What foods can children eat to nourish their stomachs?

Children's stomach function is not yet fully developed, so they are more easily irritated, resulting in a series of discomfort reactions such as stomach pain, stomach acid, and even indigestion. Therefore, parents should pay attention to their children’s daily diet and should arrange more stomach-nourishing foods in the three meals a day. So what kind of food can be added specifically? Let’s take a look at the recommendations made by the editor.

1. Millet porridge. Ingredients: half a bowl of millet, appropriate amount of water. Method: Soak the millet in clean water for 15 minutes, wash it clean, add cold water, bring to a boil over high heat, simmer over low heat for 15 minutes, and turn off the heat. Efficacy: After eating, a protective film can be formed on the child's gastric mucosa, which has an excellent stomach-nourishing effect.

2. Codonopsis chicken soup. Ingredients: 1 chicken, 10g Codonopsis pilosula, 5g Atractylodes macrocephala, 10g Poria cocos, 5g Citrus aurantium, 10g Coix seed, 10g Cuscuta australis, and 5g Cynomorium songaricum. Method: Kill the chicken, remove the hair and internal organs, and wash it. Wash Codonopsis pilosula and Coix seeds and set aside. Wash the remaining medicines and wrap them in clean gauze. Add soup and simmer for about 2 hours, remove the medicine bag, ginger and onion, and season to taste. Efficacy: Codonopsis pilosula is neither dry nor greasy. It can replenish the qi of the spleen and stomach, as well as the lung qi. It is a commonly used product for spleen and lung qi deficiency.

3. Chicken soup with Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria cocos. Ingredients: 5 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, 5 grams of white Poria cocos, 5 grams of white peony root, 3 grams of licorice, 500 grams of chicken wings, 10 grams of wolfberry, and 50 grams of green beans. Method: Wash the chicken wings and cut into pieces for later use. Pour boiling water into the pot and bring it to a boil. Add the chicken wings and blanch them thoroughly. Skim off the foam and remove them. Wash the other ingredients. Add water to a clay pot and bring it to a boil. Add various ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes. Then switch to low heat and simmer for 2 hours. Add salt to taste. Efficacy: Atractylodes is an important medicine for strengthening the spleen. It is suitable for various symptoms of spleen and stomach weakness, and is most suitable for spleen and stomach weakness and excessive dampness. Poria cocos has no cold or hot properties, is good at strengthening the spleen and promoting diuresis, and can calm the mind.

What the editor introduces in this article are mainly some soups and porridge foods, and also explains the specific production methods, so parents can use this as a reference and make them for their children often. At the same time, children should be allowed to eat some vegetables and fruits appropriately, and try to control the intake of spicy, greasy and other stimulating foods.