Three traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for treating constipation in infants and young children

　　Constipation in infants and young children is a common and frequently-occurring disease in children. Since infants and young children take breast milk or milk powder as their main food, the diet lacks fiber and has little stimulation to intestinal movement. In addition, infants and young children have insufficient abdominal and pelvic muscle tone, and have poor defecation propulsion, making it difficult to expel feces from the body. Frequent constipation in infants and young children will not only cause many physical discomforts, but also affect their growth and development.

　　Three traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for treating constipation in infants and young children

　　In the past, some parents usually fed bananas, honey, sesame oil, or even rhubarb water, senna water, etc. to prevent and treat constipation, but these had little effect and were prone to recurring attacks and damage to their children's delicate spleen and stomach. Here are some experiential ways to aggravate self-treatment.

　　One is to make polenta or corn feeding.

　　Dip the fresh corn kernels and add an appropriate amount of water into the soy milk (or other pulping machine) to make a slurry. Remove the residue and extract the juice. Then put the juice into a pot and heat it until it becomes a paste. Feed once every 2 to 3 days, 30 to 50 ml each time. It can be made during feeding, or you can make more corn syrup at one time and put it in the refrigerator for later use. It can be cooked during feeding; or, peel off the outer leaves of fresh corn cobs and leave only one layer of wrapping, place it on a dry basin or grid and put it in a pressure cooker to dry steam for 15 minutes (do not soak in water). It can also be used directly after steaming.

　　The second is to prepare traditional Chinese medicine tea for feeding.

　　Mix 8 ingredients including 5 chrysanthemums, 6 jasmine flowers, 1 Pang Dahai, 8 wolfberry seeds, a little orange peel, 7 lotus seed hearts, 3 licorice, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar, add boiling water to soak, and take the juice to feed. Feed 3 to 4 times a day, 10 to 30 ml each time.

　　The third is to massage the child's abdomen.

　　Lay the infant flat on the bed, loosen some of the clothes and pants, and use the palm of your right hand to massage the child's abdomen in a clockwise direction with the navel as the center. Do this once every night before going to bed, and massage 30 to 50 times each time. But the force should be appropriate and comfortable for the child. At the same time, the operator should cut off the nails to prevent damage to the child's skin.