What should we do to help children digest food and stimulate their appetite?

In addition to being prone to fever and colds, children's eating problems are also a headache for parents, especially when children are picky eaters. Some children have a low appetite when the weather is hot and don't like to eat. This is a headache for parents. So what are some ways to help children digest food and stimulate their appetite? The editor introduces some methods to stimulate children's appetite.

1. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

Traditional Chinese medicine divides anorexia into three types: indigestion, insufficient stomach yin, and spleen and stomach qi deficiency. In addition to improving the diet, it is recommended to take some stomach-strengthening and digestion-promoting tablets to promote gastrointestinal motility and strengthen the function of the gastrointestinal system.

Recommended folk remedy: Codonopsis pilosula 9g, Atractylodes macrocephala 9g, Poria 9g, Cardamom 3g, Dry ginger 3g, Raw millet and malt 9g each, make into soup and drink.

2. Acupuncture and massage

Chiropractic therapy is effective for anorexia. If it is a massage, you can use this method: let the child lie on his back, put the adult's right index finger and middle finger together, dip them in talcum powder, and press the two fingers on the child's belly button and massage in a clockwise direction 100 times. Then let the child turn over and lie on the table. At the top of the child's buttock groove, the adult dips the thumb in powder and pushes it down the buttocks 50 times.

3. Supplement intestinal probiotics

Supplementing probiotics to maintain the balance of intestinal bacteria and keep the dominant position of probiotics can improve children's immunity, promote gastrointestinal digestion and absorption, prevent various diseases, and ensure the healthy growth of children.

4. Diet adjustment

Water Chestnut Meatball Soup

Ingredients: water chestnuts, minced meat, carrots, onion and ginger, coriander, pepper, sugar, cooking wine, salt

practice:

1. Wash and peel the water chestnuts, cut into small pieces for later use; cut the carrots into small pieces of the same size as the water chestnuts for later use; add minced onion, ginger, pepper, salt, sugar, and cooking wine in a ratio of 2:1 to make a meat filling with good tendons;

2. Bring a pot of water to a boil, add water chestnuts and carrot cubes and cook until boiling;

3. Cook the meat filling into balls and put them into the pot;

4. After all the meatballs float, continue cooking for another 5 minutes;

5. Finally, add coriander, salt and pepper to taste.

Grated Yam

Ingredients: iron stick yam, light cream or fresh milk, blueberry jam, osmanthus honey, rose jam, and chocolate sauce.

practice:

1. Peel the iron stick yam, steam it, and mash it into paste while it is hot.

2. Add light cream or fresh milk to the yam puree (if you like sweet food, you can add a little sugar or condensed milk).

3. Put the mixed yam puree in the refrigerator overnight and take it out whenever you want to eat it.

4. You can add blueberry jam, osmanthus honey, rose jam, chocolate sauce, etc. according to your taste.

In particular, the decline in appetite leads to insufficient nutrition for children, making health problems a major headache for parents. Parents can use the treatment methods introduced by the editor above in combination with the methods to help children digest food and stimulate their appetite. Parents should pay attention to giving their children a balanced diet and cook some more appetizing dishes to promote their children's appetite.