There are various ways for children to take lotus seed, commonly used methods are: porridge or soup, decoction, into the pill or bulk, and so on. It is prohibited for people with constipation, fullness and bloating.
Lotus seed is an edible and medicinal substance, as food, you can boil lotus seed porridge, or with ribs, chicken and other ingredients into soup for children to eat.
As a medicinal herb, its effects are astringent essence and kidney, tranquilizing the mind and nourishing the heart, stopping the band, tonifying the spleen and stopping diarrhea, used for spleen deficiency and diarrhea, banding, spermatorrhea, palpitations and insomnia. Lotus seed can be taken in a decoction with yam to improve conditions such as emaciation, weakness, loose stools and diarrhea (thin, unformed feces) caused by a deficiency of spleen and stomach qi, dampness and turbidity, and dysfunction of transportation and digestion.
Lotus seed and Chinese herbs such as Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Poria, etc. are combined to make Ginseng and Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae San, which can cure prolonged diarrhea caused by a weak spleen and loss of appetite. For children with weak spleen and stomach, bloating and loose stools, and indigestion, lotus seed and Poria, ginseng and other Chinese herbs can also be made together to make Qi Spleen Pill to strengthen the spleen and stomach.
Children take lotus seed specific method, according to their own actual situation, if used for therapeutic purposes, it must be determined by professional medical guidance, do not take on their own, so as not to cause adverse consequences.