What are the medicines for children to help digestion?

Infants and young children have not yet fully developed their gastrointestinal function, and there are various objective reasons such as spleen and stomach disharmony. Therefore, infants and young children are very prone to indigestion. If you have indigestion, it is recommended to take more medicines that help digestion. After all, people can only absorb food if they can digest it normally. So what are the medicines for children to help digestion? As a mother, how should I choose the appropriate medicine for my baby on a daily basis?

2. Digestive aids: You can choose pancreatic enzyme tablets, dry yeast, lactase, pepsin mixture, multi-enzyme tablets, etc. The Chinese patent medicine used is Da Shanzhao Pills (granules), which can stimulate the appetite and help digestion, and is used for loss of appetite, indigestion, and abdominal distension. For oral use, honey pills, 1-2 pills at a time, 1-3 pills a day; for granules, 15g at a time, 3 times a day, reduce the dosage for children. For patients with functional dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome with pain and constipation (abdominal pain, constipation, bloating, diarrhea), and habitual constipation. Liuwei Anxiaosan (capsules) can be taken orally, 1.5-3g of powder at a time, 3-6 capsules at a time, 2-3 times a day.

3. Gastrointestinal motility drugs: They can increase the gastric emptying rate and are effective for nausea and vomiting caused by overeating or gastrointestinal dysfunction in the elderly. Domperidone (Motilium) tablets can be used orally, 10-20 mg once, 3 times a day, 1 hour before meals.

①Digestive and laxative agents: suitable for food stagnation and indigestion. Due to overeating, or children not knowing how to control themselves when eating milk and food, the spleen and stomach are damaged, the transportation and transformation functions are disturbed, and food stagnates in the stomach and accumulates without being digested. Symptoms may include loss of appetite, chest and abdominal distension, belching and acid regurgitation, abdominal pain and diarrhea, etc. Commonly used Chinese patent medicines for digesting food include Shenqu Tea, Jiawei Baohe Pills, and Dashanzhao Pills. Because of long-term food stagnation and spleen deficiency, greasy and slightly yellow tongue coating, weak pulse, the treatment should be both eliminating and tonifying, strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach, and assisting with the method of removing stagnation, such as Xiangsha Yangwei Pills, Xiangsha Zhishu Pills, Xiangsha Pingwei Granules, etc.