If the baby doesn’t like to eat, it may be due to spleen deficiency and stomach heat. Do you know the symptoms of spleen deficiency and stomach heat in babies? Only by understanding the symptoms can we prescribe the right medicine. Let’s learn about the symptoms of spleen deficiency and stomach heat in babies. Symptoms of spleen deficiency in babies and stomach heat
1. Symptoms of spleen deficiency in babies
1-1. Symptoms of spleen deficiency are mainly shortness of breath, fatigue, dizziness, loose stools, easy bleeding, and pale blood. , and even looked dirty and pale.
1-2. Deficiency of spleen yang is mainly manifested in: cold and painful stomach and abdomen. Eating raw, cold and greasy food will cause abdominal pain and diarrhea, and loose stools.
2. Symptoms of baby’s stomach heat
2-1. Dry stool
Symptoms: Since the baby’s digestive system is not fully developed, when the calcium intake When the recommended amount is exceeded, it will combine with the phosphorus and casein in dairy products to form food accumulation and cause the baby to get angry and have symptoms of dry and hard stools. The stools are hard, small, and chestnut-shaped. They only defecate every 3 to 5 days. The defecation process is prolonged or difficult, and the anus is irritated by dry feces and causes pain and crying during defecation.
2-2. Yellow urine
Symptoms: Observe the baby's urine. If you find that the color of the baby's urine is yellower than usual and the volume is smaller, this symptom indicates that the baby is angry. This is also a manifestation of the lack of water in the body in the urine, and measures need to be taken to regulate it.
2-3. Sores on the mouth and tongue
Symptoms: Sores on the mouth and tongue caused by physical inflammation. Due to pain and other discomfort, children who cannot speak often refuse to eat. , easily irritable, restless, crying, and even unwilling to drink water. Some babies will touch their mouth with their hands from time to time. If the above symptoms occur, you need to check the baby's oral mucosa and tongue for sores or ulcers.
2-4. Not sleeping soundly
Symptoms: When sleeping, babies often appear irritable, restless, crying, easily awakened, turning around, and sometimes clenching their teeth, etc. In other cases, if the baby has no other symptoms or physical discomfort, it may be a sleep disorder caused by internal imbalance caused by internal heat.
2-5. Increased eye feces
Symptoms: Some babies will experience an increase in eye secretions, especially when they get up in the morning. Eye feces can be seen in the corners of the eyes. If there is too much, it will stick to the eyelids. After ruling out that these unclean things in the eyes are due to normal fetal fat secretion or other pathological changes, it can be preliminarily determined that the baby is angry.
2-6. Bad breath
Symptoms: Bad breath is not an independent disease, but a warning signal sent by the body. A bad smell coming from the baby's mouth means that the child may be having a fever. What to eat if a baby has a spleen deficiency and a hot stomach
1. What to eat if a baby has a spleen deficiency
1. Japonica rice: also known as rice. It is sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It can strengthen the spleen and stomach, strengthen qi and strength, and strengthen muscles. Used for spleen deficiency, depression, diarrhea, weight loss, and diarrhea.
2. Corn: also known as corn. Sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It has the effects of nourishing the spleen, removing dampness and diuresis. It can be used for diarrhea, dysentery and other diseases.
3. Corn: also known as millet. It tastes sweet and salty, and is slightly cold in nature. It has the effect of nourishing the middle and replenishing qi, strengthening the spleen and kidneys. It is used for poor appetite, polydipsia, nausea and vomiting and frailty after illness caused by spleen and kidney deficiency.
4. Sorghum: sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and benefiting the middle, expelling dampness and stopping dysentery. It is used for children with indigestion, vomiting and diarrhea due to damp heat, etc.
2. What should babies eat when their stomach is hot?
1. Light bamboo leaves
First put 10g of light bamboo leaves into boiling water and cook over high heat for 3 minutes, then add the accessories Boil 5g Amomum villosum and 10g Patchouli for 5 minutes. Take orally or gargle once in the morning and evening. Clears the stomach and purges fire, and the aroma dissolves turbidity.
2. Watermelon rind
Peel off the fresh and clean watermelon rind, leaving the red flesh and white part, cut into thin strips, add a little salt, and mix well. Can. Clears away stomach fire, produces body fluid and quenches thirst.
3. Vegetable and vegetable juices
Use a juicer to squeeze 150ml of watermelon juice, 80ml of pear juice, and 50ml of cabbage juice. Mix and drink cold.
4. Celery
Cut 300g of celery into sections. After boiling water, let cool, add salt, MSG, sesame oil, mix well. Nursing care for babies with spleen deficiency and stomach heat
1. Nursing care for babies with spleen deficiency
1-1. Reasonably arrange work and rest time, ensure adequate sleep for children, correct bad hygiene habits and partial eclipse, and Food. Appropriately arrange outdoor activities to increase appetite and improve the transportation and transformation functions of the spleen.
1-2. Prevent various infectious diseases and actively treat congenital diseases and chronic diseases to ensure adequate nutrition for children and reduce consumption.
2. Care for babies with stomach heat
2-1. Repeated coughing
Repeated coughing is one of the typical symptoms of lung heat. If you have recurring cough symptoms, you can give your child medicines that clear away lung heat, such as ephedra and almonds, which can nourish yin and moisturize the lungs, relieve the lungs and relieve coughs.
2-2. Excessive phlegm and yellow phlegm
Excessive phlegm and yellow phlegm indicate that the child has severe heat in the body. Be sure to choose traditional Chinese medicine with good heat-clearing and detoxifying effects, such as the commonly used honeysuckle and skullcap. , Forsythia suspensa, Isatis root, Houttuynia cordata, etc. These traditional Chinese medicines can not only treat children with excessive phlegm and yellow phlegm, but also inhibit bacteria and viruses and fight against influenza.
2-3. Dry mouth and thirst
Children’s dry mouth and thirst are more common in this season. At this time, you need to choose traditional Chinese medicine that nourishes yin and moisturizes dryness, such as Anemarrhena and Mai. winter. Ophiopogon japonicus has the effect of clearing and nourishing the yin of the lungs and stomach, nourishing yin and promoting body fluid, moistening the lungs and clearing the heart, so you might as well take an appropriate amount of Ophiopogon japonicus and give your child some water to drink.