Children with food accumulation can take Baohe Pills or Wang’s Baochi Pills. Both have the effect of eliminating food stagnation. Specific medication should be used according to the patient’s condition and under the guidance of the doctor.
Baohe Pill: It is composed of hawthorn, Shenqu, half-summer and other drugs. It has the effect of eliminating food, inducing stagnation and harmonizing the stomach. It is used for food stagnation, epigastric distension and fullness, vomiting sour and rotten food, and not wanting to eat. The adverse reactions and contraindications of this drug are not clear. During the period of taking the medicine, the diet should be light, avoiding alcohol and spicy, cold, greasy food, and should not be taken at the same time tonic Chinese medicine.
2. Wang’s Baochi Pill: composed of Huanglian, rhubarb and other drugs. It has the effect of removing stagnation, strengthening the spleen and removing phlegm. It is used for children’s milk and food stagnation, cough and asthma, phlegm in the throat, reduction of milk and food, vomiting and diarrhea, or constipation, cold and flu, as well as weak spleen and stomach, poor development, etc.; adult intestines and stomach, phlegm and food stagnation also has curative effect. The adverse reactions and contraindications of the drug are not clear.
From the efficacy and function of the two drugs, both have the effect of eliminating food and stagnation, so when treating pediatric food accumulation, these two drugs can be used.
Baohe Pills and Wang’s Baochi Pills should be used under the guidance of a doctor after diagnosis, not blindly self-medication, in order to avoid adverse consequences.