What to do if a child has a cold spleen and stomach?

Children have poor immunity, so many children always have the main symptoms of spleen and stomach deficiency and coldness. Generally speaking, in Chinese medicine, because the qi and blood in the body are too weak, and the diet is too cold, the gastrointestinal protection ability is gradually reduced little by little. Many children always have poor appetite and become picky eaters. So what should children with spleen and stomach deficiency and coldness do?

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Foods that are cold in nature and can easily damage the yang energy of the spleen and stomach, such as buckwheat, oats, mung beans, tofu, spinach, water spinach, eggplant, black fungus, day lily, lettuce, winter melon, celery, amaranth, wild rice stem, cucumber, bitter melon, watermelon, persimmon, banana, loquat, pear, peach, etc.

Foods that are thick and greasy, difficult to digest, and easily hinder the functioning of the spleen and stomach, such as pork, duck, turtle meat, oyster meat, glutinous rice, etc.

Foods that have the effect of promoting qi and aiding digestion, but can damage vital energy and aggravate deficiency and cold, such as hawthorn, radish, leek, coriander, etc.

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a. Red Date and Indica Rice Porridge: 7 large red dates and 50 grams of indica rice, simmer together in clean water over low heat until cooked, add 10 grams of brown sugar and serve hot.

b. Shredded tripe soup: Wash the beef or pork tripe, boil it in clean water for 3 minutes, then remove it from the pot, pour out the original soup, add clean water and simmer until it is 70% cooked, add appropriate amount of salt, cooking wine, pepper, and fennel and continue cooking. When it is cooked through, remove it from the pot, let it cool until it is not hot to the touch, cut into 100 grams of shreds, put it into a large bowl, add three slices of fresh ginger and appropriate amount of MSG, pour the soup from the second cooking into the bowl of shredded tripe until it covers the shredded tripe, steam it in a steamer for 45 minutes and serve hot.

c. Fennel buns: Chop 100 grams of fennel and 50 grams of boneless and skinless chicken, mix them evenly, add appropriate amount of fresh ginger juice, pepper powder, MSG, salt and sesame oil, mix well to make the stuffing; use the wheat flour to make the dough, put the stuffing in the dough, pinch it into buns, steam it in a steamer over high heat for 20 minutes and serve hot.

Children love to eat cool foods because they are naturally cool and they find them very appetizing, so first of all, parents must make sure that the food they cook suits the children’s appetite. Be sure to eat less cold drinks and snacks or try not to eat them. From the above article, we can understand why children have weak spleen and stomach.