How to treat cold in children

In our lives, there are many babies who are particularly prone to illness, which makes mothers very anxious. In fact, the baby's illness is closely related to the baby's physique. Some babies may have dampness and coldness in the body. If you often touch their hands and feet, they will feel cold. Moreover, they are particularly prone to illness. When they defecate, they will find that the stool is particularly sticky. So how should children with cold body be treated?

Treatment methods for children with cold body

1. Eat more warm foods

For children with cold body, they should be fed more warm foods, such as mutton, beef, eel, or warm fruits such as hawthorn, jujube, plum, pomegranate, papaya, etc. Do not feed children cold foods.

2. Glutinous rice porridge

Glutinous rice is a very warming food and is perfect for people with cold body. Please note that you should use brown sugar instead of white sugar. You can also add some longan, red dates and other things to cook together. Glutinous rice is not easy to digest, so adding some rice at the same time will make it easier for children to absorb.

3. Use garlic wisely

Children with cold body are prone to nasal irritation. At this time, mothers can give their children brown sugar water or garlic boiled water to drink. The amount of garlic should be determined according to the age of the child. Generally, 2-3 cloves can be boiled for fifteen minutes. You can also put garlic directly under your nose and smell it to relieve nasal congestion.

Parents should pay attention to their children's sleeping habits. They should not let their children walk barefoot, sit on the ground, or eat cold foods. They should pay more attention to nourishing the body through diet, dispelling the cold and replenishing the deficiency. Do not massage your children. Let them do more outdoor activities and increase physical exercise to improve the problem of cold body.

Medicinal Diet Treatment for Children with Cold Body

Su Xing Ginger Porridge

Ingredients: 10 grams of perilla seeds, 10 grams of bitter almonds, 5 grams of ginger, and 60 grams of polished rice.

Preparation method: Fry the perilla seeds until they bloom, peel and remove the tips of the bitter almonds, mash the ginger, and wash the glutinous rice. First, mash the perilla seeds and bitter almonds and mix them with ginger. When the japonica rice is 70% cooked, add them and cook for a while. When it is cooked into porridge, add a little rock sugar.

Efficacy: Perilla seed is pungent in taste and warm in nature. It is good at dispelling cold and regulating qi, and is very effective for colds; almonds are bitter in taste and warm in nature, and can eliminate phlegm, relieve cough and relieve asthma; ginger is pungent in taste and warm in nature, and can dispel cold and dispel qi. The three work together to dispel cold evil, stop cough and relieve asthma.

Yam and Lamb Soup

Ingredients: 250 grams of mutton, 25 grams of yam, 10 grams of ginger, 15 grams of scallion, 3 grams of pepper, 1.5 grams of salt, and 10 grams of rice wine.

Preparation method: Put the 7 ingredients into the pot, add appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil over low heat, continue to stew the mutton over low heat, season, drink the soup and eat the meat.

Efficacy: Nourishes the spleen and stomach.

Three ways to prevent children from getting cold

1. Don’t eat too much

People who are trying to lose weight all know the principle of eating small meals frequently. Eating too much will lead to obesity, but many people may not know that eating too much can also cause body coldness. Because if you eat too much at one time, it will slow down gastrointestinal activity, and most of the blood will be retained in the stomach and intestines, thereby concentrating the heat in the abdomen, which will cause cold hands and feet. Therefore, it is best to eat until you are 80% full.

2. Do a good job of daily conditioning

Insist on soaking your child's feet in hot water every night; do more exercise; eat less cold food, and supplement some calorie food appropriately; do not let your child wear tight clothes, leggings or other clothing to avoid affecting blood circulation; ensure adequate sleep.

3. Eat salt in moderation

Children should not consume too much salt, as it is harmful to their health. However, in traditional Chinese medicine, salt has the effect of warming the body, so proper salt intake is beneficial to blood circulation and has a certain effect on improving body coldness.