Can massage help babies with indigestion? How to treat babies with indigestion?

The digestive system of babies is not fully developed yet. If they are not fed properly, they are prone to indigestion symptoms. Chinese massage can treat indigestion in children. So, how to massage babies for indigestion? Let's see.

Causes of indigestion in babies

Infant indigestion is mainly caused by gastrointestinal dysfunction, decreased resistance, reduced gastric acid secretion, and insufficient food digestion in children. In addition, bacteria enter the human body through food, causing gastrointestinal inflammation, which can easily cause indigestion in infants. The digestive organs of infants are not fully developed, the secretion of digestive juices is insufficient, and the enzyme function is imperfect. The stomach and intestinal mucosa are soft and the digestive function is relatively weak. If parents cannot feed their children properly and feed their children everything, the quality and quantity of their diet will be improper, which will damage the stomach. Children will have abdominal distension, vomiting milk, loose and sour stools, and a large amount of undigested food residues, etc., which are manifestations of indigestion (food damage).

How to Massage a Baby with Indigestion

First, massage the four horizontal lines

There are four horizontal lines on the surface of the palm, the second horizontal line from the fingertips for the index finger, the middle finger, the unknown finger, and the little finger. Parents can let the baby's four fingers put together, from the horizontal line of the index finger to the horizontal line of the little finger, and do this for 1 to 2 minutes.

The second is to massage the Banmen acupoint

There is a Banmen acupoint on the palm surface of the thenar eminence. Parents can use their thumbs to massage this acupoint for 1 to 2 minutes.

The third is abdominal massage

With the navel as the center, rub clockwise 50 times and counterclockwise 50 times. If parents can give their baby more than three times a week and persist in it for a long time, it will help the baby grow healthily.

Ways to prevent indigestion in babies

1. When feeding, parents should follow the principle of transitioning from liquid to semi-liquid and solid food. Starchy food should not be added to babies within three months, and feeding should be regular and quantitative.

2. In daily diet, parents should not only pay attention to nutritional balance and comprehensiveness, but also pay attention to reasonable matching. For babies after four months, parents need to add other easily digestible supplementary foods, such as rice soup, noodle soup, etc.

3. Parents should pay attention to food hygiene, cleanliness and freshness, and avoid feeding babies strong irritating foods such as alcohol, chili peppers, etc.

Diet therapy for indigestion in infants

Yam and Lotus Seed Porridge

Cook porridge with hawthorn (about 50 grams) and lotus seeds (20-30 grams) for your baby. The lotus seeds and porridge should be cooked well and eaten together. For children under 1 year old, yam and lotus seeds should be crushed as much as possible. The dried ones can be ground into powder and then mixed with rice soup into a paste for feeding. This porridge can warm the stomach and strengthen the spleen, and is most suitable for children with insufficient spleen yang.

Hawthorn porridge

Cook hawthorn (about 20 grams) and rice (30 grams) together into porridge. Add three or two slices of thin ginger when cooking. Add some sugar to the porridge.

Carrot Soup

Ingredients: 2 tablespoons of shredded carrots, 1 tablespoon of chopped green onions, half a small bowl of broth, salt, a little vegetable oil

Preparation method: After the oil is hot, add chopped green onion and stir-fry for a while. Add shredded carrots and stir-fry repeatedly until the carrots are half-cooked. Add broth and simmer on medium heat for about 3 minutes.

Applicable people: 10-12 months old baby

Function: Strengthen the spleen and digest food, relieve gas and harmonize the stomach. The carrots in this diet are rich in vitamins (vitamin foods), especially carotene A, 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. It can treat indigestion caused by weak spleen and stomach in children.

Corn and Yam Porridge

Ingredients: 50g corn, 25g Chinese yam, some sugar

Preparation method:

1. Wash the millet;

2. Peel the yam, wash it and cut it into small pieces;

3. Put the pot on the fire, add appropriate amount of water, add corn and yam cubes, and cook over low heat until the porridge is cooked;

4. Add sugar to taste and bring to a boil.

Applicable people: 7-9 months old babies

Function: tonify the spleen and replenish qi, soothe the mind and nourish yin. The millet used in this diet can tonify the spleen and stomach, clear away heat and soothe the mind; yam strengthens the spleen and stomach, replenishes qi and yin, and promotes urination and nourishes the kidney. Regular consumption can prevent and control indigestion in children.