3 medicinal diets to prevent heat syndrome in children

　　Everyone faces heat problems under the scorching sun - even our beloved children. For the health and development of your child, some measures are still necessary. Let us take a look at how to prevent and treat heatstroke in children and eliminate our worries.

　　Knowledge about summer heat syndrome in children

　　When it comes to preventing and treating heat syndrome in children, we need to have some basic understanding. In summer, children's body temperature will rise and fever may occur. At this time, many parents will think that their children's bodies are infected by bacteria. In fact, the main cause is that the outside temperature is too high. If the outside temperature is higher than the child's body temperature, the child's body temperature will also rise accordingly. Since the child's ability to regulate body temperature is still poor, the external environment has become the reason for constantly stimulating the child's body temperature to rise. If you don't take care of it, you will need to wait until the weather gets cooler to see improvement.

　　Summer fever in children is also called summer fever. Doctors often summarize the symptoms of "summer fever" as "three more and one less": more fever, more thirst, more urination, and less sweating. Another characteristic is that the hotter the weather, the higher the child's body temperature. The body temperature will also change with the change of temperature throughout the day. It is generally lower in the morning and higher in the afternoon. However, there were no pathological changes when doing blood routine, urine and feces and other functional tests.

　　Without external intervention, the heat problem will only be alleviated in autumn. Although "summer fever" can be cured without treatment and will not leave any sequelae, long-term fever from "summer fever" will speed up the body's metabolism, increase consumption, and reduce resistance. If not prevented and treated in time, it will also affect the growth, development and health of children, and it is prone to complications, so parents must pay attention to it. Here are some simple dietary remedies for you to try.

　　Recommended medicinal foods

　　【Reed Root Porridge】

　　Ingredients: 15 grams of lotus seeds, 30 grams of yam, 10 grams of Radix Pseudostellariae, 20 grams of reed root, 50 grams of japonica rice, appropriate amount of sugar.

　　Preparation method: First wash the Radix Pseudostellariae and Reed Root, add 1 liter of water and fry for 20 minutes. After filtering the residue, add the washed lotus seeds, yam and japonica rice. Slowly cook over low heat until it becomes gruel, then add an appropriate amount of sugar until the gruel is just sweet (be careful not to make it too sweet).

　　Efficacy: Replenishing qi and nourishing yin, strengthening the spleen and replenishing the lungs. It is suitable for children with summer heat syndrome such as fever, irritability, thirst, and lack of appetite.

　　【Gypsum Bamboo Leaf Porridge】

　　Ingredients: 30-50 grams of gypsum, 30 grams of fresh bamboo leaves, 30 grams of reed roots, 30 grams of mung beans, 50 grams of japonica rice, appropriate amount of sugar.

　　Preparation method: First wash the fresh bamboo leaves and reed roots, fry them with gypsum for 30 minutes, remove the residue, filter and extract the juice, then cook it with mung beans and japonica rice to make a gruel, and add an appropriate amount of sugar.

　　Efficacy: relieve summer heat, replenish qi and promote body fluids. It is suitable for use when summer heat enters Yangming Qi. Symptoms include fever, irritability, headache, flushed face and shortness of breath, thirst and sweating, yellow coating, rapid and rapid pulse, etc.

　　【Coix Seed Fragrant Porridge】

　　Ingredients: 20 grams of yam, 30 grams of coix seed, 10 grams of patchouli, 30 grams of white lentils, and 50 grams of japonica rice.

　　Preparation method: First wash the coix kernels, yam, and japonica rice, add an appropriate amount of water, and cook slowly over a slow fire to form a porridge. Then fry the rugosa and white lentils (mashed) separately for 10 minutes, filter, remove the residue and extract the juice, add to the porridge, and cook for 3 to 5 minutes.

　　Efficacy: It clears heat and removes dampness. It is suitable for children with summer heat syndrome. Summer heat dampness blocks the middle burner. Symptoms include fever, polydipsia, sweating, shortness of breath, heavy body, epigastric fullness, wet pulse, etc.

　　The hardship of raising children is difficult for outsiders to imagine, and it also reflects the sense of responsibility of young parents. I hope you can help your children get rid of the disease and create a healthy and ideal living environment for them.