How to treat indigestion in children? Teach you three traditional Chinese medicine remedies to easily treat indigestion in children

Children's indigestion is a headache for parents. At this time, parents will ask questions. What is a good way to treat children's indigestion? Let's take a look.

Symptoms of indigestion

1. For infants, it often manifests as regurgitation of milk. Older infants often vomit, which is generally not serious and the vomit has a sour taste.

2. Children have loss of appetite, abdominal distension, and hyperactive bowel sounds, and you can even hear the gurgling of the stomach without a stethoscope.

3. Bad breath. When milk and food accumulate in the stomach, bad breath often occurs first, especially bad breath and sour breath in the morning, which are manifestations of milk and food stagnation, clinically known as high-level food withdrawal.

4. Stool smells bad. When a small amount of food residue is not digested, although it is not diluted, it is a sign of food leakage. At this time, the amount of food should be reduced immediately and adjusted to avoid diarrhea.

5. Refusing to eat. When your baby occasionally loses his appetite, refuses to eat, or refuses to eat sweet food, you don’t have to force him to eat, but should eat less.

6. Diarrhea and vomiting are often accompanied by abdominal pain. Babies cry and are restless. Older babies complain of abdominal pain. People with mild abdominal pain can relieve it themselves.

7. Restless sleep at night. Crying, hot palms, kicking off the quilt and clothes, and sweating a lot on the head when just falling asleep. This is due to excessive food accumulation in the stomach and intestines, which causes internal heat.

Treating Indigestion in Children

massage

Because food accumulation is the basis of colds, children who often have food accumulation can use the push spleen earth point and rub the Banmen point to adjust. The spleen earth point is located on the radial side of the thumb. Use the flat push method to push along the radial edge of the thumb to the base of the palm. 100~200 can strengthen the spleen and aid digestion.

Abdominal massage

Abdominal rubbing is also a good method. If the child is constipated and dry, gently place the abdomen of the palm or the abdomen of four fingers close to the abdomen, with the umbilical cord as the center, and make circular movements along the direction of the large intestine to relieve diarrhea, 100~200 times each time. It has the function of strengthening the spleen and stomach, digesting food and relieving constipation. If the child has diarrhea, the method is the same, but rub counterclockwise.

Diet for children with indigestion

Carrot soup has the functions of strengthening the spleen and digestion, lowering qi and middle. The carrots in this diet are rich in vitamins (vitamin foods), especially carotene A, which is particularly high, and vitamin B2, folic acid (folic acid foods), etc. "Common people's ginseng (ginseng food)". It tastes sweet and is flat in nature. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and removing stagnation, moistening dryness and improving eyesight, etc. It can treat indigestion caused by weak spleen and stomach in children.

Cabbage: Cabbage contains a large amount of crude fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal motility, help digestion, and prevent dry stools.

How to make garlic cabbage: Prepare 1 kg of cabbage, garlic, soy sauce, salt, and chicken essence. Wash the cabbage and cut it into sections. Chop the garlic and set aside. Put oil in a pan, heat it slightly, add garlic, stir-fry until cooked, and add appropriate amount of salt and soy sauce.

Orange peel: The digestion-promoting effect of orange peel is mainly due to the volatile oil it contains, which stimulates the digestive tract, increases gastric juice secretion, and promotes gastrointestinal motility.

How to make orange peel porridge: prepare appropriate amount of rice, white fungus, orange peel, orange pulp, wolfberry, and honey. Wash the rice, soak the white fungus, and cut into thin pieces. Take half an orange peel, remove the white part, soak it in clean water for a while, and cut into shredded pieces. After the rice is boiled, add the orange peel and white fungus, and simmer for 30-45 minutes. Finally, add the wolfberry, pulp, and honey.

Indigestion in infants can cause harm

1. Diarrhea: Since the intestinal balance is destroyed, diarrhea is actually a protective system that excretes toxins from the body. Taking antidiarrheal drugs too early is often not advisable and can cause obstruction.

2. Constipation: Eating too much food, spicy, fried, raw or cold... these foods piled together can cause constipation in children. Constipation in children can cause toxins to accumulate and endanger children's health.

3. Abdominal pain: Excessive accumulation in the stomach and abnormal intestinal motility directly lead to vomiting and abdominal pain in children. In severe cases, taking medicine at home generally cannot relieve the symptoms, but you still need to go to the hospital for examination, which is also a more serious consequence.