Due to some factors, premature babies rushed into this world before they matured in their mothers' stomachs. After birth, he is thin and small, and generally weighs less than 5 kg.
Premature infants should not be blindly supplemented.
Some parents think that since children are born with birth defects, they should try their best to feed them after they are born. Do you know that the function of kidneys and other organs in children with congenital deficiency is inherently weak? In addition, such "hard" supplements make parents overwhelmed, and it is easy to induce children's obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, renal failure and diabetes.
Parents of premature babies generally blindly supplement their children's medicines. In addition to making children eat and drink enough, they will also supplement their children with some protein powder and growth hormone, and even let them eat some nourishing Chinese medicine, which will eventually induce their obesity.
The story of a four-year-old girl
I remember one time, a young mother came to the clinic with a 4-year-old girl named Jiao Jiao. The child's mother told me that Jiao Jiao was a premature baby. She was born less than eight months ago. Because of the congenital deficiency of the child, my mother considered giving the child nutrition the day after tomorrow, so she began to let the child eat protein powder and vitamins. Now the child is 4 years old, but there are always several nutritional elements that are not up to standard in every physical examination.
Moreover, children's hands and feet are often cold, and mothers should warm their hands and feet every time they sleep, so that children can sleep more soundly.
Jiao Jiao has no courage, so she can't go out when it gets dark. Be sure to sleep with her at night, or she will cry. I told my children's mother that Jiao Jiao's physique children are not suitable for taking tonic, because tonic will enter the children's spleen and stomach first, and weak children will get angry after taking this tonic, showing irritability, dry mouth, fever, nosebleeds and so on.
For such children with congenital deficiency, tonic should follow the principle of gradual progress, gradual progress and fundamental tonic. After going back, tell mom to soak her feet and add wolfberry water before going to bed every night.
Specific practices:
When boiling water, add more than a dozen Lycium barbarum, and simmer for about 10 minutes. Rub your feet before soaking them until they are hot, and then soak them for about 20 minutes until the water is not hot. After soaking, the child's feet will be stained with some medlar. Don't wash it off with water, you can dry it for a while.
Efficacy:
Lycium barbarum is flat, sweet, moist and nourishing. Specializing in tonifying kidney and moistening lung, promoting fluid production and benefiting qi, which can supplement the deficiency of liver and kidney. The reason why we soak our feet with Lycium barbarum is because the properties and effects of Lycium barbarum are mild. Unlike other tonics, it will get angry, but the tonic effect of soaking feet is mild.
The deficiency syndrome of congenital deficiency is mainly kidney, and the deficiency syndrome of acquired weakness is mainly liver, and liver and kidney are homologous. Therefore, once kidney deficiency occurs, the liver will suffer, and eventually both liver and kidney will be deficient. After kidney deficiency, the child will have cold hands and feet and tepid limbs; Liver deficiency will make you timid.
Once the child has the above symptoms, parents can try to soak their feet with medlar water. Children's kidneys are immature and Lycium barbarum is warm, which can not only replenish deficiency, but also avoid damaging children's organs.
I told Jiao Jiao's mother to soak Jiao Jiao's feet with Lycium barbarum water when she got home, and at the same time pay attention to stop using those nourishing products. After soaking for a year or so, Jiao Jiao's personality is cheerful, his hands and feet are not cold, and his courage is much greater. She has started sleeping alone.
Special instructions
The above is aimed at premature infants with celestial deficiency, especially older children who soak their feet with Lycium barbarum. Pay attention to the water temperature, because the child's feet are still developing. Too high water temperature will cause flat feet, generally slightly higher than body temperature, and then cover them with cloth to keep warm. Generally, just soak the child's body a little, and don't sweat.