What foods can stimulate the appetite and help digestion in children?

In summer, the temperature is high and people sweat a lot, so many people like to drink cold drinks. This will cause our stomachs to be overburdened. In addition, due to the lack of outdoor activities, our intestinal movement will slow down, resulting in indigestion, loss of appetite and loss of appetite. Especially for children, how can they grow if they do not absorb nutrients? Therefore, today I will introduce to you several ingredients that can stimulate appetite and help digestion in summer. Drink some soup to improve your gastrointestinal health.

So, what should you do if you lose your appetite and can’t eat in the summer? At this time, you can make some soups that are good for the stomach and digestion. Today I will introduce to you several soup recipes that are good for the stomach and digestion.

1. Snow vegetable beef soup

Ingredients: 100g snow vegetable, 500g beef, 5g ginseng root, 10g Polygonatum odoratum, 4 black dates, some green onions

Seasoning: Salt

practice:

1. Wash and cut the snow vegetables into sections, wash and cut the beef into cubes, and wash and clean other ingredients for later use;

2. Blanch the beef in boiling water to remove the blood, remove and drain for later use;

3. Add appropriate amount of water to the pot, boil, and add all the ingredients except snow vegetables.

4. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 1 hour. Add pickled mustard greens and continue simmering until ingredients are well-cooked. Add salt to taste.

Dietary therapeutic effects: Snow vegetable is rich in protein, fat, multiple vitamins, etc. It can effectively promote gastrointestinal motility, play an appetizing and salivation role, and can also clear away heat, reduce swelling, and eliminate fatigue.

2. Black Bean Loach Soup

Ingredients: 50g black beans, 250g loach, 15g black sesame, some wolfberry

Seasoning: salt, chicken powder

practice:

1. Add clean water to the pot, put the loach in, cover the lid, heat, take out the loach when it stops moving, wash and drain, heat the oil in a pan, put the loach in and fry until it turns yellow, put it on a plate for later use;

2. Wash black beans and black sesame seeds and set aside;

3. Add appropriate amount of water to the pot, put black beans, boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat, stew the black beans, add black sesame seeds, loach, wolfberry, and continue stewing. When the black beans are cooked, season with salt and chicken powder.

Dietary therapeutic effects: Black sesame has a good nourishing effect. It has a rich aroma that can promote appetite. Sesame seeds added with water contain a lot of oil, which has the effect of moisturizing the intestines and can speed up gastrointestinal motility, thereby playing a role in strengthening the stomach and digesting food.

3. Coriander and Cucumber Soup

Ingredients: 30g coriander, 300g cucumber, 20g ginger

Seasoning: 1/2 spoon of chicken powder, sesame oil, salt and pepper to taste

practice:

1. Wash and cut the coriander into sections, wash and cut the cucumber into shreds, peel and wash the ginger and cut into shreds for later use;

2. Add appropriate amount of water to the pot, put in shredded ginger and chicken powder first, boil, add cucumber and salt, boil again, add pepper powder and stir well, then sprinkle with coriander and sesame oil and serve.

Dietary therapeutic effects: "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that coriander is spicy, warm and fragrant, can connect the heart and spleen internally and reach the limbs externally, and has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach.

The above introduces three dietary remedies for strengthening the stomach and digestion. Through the above dietary therapy, combined with proper exercise and a good living environment, you can improve your appetite problems. In addition, if you have no appetite in summer, you can eat more appetizer fruits, such as strawberries, oranges, etc. You can also eat hawthorn and plums to stimulate your appetite.