What are the signs and symptoms of food retention in one year old babies?

Accumulated food, which is equivalent to stagnation in traditional Chinese medicine, is usually present in one-year-old babies with symptoms such as not thinking about breastfeeding, eating but not transforming, distension of the epigastrium (upper abdomen), loose, sour stools, or constipation. Accumulated food is equivalent to stagnation in Chinese medicine. According to TCM, the main cause of stagnation is due to improper feeding, or uncontrolled breastfeeding, which damages the spleen and stomach, or the usual weakness of the spleen and stomach, which leads to the dysfunction of the spleen and stomach’s transportation and digestion. Clinically, it is often manifested as not thinking of milk food, belching rancid or vomiting food, milk tablets, epigastric distension, pain, diarrhea, sour stools, and even crying at night and other symptoms. In order to avoid the baby to accumulate food, should pay attention to the regulation of diet, reasonable feeding. Breastfeeding should be regular and quantitative, easy to digest, rich in nutrients, should not overeat, overeat cold and reduce the consumption of snacks. If the one-year-old baby has the above symptoms, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time for early and standardized treatment.