What should children pay attention to when taking tonic?

Children's physical health is an issue that every parent needs to worry about. So, what should we pay attention to when giving children supplements?

What should children pay attention to when taking supplements

For children, because they are pure yang bodies, they develop very quickly and their growth mechanism is very vigorous. In this case, the internal organs of children are very clean, and some medicines will respond to the child's body as soon as they enter the child's body. In other words, at this time, for children, the tonic medicine will have a great effect after entering the child's body.

For children, at this time, you should avoid heavy supplements. In other words, if you use some heavy supplements or urgent supplements to supplement your child's body, it will only make the child's body unable to bear it, or there will be nosebleeds. At this time, it is best to use flat supplements or light supplements, as well as conditioning supplements, so that better results can be achieved. Remember, generally, use some small doses of medicines, or do not let children take these medicines frequently, and these medicines should also be mild, not too cold, or too hot, otherwise it will cause the child's body to be unable to bear it. Generally, it is better to choose to use Pseudostellaria heterophylla, Ginseng, or Chinese yam, and American ginseng to supplement the child's body. If the child is nourishing yin, use wolfberry, Polygonatum odoratum or lily.

Also, if the child is weak, you need to regulate his spleen and stomach better. This is to protect the child's stomach, which is equivalent to protecting the child's health. At this time, you need to regulate the child's stomach, which is done through diet. Generally, if the child's essence is insufficient, or the body does not develop quickly, it is also caused by the poor absorption capacity of the body. Therefore, in view of this, you need to take care of it from the diet. Generally, you can feed the child those foods that he likes or are easy to digest.

For infants and young children, they cannot take tonic food at this time. Also, if the child has some chronic or acute diseases, they cannot take tonic food, otherwise it will not be conducive to the recovery of the disease. Some of the daily necessities of children cannot be replaced by tonic food.

Children's tonic should follow three principles

Winter tonic for middle-aged and elderly people has become an indispensable part of modern life. Nowadays, not only middle-aged and elderly people pay attention to health and need to eat and supplement, but also teenagers and children are not willing to lag behind. Many parents try every means to buy different types of supplements for their children, such as calcium supplements, brain supplements, and eye supplements, for fear that their children will lack this or that and affect their growth and development. However, they have spent a lot of money and effort, but have not achieved the expected results. In this regard, Chinese pediatric experts pointed out to parents that winter tonic for children should follow the three principles of "no medicine when there is no disease, no random use of medicine when there is disease, and no random supplements when there is no disease".

Nutritious recipes for children to nourish themselves in winter

1. Lotus Seed and Lily Soup

It can nourish the spleen and stomach, moisten the lungs, and calm the mind. It is suitable for daily consumption by children.

DIY: Use 15g lotus seeds, 15g dried lily bulbs, 1 egg, and appropriate amount of sugar. Remove the core of the lotus seeds and place them in a casserole with the lily bulbs. Add appropriate amount of water and cook over low heat until the lotus seeds are tender. Then add the egg and sugar. The egg can be eaten after it is cooked.

2. Nanxing Lung-Moistening Soup

It can nourish the lungs, moisten the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve coughs. It is suitable for drinking in dry weather or for children with weak lungs and prone to coughing. It can also be used to nourish the body during the recovery period of pneumonia.

DIY: Use 12g of southern apricot, 9g of northern apricot, 4 candied dates, and 200g of pig lung. Peel the southern and northern apricots, wash the pig lung and cut it into small pieces, stir-fry thoroughly in an iron pan with a little cooking oil, add appropriate amount of boiling water, put it in a casserole with candied dates, and cook for 1-2 hours before eating.

The dangers of children skipping breakfast

1. After a night's sleep, the food in the intestines has already been digested. If you don't have breakfast in time, your brain will be in a hungry state. Going to class in this state will make you feel listless and your learning ability will decline.

Studies have shown that children who skip breakfast begin to have inattention and small movements during the second class. This is often due to hunger, low blood sugar, reduced brain function, and decreased learning efficiency, which are mistakenly regarded as ADHD.

2. Long-term skipping of breakfast can easily make people fat. If the time interval between breakfast and lunch is too long, the brain will be constantly stimulated by hunger signals, making people feel hungry. In this way, the food eaten at noon is particularly easy to be absorbed by the stomach and intestines, and it is easier to form subcutaneous fat. Moreover, due to eating too much, a large amount of excess sugar after food digestion enters the blood, which is easy to form fat.

3. When fasting, the cholesterol saturation in the gallbladder is relatively high, which is easy to form gallstones. In the long run, the balance system in the human body is destroyed, which is easy to cause anemia and malnutrition.

4. Skipping breakfast affects life expectancy. The health and longevity of the human body is controlled by the body's biological clock. Skipping breakfast disrupts the normal operation of the biological clock, and the nutrients needed by the body cannot be replenished in time, and the physiological function will decline. In addition, the various diseases caused by skipping breakfast affect the body, which also affects people's health and longevity.