There are many medicines that can be taken by babies to strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach, such as Strengthening the Spleen Pill and Xiangsha Nourishing the Stomach Pill, etc. Proprietary Chinese medicines are recommended to be used under the guidance of a professional doctor.
1. Spleen Enhancement Pill: It is mainly composed of Codonopsis pilosulae, Citrus aurantium dulcis, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Malt, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Hawthorn and other traditional Chinese medicines. It has the efficacy of strengthening the spleen and opening up the stomach (promoting appetite by strengthening the spleen), and it can be used for treating weakness of spleen and stomach, distension of epigastric region (abdomen), and loose stools with scanty appetite. The adverse effects and contraindications of this product are not clear.
2. Xiangsha Nourishing Stomach Pill: It is mainly composed of wood, sand nuts, atractylodes, Chenpi, Poria, half-summer, and fragrant adenosine, etc. It has the efficacy of warming the middle part of the stomach (warming the spleen and stomach and regulating the gastrointestinal organs), and it can be used for the treatment of not thinking about food and drink, fullness of the stomach and epigastrium, or vomiting of acidic water. The adverse reactions and contraindications of this product are not clear.
Children with weak spleen and stomach need to use the medicine under the guidance of the doctor’s diagnosis, do not blindly self-medication.