Expert of this issue: Chen Zijia, deputy chief physician of pediatrics, East Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.
The annual Spring Festival is approaching, and it is inevitable that families will eat more than usual when they get together, and with the children at home during the holidays, there will be more opportunities to eat all kinds of snacks. During this time, there are not a few children who have vomiting, bloating, abdominal pain, and diarrhea caused by injury.
Stagnation is mainly caused by improper feeding, or children who overeat cold, greasy and indigestible food, which is mainly manifested as loss of appetite, abdominal distention, bad breath, sour stool or indigestible food residues. Small babies may present with symptoms such as irritability, nighttime crying, prone sleep, or vomiting. Children grow and develop rapidly, and the nutrients they need depend on the digestion and absorption of the spleen and stomach. Some children eat similar to other children of the same age, but there is also food accumulation, the reason is that he usually has a spleen deficiency, although the amount of food is not more than others, but it exceeds the amount that his spleen and stomach can digest, which naturally causes food accumulation. Therefore, when they get together for the Chinese New Year, there is no need for parents to compare with each other, they do not need to ask their children to eat the same amount of food as other children, and they need to moderate their children's snacks. The ancients said: "If you want children to be safe, they often suffer from hunger and cold", the amount of food suitable for the child's spleen and stomach is the appropriate amount of food, and the correct feeding and the cultivation of good eating habits are the fundamental way to avoid food accumulation.
When children have food accumulation, many people know to use hawthorn pills, Bohol pills, and diet tablets. However, parents should be reminded that they must be clear before giving their children this kind of anti-appetite medicine, especially children with vomiting and diarrhea and fever, and they need to rule out the possibility of infectious diseases such as acute gastroenteritis and dysentery before they can take it on their own. If your child's symptoms are not relieved after 2 to 3 days of taking the medicine, or if there is significant abdominal pain, you must go to the hospital in time. In addition, if the taste of hawthorn pills is sweet and sour, some parents will think that the big hawthorn pills are just for consumption, and there is nothing to let the baby eat more, in fact, this is not right. Some babies have a weak spleen and stomach, long-term loss of appetite, but there is no stagnation, ** should be based on spleen appetizer, rather than digestion to help luck. Moreover, after normal children often take big hawthorn pills, the spleen and stomach will also be lazy and reduce peristalsis, which will cause anorexia and stagnation over time.