Children's spleen is often deficient. Diarrhea will occur if the pathogen of wind-cold goes straight to the spleen and stomach or if they feel the pathogen of dampness and turbidity because they do not pay attention to food hygiene. From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, whether children get sick or not is closely related to their spleen and stomach functions. In autumn and winter, you can properly cook some soup or porridge that regulates the spleen and stomach, such as hawthorn, malt, millet sprout, lentil, yam and duck kidney, or after consulting a Chinese medicine doctor, add dried tangerine peel, Radix Astragali, Radix Codonopsis or Ophiopogon japonicus and Coicis Semen according to whether the child is cold or hot, so as to enhance the spleen and stomach function of children, improve immunity and prevent diarrhea. The following small series will introduce you to several porridge with spleen strengthening and appetizing, which can be eaten by adults and children.

1, hawthorn radish porridge

Ingredients: hawthorn 10g, radish seed 10g, and 50g of japonica rice.

Practice: put the medicinal materials and japonica rice together in the pot, add water 1000ml, and cook until the japonica rice is boiled, and the porridge becomes sticky and seasoned.

Efficacy: Hawthorn has the function of eliminating food stagnation, especially for digesting greasy meat stagnation (that is, "meat stagnation"); Raphanus sativus L. can help digestion, relieve bloating, reduce qi and resolve phlegm, and is often used for "qi stagnation syndrome" of food retention. Japonica rice has the effects of invigorating the middle energizer, invigorating the spleen and nourishing the stomach.

Applicable people: those who suffer from indigestion, epigastrium fullness and loss of appetite due to big fish and big meat.

2. Huaishan lotus seed porridge

Ingredients: yam 10g, lotus seed 10g, and appropriate amount of japonica rice.

Practice: put the washed medicinal materials and japonica rice into the pot, add water 1000ml, and cook until the japonica rice is boiled, and the porridge becomes sticky and seasoned.

Efficacy: Huaishan has the effects of benefiting qi and nourishing yin, tonifying spleen, lung and kidney, and is often used to treat spleen and stomach weakness and eat less loose stool; Lotus seeds have the effect of invigorating spleen and stopping diarrhea; Japonica rice has the effects of invigorating the middle energizer, invigorating the spleen and nourishing the stomach. * * * has the functions of strengthening the spleen, promoting qi circulation and promoting digestion.

Applicable people: people with abdominal distension, anorexia and diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency and food stagnation.

3. Apple porridge

Practice: Peel the apple, wash it and cut it into pieces; Wash the rice, put it in a pot, add water to boil it, add apples, cook until the porridge is cooked with white sugar, and then boil it for one or two times, or wash the apples, juice them, and take them in medicinal porridge when the porridge is cooked, daily 1 dose.

Efficacy: promoting fluid production and moistening lung, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion.

4. carrot porridge

Ingredients: carrot 350g, japonica rice100g.

Practice: First, wash 2 carrots1~ (according to personal preference) and cut them into filaments. After a little boiling water, stir-fry them with vegetable oil, chopped green onion, Jiang Mo and other condiments for later use. Use100g of japonica rice to cook porridge. When it is almost cooked, add the fried carrots and cook together.

Efficacy: Chinese medicine believes that carrot is sweet and flat in taste, which has the functions of lowering qi, benefiting the chest and diaphragm, nourishing the middle energizer and calming the five internal organs, and is also suitable for dry and rough skin. This porridge is suitable for constipation, gastrointestinal discomfort, fullness and indigestion.