What should I do if my baby has gastrointestinal inflammation?

If the baby has gastrointestinal inflammation, he will experience abdominal pain, diarrhea, and poor appetite. In severe cases, he may have fever, convulsions, and dehydration. If your baby is in good spirits and has a good appetite, you can try dietary therapy to regulate your baby's stomach. If serious symptoms occur, give your baby water in advance and send him to the hospital for treatment immediately. After the condition improves, you should start with light and easily digestible food and eat small and frequent meals. After the stomach and intestines recover, you can resume eating, but pay attention to the hygiene and freshness of the food, and eat more meals that can regulate gastrointestinal function, such as millet porridge, carrot porridge, pumpkin porridge, etc.

TCM treatment of gastroenteritis

Radish (radish) porridge: take 10g radish and 50g polished rice. First, fry the radish until fragrant and cooked, then grind it into fine powder. Add polished rice and water to cook porridge, then add chopped radish and mix well before eating. Radish seeds have the function of regulating qi and aiding digestion, and are suitable for treating diarrhea caused by indigestion in babies over 8 months old.

Cardamom porridge: take 5g cardamom, 2 slices of ginger, and 50g of polished rice. Crush the cardamom into powder, add rice to water and boil, then add ginger and cardamom powder and cook into porridge for consumption. It has the effect of warming the stomach and digesting food. It is suitable for babies over 1 year old with abdominal cold, vomiting, and diarrhea.

Ginger skim milk: Take 2 cloves, 5ml ginger juice, and 250ml skim milk. Put ginger juice, skim milk and cloves in a pot and boil them. Remove the cloves and add a little sugar to drink. It can warm the stomach and stop vomiting and diarrhea. Suitable for babies over 3 months old with indigestion and diarrhea.

Tangerine Cake Tea: Take 2 tangerine cakes. Cut the tangerine cake into thin slices, put it into a teapot, brew with boiling water, and it can be drunk after about 15 minutes. Suitable for diarrhea caused by food poisoning in children over 6 months old.

The baby's stomach and intestines are relatively delicate, the gastric acid secretion is small, and the motility is insufficient. If they are not fed properly, it is easy to cause gastrointestinal diseases. When adding complementary foods, start with the food that is easiest for the baby to accept. After the baby gets used to it little by little, add the second food. This step-by-step approach will allow the baby's stomach to have a good adaptation process.