How to regulate the spleen and stomach of babies with food retention

Babies with weak spleen and stomach causing food accumulation can first promote peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract by circular massage of the abdomen or hot compresses for the purpose of eliminating food accumulation. In addition, for babies who can walk, they can go for a walk outdoors after meals to prevent accumulation of food. For babies with long-term food accumulation, the spleen and stomach can generally be regulated in the following ways: 1. Improve eating habits: 1. Slow down the eating speed: when babies eat, parents should pay attention to controlling the baby’s eating speed, to avoid eating too fast to cause the gastrointestinal tract burden, due to the inability to digest and absorb in a timely manner cause accumulation of food, a long time accumulation of food may affect the function of the spleen and stomach; 2. Regular eating: to ensure that each meal time is more fixed, to avoid The gastrointestinal tract is affected by irregular eating, which damages the function of spleen and stomach and causes accumulation of food; 3. Adjust the diet structure: avoid eating too greasy food, such as fried food or food with high sugar content, as well as carbonated drinks and other drinks that are easy to produce gas. It is recommended to add yam, pumpkin, hawthorn, malt and japonica rice to the diet to boil into porridge or other forms of food to promote digestion. Second, medication: 1. Chinese herbal medicine: Chinese herbal medicines such as elimination of food, ginseng and white atractylodes, strengthening spleen, etc., and Chinese herbal medicines such as jiao san xian, jiao hawthorn, ginger and thick park, white atractylodes, etc., can be decocted under the guidance of Chinese medicine practitioners to help relieve accumulation of food caused by weakness of the spleen and stomach. Chinese herbs such as spiderwort, mao dading grass, mountain gardenia tea help to regulate the spleen and stomach; 2. Western medicine: commonly used drugs such as metoclopramide, mosapride citrate, omeprazole, etc., through promoting gastrointestinal dynamics, neutralizing gastric acid or inhibiting gastric acid secretion, to achieve the elimination of symptoms such as accumulation of food and abdominal distension. Third, Chinese medicine massage: 1, stomach meridian: can massage the stomach meridian from the outer part of the thumb to the wrist area, which helps to clear stomach heat, eliminate food accumulation and reduce vomiting; 2, large intestine meridian: located on the radial side of the index finger, that is, near the side of the thumb, from the position of the tiger to the index finger, which helps to remove damp heat and remove food accumulation; 3, Panmen: located near the palm of the big fish, that is, facing the heart of the hand, the part below the thumb, which helps to strengthen the spleen and stomach, and 4, other acupuncture points: including the inner bagua, the small transverse stripe, the four transverse sutures, the seven knotted bones and other parts, parents can give their babies acupuncture point massage under the guidance of Chinese medicine.