Eating well is essential for good growth and development in children. Every parent hopes that their child will love to eat and not be picky. But what should you do if your child refuses to eat or has a poor appetite? Traditional Chinese medicine recommends three medicinal diets that are guaranteed to make your child love eating. Moms, let's get started!
I. Millet and Soybean Porridge
Ingredients: 10g soybeans, 30g millet, 2g sugar.
Method:
1. Wash the millet and soak in water. Wash the soybeans and cook until soft.
2. Place a pot on the stove, add water and bring to a boil. Add the millet and cook over high heat.
3. After the water boils, add the soybeans and simmer over low heat until the porridge is thick. Add sugar and stir well.
Benefits:
1. Soybeans: Known as the "king of beans," soybeans can supply the body with essential nutrients.
2. Millet: Has the ability to strengthen the spleen and stomach.
3. Millet and Soybean Porridge: Suitable for children with poor appetite or picky eating habits.
II. Pumpkin and Coix Seed Soup
Ingredients: 200g pumpkin, 100g coix seed, 1 carrot, sugar, milk (as needed).
Method:
1. Wash the coix seed and soak in water until soft. Wash the carrot and cut into large pieces.
2. Peel and remove the seeds from the pumpkin. Steam until cooked, then blend into a puree.
3. Place a pot on the stove, add the carrot pieces and enough water. Boil for 20 minutes.
4. Remove the carrot pieces and add the pumpkin puree. Season with sugar and milk, and cook the coix seed until soft.
Benefits:
1. Pumpkin: Has the effects of tonifying the middle, nourishing qi, reducing fat and blood sugar, reducing inflammation and pain, aiding digestion, moistening the lungs, resolving phlegm, expelling worms, and detoxifying.
2. Coix Seed: Has the effects of detoxifying, reducing fat, diuresis, promoting bowel movements, reducing edema, beautifying the skin, promoting spleen health, and preventing and treating cancer.
3. Carrot: Has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, clearing heat and detoxifying, protecting the eyes, relieving cough, moisturizing the skin, and promoting metabolism.
4. Pumpkin and Coix Seed Soup: This soup has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, promoting spleen health, and enhancing immunity. It is suitable for children with poor appetite or picky eating habits.
III. Peanut, Walnut, and Sesame Porridge
Ingredients: 10g black sesame, 20g peanuts, 20g walnuts, 80g rice, 4g sugar.
Method:
1. Soak the rice in water until soft. Cook the rice and peanuts in water.
2. Add the black sesame and walnuts to the pot and cook until the porridge thickens. Add sugar and mix well.
Benefits:
1. Peanuts: Promote growth, enhance memory, and have anti-aging effects.
2. Walnuts: Nourish the liver and kidneys, strengthen tendons and bones, improve brain function, enhance immunity.
3. Black Sesame: Nourish the kidneys, promote hair growth, moisturize the intestines, nourish the liver, strengthen the body, and have anti-aging effects.
4. Peanut, Walnut, and Sesame Porridge: This porridge has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, nourishing the body, improving brain function, nourishing the liver and kidneys, anti-aging, and beautifying the skin.
Moms, make sure to save these medicinal diets. You no longer have to worry about your baby's poor appetite or picky eating!
