What foods should children with anemia eat

Today's parents are always busy with their work and often fail to pay enough attention and care to their children. As a result, many children will suffer from unbalanced diet and malnutrition, which will cause physical illness. Among them, anemia is the most common disease, and this is also the time when many parents feel regretful and worried. Often at this time many parents think about giving their children medicine. In fact, diet therapy is very effective in treating anemia. So, what foods should children with anemia eat?

1. Longan - nourishes blood and benefits the heart

Traditional Chinese medicine has always praised longan as an excellent product for nourishing blood and benefiting the heart. Because of its warm nature, it enters the heart and spleen meridians, and has the effect of nourishing blood while replenishing qi.

It is often used to treat symptoms such as deficiency of qi and blood, anemia, physical weakness, and mental decline. If a child has anemia, parents can use 30 grams each of longan meat and jujube, boil them in water, and give them to the child once a day to treat anemia.

2. Milk and honey to replenish blood

Pediatricians in New Jersey, USA, have proved through clinical trials that giving children with anemia milk and honey every day can improve children's anemia. They gave milk with honey to more than 100 anemic children for 20 consecutive days. As a result, the red blood cells and hemoglobin in the children's blood increased, symptoms such as dizziness and fatigue were significantly alleviated, and their faces began to show color.

3. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that milk is sweet and mild in nature, can replenish qi and blood, nourish the stomach and intestines, replenish deficiency and benefit the five internal organs; while honey can stimulate the growth of hemoglobin; the combination of the two does have the effect of replenishing blood, and this method can be used for children with anemia. In addition, royal jelly is also particularly suitable for patients with anemia. Taking 1 spoon of royal jelly on an empty stomach every morning for 3 weeks as a course of treatment is also very helpful for improving anemia.

4. Spinach replenishes blood

Spinach contains a large amount of iron and vitamins A, B group, vitamin C, etc., which help to replenish blood, regulate physical strength, and are effective in treating anemia.

Common method: Cut half an apple (peeled and cored) and 30 grams of carrots into appropriate sizes, add 50 grams of spinach that has been slightly boiled in water, put them into a juicer to squeeze out the juice, add pure milk to mix, and then you can eat. This method is very suitable for children with anemia.

5. Red dates and black fungus to nourish blood

Black fungus tastes sweet and is mild in nature. It has the effects of nourishing blood, improving intelligence and brain health, nourishing yin and benefiting the stomach. It is rich in substances that produce blood cells, which can both nourish blood and stop bleeding.

Red dates have always been a well-known blood tonic, but the effect of eating them alone is very limited; while red dates with black fungus can increase the blood-enriching and blood-nourishing effects.

The specific method is: 20 grams of black fungus, 20 red dates, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. After soaking the fungus, put it into a bowl together with red dates and rock sugar and add appropriate amount of water. Put it in a steamer and steam it for about 1 hour before eating. Eat it twice a day to clear away heat and replenish blood. It is suitable for children with anemia.

The above is an introduction to what foods children with anemia should eat. I hope it will be helpful to some parents and solve the problems they are worrying about now. At the same time, I would like to tell you that the methods introduced above are just common in daily life. There are many other methods that can help children treat anemia, and you need to understand them yourself.