Our traditional Chinese medicine technology is profound and extensive, with a wide range of terms. Among them, dampness is a common symptom in traditional Chinese medicine. Both adults and children may experience dampness. For children, they need to pay more attention. So let's take a look at what to do with dampness in children's bodies?
Children have heavy dampness, which is related to factors such as damp living environment, humid weather, and excessive consumption of raw, cold, and greasy foods. Clinical manifestations include cold hands and feet, loss of appetite, and decreased resistance. It is recommended to improve the humid living environment, eat less raw, cold and greasy foods such as cold drinks, raw and cold fruits, cucumbers, melons, watermelons, etc., exercise more, and improve the body's immunity.
Children with high levels of dampness in their bodies may also have weakened immunity. They can take some transfer factors orally to increase their own immunity. Eat more protein rich foods such as milk, eggs, lean meat, etc. in daily life. Encourage children to engage in outdoor activities and consume less spicy and stimulating foods.
Children with heavy moisture can be boiled into Congee with red beans and barley, which can cure dampness arthralgia, benefit the intestines and stomach, eliminate edema, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and take it for a long time to benefit the body, qi and heart. Modern people suffer from high mental stress, heart qi deficiency, irregular diet, low exercise, spleen deficiency, and excessive dampness. To dispel dampness, nourish the heart, and strengthen the spleen and stomach, Job's tears and red beans are the best. The purpose of boiling it into Congee is to make its effective ingredients fully absorbed by the human body, without any burden on the spleen and stomach.
