Crying is a natural instinct for infants and young children. Since their ability to speak and express themselves is not fully developed, they often use crying to express their emotions. Generally speaking, there are many situations that can cause a child to cry at night. For example, if their diaper is wet and their bottom is uncomfortable, if the indoor air is stuffy and the child has difficulty breathing, if the child is wearing too many clothes and their sweaty clothes are uncomfortable against their skin, if the child is feeling hot due to being covered with too many blankets, if they are hungry, thirsty, in pain, or ill. In these cases, crying is considered normal.
The so-called "night crying" refers to when a baby's day is normal, their physiological needs are taken care of properly, there are no abnormal findings in their physical examination, and they have no physiological needs for hunger or thirst, but they still cry or continue to cry at night. This is commonly known as "night crying". According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, the main reasons for night crying are accumulation of heat in the heart and lungs, causing restlessness and crying, and deficiency of the spleen and stomach, causing cold and pain and crying. It can also be caused by being startled during the day and crying as a result.
[Medicated Diet 1]
Lily Porridge.
[Ingredients]
50g lily, 30g lotus seeds, 100g glutinous rice, a little brown sugar.
[Instructions]
Wash the lotus seeds and lily, put them in a pot with a suitable amount of water, add clean glutinous rice, and cook them into a thin porridge. Then add a suitable amount of brown sugar. It is worth mentioning that the lily, lotus seeds, and glutinous rice need to be cooked until soft in order to better exert their effects and enhance the taste.
[Medicated Diet 2]
Longan Porridge.
[Ingredients]
20g dried longan meat, 4 red dates, 60g glutinous rice.
[Instructions]
Wash the dried longan meat, red dates, and glutinous rice, and put them in a pot together. Add a suitable amount of water and cook into a thin porridge. Then add a suitable amount of white sugar according to personal preference. Filter out the residue of the dates and longan meat, and then it can be consumed. Longan porridge itself has a slight sweet taste, and the amount of white sugar can be reduced as desired.
[Medicated Diet 3]
Cicada Wheat and Red Date Soup
[Ingredients]
2g cicada skin, 6g floating wheat, 3g hook vine, 3 dates, 2g licorice, a suitable amount of white sugar.
[Instructions]
Wash the above ingredients and put them in a pot. Add a suitable amount of water and cook until the dates and other ingredients are slightly soft. Then filter out the residue and add a suitable amount of white sugar. Drink the soup. This soup has a slight herbal taste and is suitable for children over the age of three to drink.
[Medicated Diet 4]
Onion Ginger Brown Sugar Drink.
[Ingredients]
3 onion roots, 3 slices of ginger, 15g brown sugar.
[Instructions]
Cut the onion roots into strips and add them to the water together with the ginger slices. Boil for about 3-4 minutes, then add a suitable amount of brown sugar to season. It can be consumed.
