How does Traditional Chinese Medicine treat diarrhea in infants and young children?

Diarrhea in children is a relatively common disease. The main reason for diarrhea in children is that parents do not take good care of them in normal times, causing the children to catch a cold. Diarrhea seriously affects the children's normal growth and development. Frequent diarrhea may cause them to have a poor appetite, so they must be treated immediately. So how to treat children's diarrhea with traditional Chinese medicine?

Foods to Eat When You Have Diarrhea

Stir-fried coix seed, water chestnut seed, lotus seed, lily, yam, jujube, water chestnut, longan, pomegranate, lemon, fennel, mushroom, coriander, ginger, cooked lotus root, potato, wild rice stem, purslane, dandelion, bitter herb, seaweed, pepper, cinnamon, mustard, Sichuan pepper, black tea, rice wine, brown sugar, and vinegar.

Dietary treatment for diarrhea

Cold and dampness syndrome

1. Lotus seed and ginger porridge:

50 grams of lotus seeds, 30 grams of ginger, 30 grams of brown sugar, and 100 grams of glutinous rice. Boil the lotus seeds and glutinous rice for half an hour, then add ginger and sugar and cook for 10 minutes before eating.

2. Aconite porridge:

10 grams of cooked aconite (pre-boil for 1 hour), 30 grams of ginger, and 100 grams of polished rice. Cook for 1 hour and then make porridge.

3. Bayberry wine:

20 bayberries, 500 ml of white wine, seal and drink after 3 days.

Damp-heat syndrome

1. Purslane and mung bean soup:

200 grams of purslane, 50 grams of mung beans, 5 heads of garlic, and appropriate amount of salt. Cook for 1 hour before drinking.

2. Bitter melon with mashed garlic:

100 grams of bitter gourd and 1 head of purple garlic. Cut the bitter gourd into shreds, mash the garlic, add rice vinegar, soy sauce and sesame oil and mix well.

3. Purslane porridge:

100 grams of fresh purslane, 30 grams of coix seed rice and 50 grams of japonica rice, cook them together into porridge and eat it.

Weak spleen and stomach syndrome

1. Gorgon Fruit, Barley and Yam Porridge:

30 grams of water chestnut, 30 grams of fried coix seed, 50 grams of yam, 100 grams of glutinous rice, and 30 grams of sugar. Cook together into porridge.

2. Lotus seed and jujube porridge:

30 grams of lotus seeds, 10 dates, 30 grams of yam, 30 grams of lily, and 100 grams of glutinous rice. Cook together into porridge and eat.

The above are some dietary therapy methods for children with diarrhea compiled by the editor. I believe that after reading the editor’s introduction above, children should know how to treat it when they have diarrhea! The editor reminds parents to pay more attention to their children's diet during this period, and choose light food for their children. The editor wishes your children a speedy recovery.