Can children drink milk according to traditional Chinese medicine health regimen?

Judging from the practical experience of traditional Chinese medicine in health care, there is never a one-size-fits-all answer to whether children can drink milk. It all depends on whether the child's physique can tolerate it.

According to traditional books, milk is sweet in taste and slightly cold in nature. It can replenish deficiency and moisturize the lungs and stomach. It is very suitable for children who usually suffer from internal heat. The little girl from my downstairs neighbor has just started working at home. She always gets angry, her lips are as red as lipstick, and her stools are as hard as sheep excrement eggs once every two days. In the past, she always gave her Qinghuo Bao, which made her suffer from diarrhea. Later, when she went to see a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, she specifically asked if she could drink milk. The doctor said that she could drink milk in this situation. Just warm half a cup a day and don't drink it cold. After drinking it for two months, her stools are much softer now, and she doesn't get tonsillitis easily.

But on the other hand, if a child has a weak spleen and stomach, he should drink less milk, or even stop it temporarily. After all, the slightly cold nature of milk is a heavy burden for a baby with a weak spleen and stomach. If the spleen and stomach are not transported properly, it is easy to accumulate dampness and phlegm in the body. My cousin's son has a typical spleen and stomach deficiency. He usually complains of stomachache when he eats something cold. I heard someone say that drinking milk will make you grow taller. I drank two glasses of it every morning and evening for more than half a year. As a result, I kept coughing and scratching, as if there was phlegm stuck in my throat, and I would get fever after eating. Later, I stopped fresh milk according to the doctor's advice, replaced it with fermented yogurt at room temperature, and only drank a small cup a day. In less than a month, the phlegm sound in my throat disappeared, and my meals tasted better than before.

In fact, many people now either praise milk as an all-powerful miracle product for growing taller, or beat it to death with a stick and say that children cannot be touched at all. Both of these ideas are quite biased. The most important thing about health care in traditional Chinese medicine is that "it varies from person to person." How can there be any dietary taboos that are universally applicable? If you are really not sure whether your baby is suitable for drinking it, just observe it for a few days. If you don’t experience bloating, diarrhea, worsening of bad breath, eczema, or excessive coughing after drinking it, then feel free to drink it. If you have the above problems, either reduce the amount, or add two slices of ginger and two pitted red dates when boiling the milk to neutralize the coldness, or replace it with fermented yogurt or cheese. The fermentation process has weakened the coldness of the milk a lot, making it easier to digest and absorb.