What are the porridges that are good for children’s spleen and stomach?

Medically speaking, babies' spleen and stomach are prone to problems, especially when the weather changes frequently. The baby may be affected by factors such as moisture and may easily suffer from diarrhea. Therefore, parents should make timely adjustments to their baby’s diet. It is best to let the baby eat more foods that are beneficial to the health of the spleen and stomach. So, what are the porridges that are good for children's spleen and stomach?

Yam porridge can strengthen the spleen and stomach

"Children's spleen is often insufficient. If the wind and cold evil directly attack the spleen and stomach, or if they are affected by damp evil due to lack of attention to food hygiene, diarrhea will occur." Experts say that from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, whether a child gets sick or not is closely related to his spleen and stomach function. In autumn and winter, you can cook some soup or porridge with hawthorn, malt, barley sprout, lentil, yam, duck kidney, etc. to regulate the spleen and stomach, or you can consult a Chinese medicine practitioner, and add tangerine peel, Astragalus membranaceus, Codonopsis pilosula, or Ophiopogon japonicus, Coix seed, etc. to cook soup or porridge according to whether the child is cold or hot, so as to strengthen the spleen and stomach function of the child, improve immunity and prevent diarrhea.

Here are a few ways to eat it for reference:

Yam and lotus seed porridge: Take an appropriate amount of fresh yam (about 50 grams) and lotus seeds (20-30 grams) every day to make porridge for your baby. Both the lotus seeds and the porridge should be cooked well and eaten together. For children under 1 year old, the yam and lotus seeds should be crushed as much as possible. The dry ones can be ground into powder and then mixed with rice soup to make a paste for feeding. This porridge can warm the stomach and strengthen the spleen, and is most suitable for children with insufficient spleen yang.

Hawthorn porridge: Take appropriate amount of hawthorn (about 20 grams) and rice (30 grams) and cook porridge together. You can add three or two slices of thin ginger during the cooking process. After the porridge is ready, add a little sugar.

Barley and carrot soup (porridge): Take appropriate amount of barley (30 grams), carrot (half a carrot) and yam (20 grams) and boil water, or cook them together with porridge and drink the water or porridge.

In life, parents should always care about their baby's health and pay attention to the baby's condition. If the baby vomits or is lethargic, do not hesitate and take the time to see a pediatrician. Never give your baby random medicines, because babies are not adults and some medicines may cause side effects to their health.