Stagnant heat type 1. Some children suddenly eat too much barbecued and fried meat at one time. The next day, they find that their tongue coating has become thicker, they have bad breath, and they keep passing stinky farts, which are very smelly, and they even feel...

If the mouth is dry and there is no stool that day, we need to pay a little attention at this time. The child may become constipated. At this time, we can give the child some hawthorn honey water (not suitable for one and a half years old).

Hawthorn honey water Ingredients: 6 grams of hawthorn, appropriate amount of honey Method: Put the hawthorn in a casserole, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat and cook over low heat for 15 minutes. When the temperature is suitable, add honey to taste and it will be slightly sweet.

Efficacy: Hawthorn has the effect of eliminating accumulation of meat. Adding honey here will not only make this soup more delicious, but the key is to moisturize dryness, because grilled and fried food enters the body and easily damages body fluids. At this time, children have accumulated accumulation and dryness.

exist at the same time.

2. Children sometimes have an unbalanced diet for a period of time. For example, the proportion of meat is too heavy and vegetables are only eaten a little. Another type is a serious imbalance between the amount of food and the amount of exercise. Simply put, "eat too much and move too little."

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In both cases, the child may also suffer from constipation, which is manifested by accumulation of internal heat from food, such as thickened tongue coating, tossing and turning in sleep, and bad breath. Then we can divide it into early and middle stages, both of which have not developed into long-term constipation, or

triggering disease stage.

Early stage: Fresh bamboo shoots mixed with celery Ingredients: 100 grams each of fresh bamboo shoots and celery, appropriate amounts of sesame oil, salt, and MSG.

Method: Wash the bamboo shoots, cook them, and slice them; wash the celery, cut it into sections, and blanch it.

While it's still warm, mix the bamboo shoots and celery, add sesame oil, salt, and MSG and mix well.

Efficacy: It can relieve heat and stagnation, moisturize the intestines and relieve constipation. It is suitable for constipation and mild constipation in the early stage.

Contraindications: Children who are allergic to bamboo shoots, have various rashes on their bodies, have constipation and other diseases should not eat it.

Early stage: White radish, tofu and vegetable soup Ingredients: half a white radish, a piece of tofu, and an appropriate amount of Chinese cabbage.

Method: Slice the white radish and cut the tofu into small pieces, put them in a casserole, bring to a boil over high heat and cook over medium heat. When it is almost cooked, add the Chinese cabbage pieces and cook again, then add salt and MSG to taste.

Efficacy: White radish can strengthen the spleen, eliminate food and promote qi, while Chinese cabbage can nourish the stomach, promote body fluid and clear away heat. If the child has yellow tongue coating and red tongue, it usually means internal heat. You can choose soft tofu, which has a stronger heat-clearing effect.

Mid-term: three treasures for eliminating stagnation. Ingredients: 6~10g each of burnt hawthorn, fried malt, and fried radish seeds. Method: first put all the ingredients into an appropriate amount of water and soak them for about 15 minutes. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Wait until the temperature is suitable.

, ready to drink.

Efficacy: It can eliminate food accumulation, relieve constipation and promote qi. It is suitable for moderately severe constipation in the mid-term.

Mid-term constipation: Chicken gizzard porridge Ingredients: 6 grams of dried chicken gizzard, 100 grams of rice, appropriate amount of sugar.

Method: 1. First stir-fry the raw chicken gizzards over slow fire until they are brown, grind them into fine powder and set aside.

2. Or we can buy fried chicken gizzards in a traditional Chinese medicine store and let the staff grind it into fine powder.

3. Wash the rice and cook the porridge. When the porridge is cooked, add chicken gizzard powder and sugar, bring to a boil again. When the porridge is thick, stop the heat and wait until it is warm to eat.

Efficacy: invigorating the stomach, digesting and rejuvenating the stomach.

Insufficient intestinal fluid occurs in children. There are two common situations.

The first type: After a child suffers from a fever, the heat evil is most likely to consume body fluids, resulting in insufficient intestinal body fluids and loss of nourishment, resulting in dry and hard stools, resulting in constipation.

The second type: the child eats too much hot food or spicy food, which damages the body fluids, resulting in insufficient intestinal fluids and dry stools.

Symptoms of intestinal insufficiency: dry stool, sores on the mouth and tongue, short red urine, red tongue with yellow coating, dry mouth, etc.

Food: Walnut Porridge Method: 10 grams of lily, 10 grams of Polygonatum odoratum, 10 grams of walnut kernels, and 30 grams of rice.

Wash the lily, Polygonatum odoratum, and walnut kernels and add water to cook them into porridge.

Efficacy: Nourishes yin and moisturizes dryness, moistens the lungs and nourishes the kidneys.

Food: Pine Nut Porridge Ingredients: 100 grams of rice, 20 grams of pine nuts, appropriate amount of rock sugar. Method: Wash the pine nuts and japonica rice separately, put them into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, add rock sugar, and change to small

Simmer over high heat for about 30 minutes until the porridge is ready.

Efficacy: Pine nuts can nourish yin, moisten the lungs, and smooth the intestines. When cooked with japonica rice to nourish the middle and nourish the qi, it can be cooked into porridge, and mixed with rock sugar.

Qi and blood deficiency type: Children with delicate internal organs, if they are born with insufficient Qi and blood, may also suffer from constipation, which usually lasts for a long time.

Symptoms: Although the child has the urge to defecate and the stool is not dry or lumpy, the child has difficulty in defecation and has to pull very hard. The face is pale and dull, the spirit is weak, the tongue is light red, and the tongue coating is thin and white.

Ingredients for strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi: 6g each of Radix Pseudostellariae and Huaishan Mountain, 9g Atractylodes Macrocephala. Method: Soak the raw materials for 30 minutes, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.

Efficacy: Radix Pseudostellariae and Atractylodes Macrocephala can strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, while Huaishan can replenish qi and replenish spleen yin. When used together, the three can strengthen the spleen, help transportation, and replenish qi and yin simultaneously.

You can also add a little lean meat to the soup to improve the taste.

If fresh yam is used, the dosage can be slightly larger and can be eaten together.