Treating Children's Food Retention: The Power of Digestive Tea

Child food retention is a major concern for mothers. What are the reasons for children always having food retention? Tea can help with digestion, as the caffeine in tea relaxes the smooth muscles of the stomach and intestines, while the catechins activate enzymes related to digestion and absorption. Therefore, digestive tea is the best remedy for treating children's food retention!

　　[Name]

　　Digestive Tea

　　[Ingredients]

　　500g black tea, 500g white sugar.

　　[Method]

　　Boil the black tea in water. Every 20 minutes, take out the tea and add more water to boil. Repeat this process four times and then combine the tea extracts. Continue cooking on low heat until it becomes concentrated, then add white sugar and mix well. Keep cooking until it forms a thread-like consistency that doesn't stick to hands. Pour the mixture into a greased container while it's still hot, and cut into pieces (10-15g per piece) when slightly cooled. Take 1-2 pieces, three times a day, after meals or chew with water.

　　[Effects]

　　Aids in digestion and relieves food stagnation.

　　[Applicable for]

　　Indigestion, bloating, and discomfort after meals.

　　[Reasons for Children Always Having Food Retention]

　　Some parents say, "Why does my child always have food retention? After using digestive remedies, the problem returns after two days. It's a headache!" This situation often refers to chronic food retention, most of which is accumulated in the spleen.

　　At this point, the solid food that caused the stagnation may no longer be present, but the damage remains. The initial damage to the spleen and stomach function has not been restored.

　　At this point, symptoms of food retention may still occur. I call this "invisible" food retention, which actually means spleen damage.

　　Even if the child drinks porridge every day, their tongue coating remains thick and greasy, indicating signs of food retention.

　　This situation is often more difficult to handle. Most parents do not feed their children according to their physiological characteristics and instead give them various fatty and sweet foods, resulting in repeated damage to the child's spleen and stomach, making it difficult to recover from the food retention. This cannot be solved simply by taking digestive remedies.

　　Children in this situation are often weak, with yellow and thin hair, bloated stomachs but thin limbs, poor appetite, or excessive eating without absorption, prone to diarrhea, bad taste in the mouth, thick and greasy tongue coating, and recurring food retention symptoms.

　　Because of the weak spleen and stomach, these children also have weak resistance and are prone to external illnesses. They may experience persistent coughs and other health problems. It can be said that the problems caused by food retention can be diverse, and I often find the root cause of particularly difficult-to-treat body problems in this area.