1. Common knowledge about children’s health care in autumn

1. Pay attention to diet and maintenance

The weather in autumn is dry and body fluids are easily damaged, causing dryness of the throat, nose, lips and dry cough. For dryness, hoarseness, cracked skin, dry stools and other dryness symptoms, children's diet should be based on "nourishing yin and moisturizing the lungs" as the basic principle, and in addition, "less pungent and more acid" should be used. The climate in autumn is dry. Children should eat as little spicy food as possible such as onions, garlic, ginger, fennel, and pepper. They should drink more boiled water, light tea, soy milk, dairy products, honey, juice, milk and other beverages. They should also eat more glutinous rice and duck meat. , green vegetables, sweet potatoes, corn, yam, sesame, lotus root, persimmon, banana, red date, citrus, hawthorn, apple, pear, grape, walnut, sugar cane and other fresh fruits and vegetables, which can moisten the lungs, promote body fluids, nourish yin and clear dryness.

In addition, parents of young children can supplement their children with some appropriate vitamins, such as adenophora, Ophiopogon japonicus, lily, almond, Sichuan clam, etc. They can also cook lily and lotus seed porridge, Tremella rock sugar glutinous rice porridge, almond Sichuan clam glutinous rice porridge, black sesame porridge, almond pig lung soup, monk fruit stewed pig lung, shellfish (fritillary and snow pear) stewed pig lung, lotus seed and lily stewed pork, adenophora stew and other health-care medicinal meals are given to young children.

2. Replenish enough water

In the crisp autumn weather, children should drink more boiled water. If the child rejects boiled water, you can try drinking some chrysanthemum tea, black plum soup, honeysuckle dew, etc. to prevent Symptoms such as nosebleeds. In kindergarten, teachers especially need to take care of children to drink more water. Usually give your children more water-rich seasonal fruits, such as watermelon, pears, oranges, etc. Various vegetable soups are also an important means of replenishing water. Clear soups can dilute the salt in dishes and maintain the water balance in children's bodies.

3. Add clothes slowly and keep the temperature and coolness appropriate

The old saying "spring covers the autumn and autumn freezes" has certain significance even for the healthy growth of the baby. Although young children are not as cold-resistant as adults, they are always in motion and their bodies are generating heat at any time. Don't rush to add too many clothes to your child or cover them too tightly to avoid catching a cold every time you put them on and take them off. You can dress your baby in slightly less clothing, which not only facilitates activities, but also strengthens your baby's physical condition and prevents your baby from catching colds. Adding clothes should follow a step-by-step principle so that they can gradually adapt to changes in the weather. Although it is hot at noon in early autumn, there is a cool breeze in the morning and evening. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare a few more autumn clothes, such as jackets, spring and autumn sweaters, fleece jackets, thin sweaters, etc., and increase or decrease them as appropriate to prevent the invasion of "cold air".

4. Strengthen exercise

In autumn, the weather is crisp and dry, so you should breathe more fresh air. Parents should take their children outdoors for more outdoor activities when they have time, and get plenty of warm sun exposure, which can promote the absorption of calcium in the body. Parents and teachers of young children can lead their children to walk, run, play and actively exercise in the cool morning breeze. They not only undergo "air baths", but also receive cold-resistant exercises, so that the body can adapt to the stimulation of severe cold, improve health and enhance resistance. Disease prevention ability and make full preparations for surviving the coming cold winter.