How to supplement children's qi deficiency with food

The term "Qi deficiency" appears in traditional Chinese medicine. The biggest feature of traditional Chinese medicine's treatment methods is that they are slow. One should not be too anxious about this disease which occurs in the internal organs. Even Western medicine cannot treat it quickly. It can only be treated through acupuncture and diet therapy. For children with qi deficiency, the specific tonic should be determined according to the type of qi deficiency, but in general, it is necessary to eat some foods that replenish qi and blood. Dishes such as peanut and candied date porridge, chestnut stewed cabbage, and bamboo shoots and sea cucumber are more suitable for children with qi deficiency.

How can children with pale complexion and insufficient Qi and blood be supplemented with food? Children of this type can try honey-juiced peanuts and dates. Take 100 grams of red dates and peanuts, soak the peanuts in warm water for a while, then add water together with the red dates and cook over low heat until soft, finally add honey and cook until it becomes sticky. In this diet therapy, red dates can replenish qi, peanuts can replenish blood, and adding honey can also achieve the effect of replenishing qi, making the child's face rosy.

A dark complexion is usually caused by insufficient kidney qi and loss of yin fluid. How can such children's insufficient qi and blood be supplemented through diet? You can try stewing chestnuts with cabbage. Take 200 grams of shelled raw chestnuts, cut them in half, add duck soup and cook them. Then add 200 grams of cabbage strips, season with salt and MSG and it is ready to eat. Duck soup can nourish yin and replenish deficiency, chestnuts can strengthen the spleen and kidney, and cabbage has the effect of replenishing yin and moistening dryness. Boiling the three together can make the complexion of children with insufficient qi and blood bright.

When children with dry-fire constitution have insufficient qi and blood, their faces will be rough. These children can eat more bamboo shoots and sea cucumbers. Cut 200 grams of soaked sea cucumber into strips, put 100 grams of fresh bamboo shoots into the pot, add lean meat and sea cucumber strips, fry until cooked, then season and serve. Sea cucumber can nourish yin and blood, making the skin delicate and smooth. Children with wrinkled faces, weak spleen and stomach and insufficient qi and blood can eat assorted yam puree. Boil 500 grams of yam or potato and mash it into a paste. Then press it into a cake shape, put some walnut kernels, red dates, hawthorn or green plum on it, steam it for ten minutes, and then take it out and pour some honey on it. Yam can nourish the spleen and kidneys, while red dates can replenish qi and nourish blood.

How can children with yang deficiency and kidney yang deficiency supplement their qi and blood through diet? You can also try fried dried shrimps with rapeseed. Cut 200 grams of rapeseed into sections, add oil and stir-fry until cooked. Soak dried shrimps in warm water, add chicken soup and rapeseed and stir-fry together, then season and serve. In this diet therapy, rapeseed can act as a diuretic and dehumidifying agent, while chicken soup can help children replenish their qi and improve symptoms of insufficient qi and blood.