What should a baby eat to stimulate his appetite if he has a poor appetite?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that people with strong spleen and stomach functions who are strong in all seasons have stronger resistance and are not prone to illness. However, this is not the case with our children. Because children are still relatively young, if a baby has a bad spleen and stomach, what kind of food should he eat to regulate it? In this case, it is mostly considered that the baby is lacking in trace elements in the body. The baby has a poor appetite, so what should he eat to stimulate his appetite?

Children with weak spleen and stomach are particularly prone to catching colds, which are manifested by sallow complexion, "blue veins" on the bridge of the nose, thin body, loss of appetite, restless sleep, and frequent diarrhea. Dietary therapy is good for the baby's spleen and stomach.

Baby's weak spleen and stomach diet

Milky cereal (for children over 1 year old)

Ingredients: 250 ml milk, 100 g oatmeal.

Method: Cook milk and oatmeal into porridge.

Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and stomach, nourishes the heart and lungs, supplements vitamin B, and promotes intestinal peristalsis.

Chinese Yam and Barley Porridge (for children over 1 year old)

Ingredients: appropriate amount of rice, 100 grams of iron stick yam, and 100 grams of coix seed.

Method: Crush the yam and coix seeds in a food processor, then cook them into porridge with rice.

Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and stomach, dispels wind and dampness, reduces edema, and improves immunity. Children with weak spleen and stomach can eat this medicine for 1 month.

Yam and radish porridge (suitable for babies over eight months old) Ingredients: appropriate amount of rice, 200 grams of yam, and 50 grams of white radish.

Method: Peel the yam and white radish, cut into small slices, and cook them together with rice over low heat into porridge.

Efficacy: Regulates qi and spleen, promotes intestinal peristalsis. It works best for children who have vomited.

The baby's anorexia is related to weak spleen and stomach and lack of trace elements in the body. You can appropriately prepare some spleen-strengthening and appetite-stimulating food for the baby. Zinc helps restore the sensitivity of taste buds and thus increase appetite. You can also supplement with some zinc gluconate oral solution to see if the condition is relieved.