What medicine should children take for stomach discomfort

If children experience stomach discomfort, they must be careful when using medication. Children are relatively young, so it is best not to use some adult medicines. They can take children's medicines for treating stomach problems under the guidance of a doctor. For example, if a child's stomach discomfort is caused by indigestion, he should take some Chinese medicine oral liquid to promote digestion and relieve stomach discomfort.

What medicine should children take for stomach discomfort

Stomach discomfort in children is mainly caused by gastrointestinal inflammation or indigestion caused by improper eating, or it may be caused by eating too much spicy and irritating food. It can be combined with oral Chinese medicine such as Huaji Oral Liquid for oral treatment. Secondly, it can also be combined with Sixiao Pills, or Qizhen Dan, or Wangshi Baochi Pills and other medicines for conditioning. Drink some boiled water appropriately.

What food can be used to treat children's stomach upset?

1. Millet and Mushroom Porridge

Ingredients: 50 grams of millet, 50 grams of shiitake mushrooms, and 5 grams of chicken gizzard lining.

Preparation method: Wash the millet clean; select and clean the mushrooms, cut into small pieces or mince; wash the chicken gizzard lining. Put the pot on the fire, add appropriate amount of water, add millet and chicken gizzard lining, and cook it into porridge over low heat. Take the soup and cook it with mushrooms until well-cooked. Drink it in several times.

Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and stomach, helps digestion and eliminates food stagnation. This meal uses millet to strengthen the spleen and stomach; chicken gizzard lining to aid digestion; and shiitake mushrooms to strengthen the spleen and stomach and aid digestion. This porridge is very beneficial to the stomach, stimulates appetite and helps digestion. Regular consumption can prevent and treat indigestion in children.

Ingredients: 30 grams each of brown rice, black beans, red beans, yellow beans, mung beans, and green beans, and white sugar.

Method: Wash brown rice, black beans, red beans, soybeans, mung beans, corn, etc., and soak them in cold water for 2-3 hours; add water to a pot, put in the above ingredients, boil over high heat first, then simmer over low heat for 45 minutes; when the porridge is soft, add sugar to taste and it is ready to eat.

Efficacy: Whole grains are rich in starch, dietary fiber, and B vitamins. Eating some whole grains every day can help increase the crude fiber in your baby's body.

2. Pumpkin Millet Porridge

Ingredients: 250 grams of pumpkin, 120 grams of millet, 8 red dates, and a little rock sugar.

Method: Cut the pumpkin into small pieces. Wash millet and set aside. Wash the red dates and drain dry. You don’t have to add rock sugar. Because pumpkin has a sweet taste. Add 5 bowls of water to the pot, cover it and bring to a boil over high heat. Add all ingredients except rock sugar. After boiling again, turn to low heat. Carefully skim off the foam and cook until the porridge becomes thick. After cooking for 20 minutes, pour in rock sugar. Cook until sugar melts and turn off the heat.

Efficacy: Millet warms the stomach, soothes the mind, treats nausea and dysentery, can be cooked into porridge, benefits the Dantian, replenishes deficiency, and opens the stomach. Pumpkin is warm in nature and sweet in taste. The ingredients contained in pumpkin can promote bile secretion and enhance gastrointestinal motility. Helps digest food.

3. Yam and Lotus Seed Porridge

Ingredients: about 50 grams of yam and 20 to 30 grams of lotus seeds.

Method: Take an appropriate amount of fresh yam and lotus seeds to make porridge for your baby every day. 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.

Efficacy: This porridge can warm the stomach and strengthen the spleen, and is most suitable for children with insufficient spleen yang.