Due to the difficulty of expressing themselves, many children may not feel well but their parents may not be able to detect and take effective measures in a timely manner. Therefore, it is especially important to care for children's health. Below, I will describe several symptoms to identify when a child is "overheated"!
Causes of a Child Being "Overheated"
1. Eating too much hot and spicy food.
2. Drinking too little water.
Symptoms of a Child Being "Overheated"
1. Dry skin: Due to a child's delicate skin, if they are in an environment with low humidity for a long time, their skin can become dry and even crack. Their hair may also become dry and brittle or fall out.
2. Mouth ulcers: After a child becomes "overheated," they often experience symptoms such as cracked corners of the mouth, dryness, blisters on the lips, and ulcers on the oral mucosa and tongue.
3. Increased eye discharge: A child's eyes may secrete more discharge, especially visible in the corners of the eyes when they wake up in the morning. Excessive discharge can stick to the eyelids.
4. Diarrhea: A child's digestive system is more delicate, so they are prone to symptoms such as bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhea, foul-smelling stools, and redness around the anus when they become "overheated."
5. Dry and hard stools: Some children may experience constipation after becoming "overheated." The dry and hard stools can cause pain and crying during bowel movements.
What to Eat When a Child is "Overheated"
1. Give the child some mung bean soup or mung bean porridge, as mung beans have a cold nature and a sweet taste. They can cool the body, detoxify, and relieve restlessness. They are especially suitable for irritable and restless children.
2. Eat more cooling vegetables, such as cabbage: It has a slightly cold nature and can clear heat, relieve restlessness, and promote bowel movements.
Celery: It has a cold and cool nature and can relieve liver heat and lung and stomach heat. It is beneficial for children who are prone to becoming "overheated."
Lettuce: It has a slightly cold nature, a crisp and tender texture, and high water content. Its characteristics include heat-clearing, relieving gas, and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for children with lung and stomach heat.
Water bamboo: It has a cold and cool nature and is suitable for children with heart heat, restlessness, thirst, dry stools, and yellow urine. It has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying.
Lotus root: It has a neutral and cool nature. It is best to eat it raw or crush it for juice. Its functions include clearing heat, moisturizing the lungs, and stopping cough. If mixed with pear juice and taken together, the effect is even better.
Eggplant: It has a cold and cool nature and can clear heat and detoxify. When feeding children who are prone to "overheating," avoid cooking it with oil and use steaming instead.
Lily: It has a slightly cold and cool nature and has the effect of clearing heat, moisturizing the lungs, and stopping cough. It is effective for residual heat after a fever, sore throat, restlessness, and thirst.
Bitter gourd: It has a very cold nature and a bitter taste. It can relieve heat from all six meridians. It is a bitter and cold food that can clear heat.
3. Take the appropriate dose of pediatric digestive pills.
Pediatric digestive pills are suitable for children who have a good appetite, eat a lot, have thirst and constipation, have warm hands, are irritable and easily angered, and have restless sleep at night. They are effective for symptoms such as loss of appetite, vomiting, bloating, bad breath, dry and hard stools, and reduced urine caused by "food fire" and internal heat in children.
Misconceptions about a Child Being "Overheated"
1. Delaying medication is dangerous.
Many mothers may think that a child being "overheated" is common and not a big deal. They believe that the body will naturally adjust and get better on its own.
2. Misusing adult medications is harmful.
These practices can harm a child's health and have a significant impact on their physical well-being.
3. Arbitrary medication is unreliable.
Experts have pointed out that giving children cool herbal tea without a proper dosage is unscientific and dangerous.
