Baby diarrhea, should not fast!

  With the change of seasons, especially when the weather turns cooler, it is difficult for the baby’s spleen and stomach to function in line with the external climate change. In mild cases, the stools are loose, and in severe cases, they are watery.  At this time, the majority of doctors will advise parents to fast their babies, they believe that only by not eating into the belly can help reduce the baby’s gastrointestinal burden, thus slowing down gastrointestinal motility and reducing the number of diarrhea. In fact, this view is wrong. More and more experts and scholars are now suggesting that fasting will not only not reduce the number of diarrhea, but that the hunger caused by fasting will cause the number of gastrointestinal movements to increase exponentially, and the number of diarrhea will also increase.  Of course, not all food can be consumed casually, and the diet at this time is very careful. The diet during diarrhea does not have to be light, but a little more salt is good for replenishing the electrolyte disorder caused by diarrhea and also for slowing down the gastrointestinal peristalsis. The form of food should be from liquid to semi-liquid to close to adult diet.  From the perspective of Chinese medicine, dietary therapy is very effective for babies with diarrhea: 1. Huai Shan barley porridge: it is good for strengthening the spleen and stomach, warming the abdomen and stopping diarrhea. The baby within one year old can use Huai Shan barley rice powder instead, before brewing with water, if the rice powder slightly fried yellow, the anti-diarrhea effect will be better.  2, carrot porridge: carrot from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine has the function of strengthening the spleen and promoting digestion. Modern medical research shows that it is rich in carotene, B vitamins and a large amount of pectin, which plays an astringent and adsorptive role in the excessive secretion of intestinal glands, thus reducing intestinal peristalsis and achieving the purpose of stopping diarrhea.  3, ginger egg porridge: egg effect can be dispersed can converge, can go to the large intestine fire, treat diarrhea and dysentery. Ginger is warm and has the effect of warming the spleen and stomach, warming the middle and stopping diarrhea, stopping vomiting, both boiling porridge, especially good for diarrhea. However, it must be mentioned that, while we emphasize its efficacy, we should know that the skin egg contains a certain amount of lead, even if it is lead-free skin egg is inevitable, and lead does not have any benefit to the human body, so it cannot be taken in excess, and the disease stops immediately.  4, sauerkraut white rice porridge: sauerkraut sour aroma mellow, light and refreshing, using biological inhibition, does not contain preservatives and coloring, is a green and natural health food, it is rich in vitamin C, amino acids, dietary fiber and other nutrients, as well as a large number of lactic acid bacteria, which is the normal flora in the human intestinal tract, has the effect of maintaining the normal physiological function of the gastrointestinal tract.  In addition, in Chinese medicine, acid has an astringent effect, so sauerkraut and white rice porridge also has a very good astringent effect to stop diarrhea. Of course, sauerkraut requires strict production procedures, requiring health, not mold, because after all is pickled, but also not too much to eat.  5, apple puree porridge: because the apple itself is rich in tannic acid, has a very good anti-diarrheal effect. Steamed and mashed can be eaten.  There are many methods of Chinese medicine diet, choose one of them, there is no need to mix cross-consumption, which in turn will really aggravate the gastrointestinal burden, causing more functional disorders.