The child has been constipated for a long time. Normally, people should have 1-2 bowel movements daily. However, children often experience constipation. Pediatric constipation typically involves dry stools or difficulty passing them.Typically, they pass rock-hard stools only every 3 days or longer. This is primarily caused by improper diet. So what should children with constipation eat?
What to Eat for Pediatric Constipation
I. Heat-Accumulation Type Constipation (Some formulas may reduce dosage for children under 3 years old)
1. Pumpkin root (available at pharmacies): Wash, chop, boil in water to extract concentrated juice. Drink all at once.Take three times daily.
2. Fresh sugarcane juice with a few senna leaves. Steep in hot water or boil and drink.
3. Soy milk, thick rice porridge, honey (for flavoring). Boil fresh soy milk, add rice porridge and honey, mix well, and drink in one serving.
4. White fungus, a small amount of fresh orange juice. Soak white fungus until soft, steam in a bowl over boiling water, then add orange juice or honey for flavor. Unflavored is also acceptable.
5. Dried tangerine peel, dried longan, dried jujube, dried hawthorn, dried lychee, dried longan, dried hawthorn, dried lychee. Steep dried tangerine peel, dried longan, dried jujube, dried hawthorn, dried lychee, dried longan, dried hawthorn, dried lychee in hot water, then
4. Silver ear fungus with a small amount of fresh orange juice. Wash and soak silver ear fungus until soft. Steam in a bowl over boiling water, then add orange juice or honey for flavor. Unflavored is also acceptable. Take three times daily for several consecutive days.
5. Figs (fully ripe). Remove outer skin, rinse with warm water, and consume as desired. Take 1-2 times daily with no treatment duration limit.
6. 100g spinach, 50-100g japonica rice. Blanch spinach in boiling water until half-cooked, drain and chop into small pieces. Cook rice in water to a thin porridge, add spinach and boil briefly. Season with oil and salt. Consume in 1-2 servings.Take one serving daily for 5-7 consecutive days.
7. Peel 1-2 bananas. Place in a bowl with a small amount of boiling water and mash into a paste. Stir in 10g sugar until dissolved. Feed as desired. Take 1-2 times daily with no limit on duration.
8. 1 white radish, 100g honey. Wash radish, hollow out center, fill with honey. Place in large bowl, add water, and steam. Eat radish and drink honey water. Repeat several times.
II. Weakness-Related Constipation (Some formulas may reduce dosage for children under 3 years old)
1. 24g Prunus mume seeds, crushed into paste. Mix with 50g glutinous rice flour, add boiling water to form thin paste. Consume in one sitting. Take 2-3 times daily, duration unlimited.
2. 30-50g black sesame seeds, stir-fried in a pan until crisp, then ground into powder. Remove pits from 10 jujubes and mash into paste with sesame powder. Consume freely or swallow with warm water. Take 1-2 doses daily for 7-10 consecutive days.
3. 50-100g japonica rice, 5 jujubes, 18g Polygonum multiflorum root, 24g rock sugar. First, decoct Polygonum multiflorum root in water to extract a concentrated liquid, strain out residue. Add japonica rice and jujube pulp, simmer into a thin porridge. Stir in rock sugar until dissolved. Consume in 1-2 servings.Take 1 dose daily for 7-10 consecutive days.
4. 150ml fresh milk, 30g oatmeal. Take daily for 5-7 consecutive days.
5. 50-100g sweet potato, 20g sea cucumber, 30g black fungus, 24g white sugar.Soak sea cucumber and black fungus separately in warm water until softened. Peel, wash, and dice sweet potato. Cook all ingredients together until tender. Stir in white sugar until dissolved. Consume entire mixture (including solids and liquid) in one serving. Take 1–2 servings daily for several consecutive days. Reduce dosage by half for children under 2 years old.