What should I do if my child with spleen deficiency has poor appetite and is prone to catching colds?

Spleen deficiency is a pathological phenomenon of a series of spleen dysfunction caused by spleen weakness, most of which are due to eating disorders. Spleen deficiency is also a common disease among children, mainly caused by children drinking too much milk and eating too many snacks. The main manifestation is good appetite but frequent bowel movements. So, what should we do when children have spleen deficiency? What should I do if my child with spleen deficiency has poor appetite and is prone to catching colds? Let us now learn about the treatment of this disease!

Children must be fed properly. Do not rush to feed them when they don’t want to eat. Let them eat as much as they can to avoid indigestion. The diet should be regular and quantitative. Eat more easily digestible pasta and stomach-nourishing porridge, but not meat. Do not abuse heat-clearing and fire-purging drugs, such as Isatis root granules, heat-clearing and fire-purging oral liquid, etc., because these drugs are bitter and cold in nature and can hurt the stomach. Do not eat snacks. Do not abuse antibiotics. If the environment permits, increase the child's outdoor activities to promote spleen and stomach motility.

Children with weak spleen and stomach and internal coldness should develop the habit of drinking hot drinks and should not eat too much yogurt to avoid changing the acid-base balance in the intestine. They can eat more yam, taro, pumpkin, and coix seed, and eat less greasy and cold food. For home medication, they can use Chinese patent medicines such as Shenling Baizhu San and Yingying Jianpi San. Children with weak spleen and stomach and internal heat should eat less dry, fried, and spicy foods, not drink too much milk, and eat more pumpkin, carrots, kelp and other foods. For home medication, you can choose Xiaoer Huaji Oral Liquid to achieve the effect of clearing heat and digesting food, or take Feier Pills intermittently, which has the effects of clearing heat, digesting food and relieving constipation. Do not take excessive cold medicines just because your baby has dry stools.

Parents can also help their baby improve symptoms through diet therapy:

1. Lotus seed and yam porridge: 30 grams of lotus seeds, 80 grams of yam, and 50 grams of polished rice. Remove the core of the lotus seeds, add yam, rice and water to cook porridge for consumption. Suitable for children with spleen deficiency who are emaciated and have poor appetite.

2. Red Dates and Millet Porridge: 10 red dates, 30 grams of millet. Wash the millet first and fry it in a pan over low heat until it turns slightly yellow. Then add water and red dates, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until it becomes porridge for consumption. Suitable for children with spleen deficiency who suffer from indigestion and anorexia.

3. Ophiopogon japonicus, Adenophora radix and lentil porridge: 10 grams of Adenophora radix, 10 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, 15 grams of lentil and 50 grams of polished rice. First, boil Adenophora Root and Ophiopogon japonicus in water for 20 minutes to extract the juice. Add the juice to rice and lentils to cook porridge for consumption. Suitable for children with hot hands and feet and dry stools.

The above is the expert’s answer to the question of what to do if children with spleen deficiency have poor appetite and are prone to catching colds. It is hoped that patients with this phenomenon can go to the hospital as soon as possible to find out the cause and type of the disease and seek medical attention early. Don’t think that this is just a minor illness and ignore it. In many cases, this kind of thinking is often wrong.