What is the best medicine for infant diarrhea?

It is not uncommon for infants to have diarrhea, which has an impact on the physical health and development of infants. It is indeed quite large, so when parents face infant diarrhea, they must also understand the correct treatment and solutions. Commonly used medicines are some oral liquids or drugs to correct dehydration, such as montmorillonite powder, or intestinal flora regulators, but they can also use some Chinese medicine acupuncture point massage methods, or use some umbilical patches to help relieve it.

1. Traditional Chinese Medicine Massage

For babies with prolonged diarrhea and no obvious abnormalities in stool examination, massage can be used, which often has unexpected effects. The operation method is as follows:

Push the Banmen (thenar eminence of both hands), rub the Zusanli, push the seven vertebrae upwards (the lumbar sacral area is about 1.5 inches upwards from the baby's buttock groove), about 100 to 200 times for each part, cooperate with pinching the back 6 times, to regulate the spleen and stomach as well as the yin and yang of the whole body, the effect is very good.

If the condition does not improve or the diarrhea is very severe after applying the above methods for treatment, you should seek medical attention promptly. If the acute diarrhea is caused by microbial infection, appropriate antibiotics can be selected under the guidance of a doctor, and fluids should be replenished at the same time to maintain the acid-base balance of body fluids and correct electrolyte imbalance.

2. Commonly used medicines for baby diarrhea

Oral rehydration salts: The most important thing when a baby has diarrhea is to prevent and correct dehydration. If the diarrhea is large, the urine is small, or the baby has a dry mouth, parents can feed oral rehydration salts in small amounts and multiple times.

Montmorillonite powder: It has the function of protecting the intestinal mucosa and absorbing viruses and bacteria. When taking it, follow the requirements of the instructions and control the ratio of the medicine to water.

Intestinal flora regulators: such as Mommy Love, Bifikon, and Jinshuangbi, have auxiliary therapeutic effects on the treatment of diarrhea.

3. Apply Chinese medicine to the navel

When babies have diarrhea, they sometimes vomit, which makes it difficult for them to eat and take oral medications, so external treatment is also very important for babies. External plaster therapy for treating diarrhea should also be selected based on syndrome differentiation. You can take your child to a pediatrician of traditional Chinese medicine and ask the doctor to prescribe a prescription.

Some navel patches that can be bought in pharmacies are specifically targeted. For example, they are effective for treating diarrhea and abdominal pain caused by cold, but may not be very effective for other types of diarrhea.