of juice and set aside; wash the eggplant, cut into dice and stir-fry in a pan, add the juice and soy sauce when cooked, and stir-fry again.

2. Qi deficiency and constipation

Symptoms: Although the child has the urge to defecate, it is difficult to do so, and he or she suffers from shortness of breath, sweating, pale complexion, and a pale tongue with white coating.

Diet therapy: Take 10 grams of astragalus decoction and set aside; grind 5 grams of hemp seed and sesame seeds respectively, add them into corn flour together with chestnut powder and sugar, add the astragalus decoction and water to knead the flour, and steam it into cake.

3. Constipation due to blood deficiency

Symptoms: dry and hard stools like chestnuts, dizziness, dry mouth and fever, sallow complexion, palpitations and forgetfulness, and a red tongue with little coating.

Diet therapy:

Mulberry honey paste: take 500 grams of mulberry, 200 grams of raw earth, add appropriate amount of water and boil for 30 minutes, then take out the decoction; then add water and boil again, take the decoction twice, combine the decoctions, and then concentrate over low heat until it becomes thick and sticky, then add honey and boil until boiling, let it cool and bottle it.

4. Yang deficiency constipation

Symptoms: hard and sticky stools, difficulty in defecation, cold limbs, sore waist and knees, pale tongue with white fur,

Diet therapy:

Cistanche and walnut porridge: decoct the Cistanche and set aside. Crush the walnut kernels and put them into a pot together with polished rice and Cistanche juice and cook into porridge.