Clinical manifestations of weak temperamental type of pediatric anorexia:
Loss of appetite, mental fatigue, pale complexion, fatigue and sweating, thin stools, distension and fullness in the epigastric region, pale tongue, thin white coating, weak and powerless pulse, pale fingerprints.
[Chicken gizzard with Chinese yam]
Ingredients: 250g chicken gizzard, 100g fresh Chinese yam, 30g green peas, 10g ginger, 10g spring onion.
Method: Wash the chicken gizzard and slice it thinly. Cook the fresh Chinese yam and slice it. Put the gizzard slices in a pot and marinate them with salt, cooking wine, and pepper. In another bowl, mix soy sauce, sugar, monosodium glutamate, chicken broth, and wet starch to make a sauce. Heat vegetable oil in the pot until it is 60% hot, add the gizzard slices and stir-fry them, then pour them into a colander to drain the oil. Leave some oil in the pot, add minced ginger and stir-fry until fragrant, then add gizzard slices, green peas, and Chinese yam slices and stir-fry for a few seconds. Pour in the sauce and stir-fry until thickened. Remove from heat, garnish with spring onion, and drizzle with sesame oil. Serve.
Effect: Strengthen spleen and stomach, promote digestion and resolve stagnation.
Usage: Eat with meals.
[Eight Immortals Lotus Root Powder]
Ingredients: 200g lotus root powder, 5g white poria, 5g fried lentils, 5g lotus seed paste, 5g fritillaria, 5g Chinese yam, 20g white honey, 250ml breast milk.
Method: Grind the above herbs and foods into fine powder, mix with lotus root powder, and add white honey and breast milk when taking.
Effect: Tonify qi and strengthen spleen, promote digestion and stop diarrhea.
Usage: Take it with breakfast and dinner.
[Nine Immortals Cake]
Ingredients: 5g lotus seeds, 5g Chinese yam, 5g white poria, 3g coix seed, 3g fried malt, 3g fried lentils, 500g white sugar, 1000g glutinous rice flour.
Method: Soak the lotus seeds in warm water, remove the skin and core, put them in a pot with other herbs and foods, add water and boil over high heat, then simmer for 30 minutes. Strain the liquid and mix it with glutinous rice flour and white sugar to make a dough. Make it into cakes and steam them over high heat for 30 minutes.
Effect: Tonify spleen and stomach.
Usage: Eat it for breakfast.
[Spleen-Nourishing Pancake]
Ingredients: 30g white atractylodes, 6g dried ginger, 250g ripe jujube flesh, 15g chicken internal gold, appropriate amount of flour.
Method: Grind white atractylodes, dried ginger, and chicken internal gold into powder, add jujube flesh to make jujube paste, then add flour and water to make a thin pancake, and cook it.
Effect: Strengthen spleen and qi, promote digestion and stop diarrhea.
Usage: Can be used as a staple food.
