What is the best way to treat children's indigestion?

It is quite common for children to have indigestion, which is mostly related to poor diet. Frequent overeating and eating too greasy and cold food can easily cause symptoms of gastric indigestion. At this time, parents can give their children some massages, let them drink plenty of water, and eat some food that helps digestion. In addition, they should develop good eating habits, avoid overeating, and pay attention to a balanced diet.

1. Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pinch the spine: Let the baby lie on his stomach on the bed. In summer, you can take off the shirt to expose the back. Use the thumbs, index fingers and middle fingers of both hands to gently pinch the skin starting from the coccyx, two fingers away from both sides of the baby's spine. Slowly pinch and push forward to the Dazhui point on the neck. Pinch five or six times from bottom to top as a group. When pinching for the third time, lift the skin upwards after every three pinches. It is best to do this method once every morning and evening.

Push the spleen and earth point: The spleen and earth point is on the spiral surface of the thumb (see Figure ① below). Mothers can use the thumb to massage in a clockwise direction, once a day, 200 times each time.

Rub the Banmen: Banmen is located at the raised part of the thenar eminence (see Figure ② below). Mothers can use their thumbs to rub the baby clockwise, once a day, 50 times each time.

Abdominal massage: Mommy rubs her palms to warm them up first, then slowly massages the baby’s abdomen in a clockwise direction for about 30 times.

2. Home care

Eat some hawthorn as a snack: Eating some hawthorn and hawthorn products properly can promote the secretion of gastric juice, has the effect of eliminating greasiness, resolving internal accumulation, astringing yin and appetizing, can increase appetite and help digestion. However, hawthorn slices contain a lot of sugar and should not be consumed for a long time or in excess.

Rubbing the navel and abdomen to aid digestion: The baby lies flat on the bed, and the parents rub the navel area with the middle finger or the base of the palm; you can also place four fingertips on the baby's abdomen and make gentle circular motions to promote intestinal peristalsis and help the baby digest.

3. Diet adjustment

The three meals a day should be a little lighter. Choose light vegetables, easily digestible rice porridge, noodle soup, noodles, etc. Do not eat fried or puffed foods, eat less or even no meat, and eat some fish and shrimp appropriately.

4. Doctor’s treatment

Once the baby's symptoms do not improve or has a low fever, you should consider using digestive medicine.

1. People with dry stools are suitable for taking Fei'er Pills, Lanji Pills, etc., which can help eliminate accumulation and relieve stagnation.

2. People with internal heat (manifested by red lips, restless sleep, thick tongue coating, etc.): suitable for Jianer Qingjie Liquid, Baobao Qingre Ning, etc., to help eliminate accumulation and clear heat.

3. For those who have cough: baby’s antitussive and cough-relieving oral liquid is suitable.

4. For those who suffer from vomiting: suitable for Huoxiang Zhengqi and others.