If your child always feels weak and lags behind his peers in growth and development, try quail and astragalus soup!
Medical guidance: Chief Physician Xu Hua, Pediatrics, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Text/Ouyang Xuecheng, attending physician
Easily tired is a common problem in pediatrics Symptoms are common after serious illness or long illness, and are also seen in children with congenital deficiencies. In addition to being easily tired, it is often accompanied by symptoms such as muscle weakness and poor appetite. It belongs to the category of deficiency syndrome in traditional Chinese medicine, which can be divided into spleen and stomach weakness, Qi and Yin deficiency, Qi and blood deficiency, and spleen and kidney deficiency. The principle of dietary conditioning and ingredient selection is that those with weak spleen and stomach should replenish the spleen, those with deficiencies of both qi and yin should replenish qi and yin, those with deficient qi and blood should replenish qi and nourish blood, and those with deficient spleen and kidneys should replenish the spleen and kidneys. For children who are easily tired and have insufficient spleen and kidneys, Dr. Ouyang recommends trying Quail Huangqi Decoction!
Quail and Astragalus Soup
Ingredients: 1 quail, 15g of astragalus.
Preparation method: Remove the hair and internal organs from the quail, cut it into pieces, put it in a stew pot with the astragalus root, add cold boiled water, and stew it for about 1 hour. After stewing, add a little salt to taste.
Usage: Drink soup and meat, 2 times a week.
Efficacy: Quail is sweet in taste and mild in nature, enters the large intestine, heart, liver, spleen, lung, and kidney meridian, and functions to nourish the five internal organs, replenish qi, liver and kidney, and strengthen muscles and bones; astragalus is sweet and slightly warm, and returns to the lungs and spleen. , liver, and kidney meridian, its function is to nourish qi and raise yang, produce body fluid and nourish blood. All medicines are used together, and they have the effect of tonifying the spleen and kidneys.
Applicable to: It is more common in mothers who are sick during pregnancy, premature babies, or have a history of hypoxia and asphyxia at birth. They are tired, like to curl up, and lag behind children of the same age in growth and development, and urinate clear and frequently.
Applicable age: Children over 3 years old.
Expert profile
Xu Hua, MD, professor, chief traditional Chinese physician, doctoral supervisor, director of the Pediatrics Teaching and Research Section of the First Clinical School of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, and Pediatrics Department of the First Affiliated Hospital Director of the Department of Neonatology; leader of TCM Pediatrics, a key discipline of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, deputy director of the Pediatrics Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine, vice chairman of the Pediatric Research Association of the National Society of Higher Education of TCM, and majoring in children's health and health education of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Vice Chairman of the Committee, Chairman of the Pediatric Professional Committee of the Guangdong Society of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Vice Chairman of the Pediatric Professional Committee of the Guangdong Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Outstanding TCM Clinical Talent, Guangdong Provincial Famous Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance Instructor, Representative of the Lingnan Li School of Pediatrics Sexual inheritor.
He has been engaged in pediatric clinical, teaching, and scientific research for more than 30 years. He is good at diagnosing and treating blood syndromes and lung and spleen diseases in children. He uses traditional Chinese medicine to treat difficult and complex pediatric diseases based on syndrome differentiation, and treats diarrhea, allergic purpura, and cholestasis in children. etc. have conducted more in-depth research; they advocate that "good doctors never abandon external treatment" and are good at using traditional Chinese medicine and external treatment to prevent and treat common diseases in children. He has presided over more than 10 projects at all levels including the National “11th Five-Year Plan” scientific research support projects, National Natural Science Foundation projects, and National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine projects; edited and participated in the compilation of more than 20 textbooks and books; published more than 40 papers; applied for three patents item.
Consultation time: Wednesday morning, Thursday morning
About the author
Ouyang Xuecheng, MD, attending physician of pediatrics at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine , a member of the Pediatric Professional Committee of the Guangdong Society of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, presided over a number of topics and published 30 papers. Good at: fever, cough, asthma, diarrhea, anorexia, allergic purpura, nephritis and kidney disease and other common diseases in children.
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