On June 1 On the eve of Children's Day, Guangming.com Chinese Medicine Channel and Oriental Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine launched a popular science on children's health. This issue focuses on "children's spleen and stomach". How to protect children's spleen and stomach? Four ways to tell you!

Experts in this issue: Yin Yingmin, Wu Liqun, Hao, Pediatrics, Oriental Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

When it comes to "summer", we associate it with "cold drinks". Eating an ice cream in hot summer is very pleasant, especially for children. But an ice cream may be the culprit that hurts the child's spleen and stomach. In ancient times, there was a saying of "nourishing yang in spring and summer", coupled with the physiological characteristics of children's own "spleen deficiency", children's spleen and stomach should be cared for more in summer. For the sake of children's spleen and stomach, we should do the following:

First: quit "cool"

In spring and summer, the spirit of the sun produces hair. At this time, we should conform to the direction of the spirit of the sun and avoid being "cold" to avoid hurting the spleen and yang. First of all, don't eat too much "cold" food, such as cold drinks, raw and cold seafood, and things taken directly from the refrigerator. In addition to cold food, we should also pay attention to the direct feeling of cold. As the saying goes, "cold starts from the first step", walking barefoot on the tile floor, and the air conditioning temperature is too low in summer, which easily leads to cold in the abdomen and feet.

Second: eat "sweet"

Food has "five flavors (sour, bitter, sweet, pungent and salty)", and the five flavors are combined with the five internal organs (liver, heart, spleen, lung and kidney), so the sweet taste can replenish the spleen, and the taste is sweet, and children will like it better. In summer, parents can give their children some sweets, such as apples, watermelons, loofah, red dates, millet, coix seed, taro, yam, potatoes, carrots and sweet potatoes. Can be made into porridge, soup, vegetables, juice, etc. However, it should also be noted that eating too much sweets is easy to hinder the spleen and stomach, and the qi movement is not smooth, leading to abdominal distension and constipation. Don't blindly overdose. In addition, don't eat too much acidic food in summer, such as hawthorn, yogurt, tomatoes, ebony, oranges and so on. If the acidity is too strong, it is easy to cut the spleen soil and hinder the digestive function of the child's spleen and stomach.

Third: more "moving"

Recently, affected by the epidemic situation, children have less outdoor exercise and overeating, and too much food stagnates the spleen and stomach, which affects the transport and transformation function of the spleen and stomach, resulting in anorexia, abdominal distension, bad breath, constipation and other symptoms. In summer, you can also increase outdoor sports, such as 9- 10 in the morning and 4-5 in the afternoon. You can go to the park to do more sports, take a walk, run or play games. Exercise can enhance the function of the spleen and stomach and promote digestion.

Fourth: move the "hand"

Wearing thin clothes in summer is convenient for children to massage. At home, parents can give their children a simple massage to recuperate the spleen and stomach. Parents can rub their stomachs with their hands. If the child is usually weak in spleen and stomach, anorexia and loose stool, he can rub his stomach counterclockwise. If the child has bad breath, bloating and constipation, he can rub his abdomen clockwise. In addition, you can choose spleen meridian and chiropractic therapy, which can not only regulate the spleen and stomach, but also help children improve their appetite and make their stools smooth.