Real case:
Xiaolin's mother pays great attention to diet therapy, thinking of strengthening the spleen and benefiting qi for her children, and last month she cooked yam soup for the whole family. But the result was that the whole family was poisoned and went to the hospital for rescue.
After understanding the whole story, it turned out that drinking some yam soup this time was the "Tuhuaishan" dug by Xiaolin's mother from the community garden. This "Tuhuaishan" originally belonged to Araceae plant Alocasia alopecuroides, which is what we often call "Drip Guanyin".
After the news came out, everyone began to talk about whether yam can digest food and strengthen the spleen.
Yam, also known as yam, has good medicinal value since ancient times and has a good tonic effect on human body. According to Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica, Chinese yam "tonifies the deficiency in the middle, tonifies the middle and tonifies the qi", so it can help children strengthen the spleen and promote digestion. After processing, Chinese yam can become a blind Chinese medicine, but how to use Chinese yam in the end has to be seen slowly.
1. Fresh yam is not suitable for children with spleen deficiency and dampness.
Fresh yam contains more mucus, so it has a good effect of nourishing yin and promoting fluid production. It is this characteristic that makes children with spleen deficiency and dampness not suitable for eating fresh yam alone, but it increases the humidity.
2. Dry yam is suitable for children who need spleen and qi.
After drying yam, the effect lies in the middle of strengthening spleen, kidney and nourishing yin. Because children's spleen is often insufficient, and their ability to transport and transform moisture is weak, it is more suitable to use dried yam to reduce the chance of generating moisture.
3. Fried yam is most suitable for children who need to replenish spleen and qi.
After the yam is fried, it loses water at high temperature and the mucus is dried. Then the role of fried yam in nourishing yin is small, which is more suitable for warming and drying, and is more suitable for tonifying spleen and kidney.
However, in order to promote digestion and strengthen the spleen and stomach for children, yam is not strong enough.
Parents often give their children yam every day, but it is rare to use yam alone to treat diseases. The strength of yam is mild, and it can't achieve the effect of accumulating food and strengthening the spleen and stomach. This is also the reason why many parents give yam to their children for a long time, but they can't see the effect.
We often combine Chinese yam and several edible medicinal materials into a digestion-promoting drink containing Chinese medicine for use. In addition to yam, there are hawthorn, endothelium corneum Gigeriae Galli and Hippophae rhamnoides, etc., which have a comprehensive effect of promoting digestion. The effect is more comprehensive, so it is more suitable for children.
Why not advise children to take medicine as soon as they accumulate food?
"It's a three-point poison of medicine", which has been passed down from ancient times to the present, no matter whether it is medicine or antibiotics, it can bring great side effects. Children may get better after taking the medicine, but it takes longer to repair the damaged spleen and stomach, so doctors who are really good for your children don't recommend commonly used medicine.
Children's medication safety really needs more attention. Many parents in remote areas do not pay attention to medication safety, which not only leads to some children's disabilities, but also many fatal cases. Therefore, Academician Zhong Nanshan once said that everyone needs to pay attention to drug safety.
To alleviate children's food accumulation and spleen deficiency, academicians suggested using these three methods.
Dietotherapy is relatively safe and effective, which is very suitable for children who accumulate food. For example, the common dietotherapy such as "sour thorn chicken and golden drink" can be given to children for about 3 days a week to help the decomposition of accumulated food and the recovery of spleen and stomach.
2. Reducing the burden on the spleen and stomach
Whether it is food accumulation or spleen deficiency, it is necessary to reduce the burden on the spleen and stomach as much as possible at this time. The common methods are: diet reduction, vegetarian diet, easy digestion, soft diet and light diet.
3. Exercise method
Proper exercise can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and help digestion. Especially in spring, outdoor exercise can help children absorb yang, which is conducive to growth and development.