Question
My one and a half year old baby often feels cold hands and feet during winter. The previous treatment situation and effect are not clear, and I don’t know how to treat it. I want to know which nutrients the child may lack and whether they can be supplemented through food.
Answer
Your baby may have a cold constitution, especially kidney Yang deficiency, with symptoms such as fear of cold, cold hands and feet, and lack of vigor. Here are several dietary therapy suggestions: boil 500 grams of red dates, six jiao, small star anise, orange peel, cassia, clove, guava fruit, salt in moderation, discard the medicinal residue and eat the meat; boil 250 grams of dog meat with 50 grams of black beans, adjust with sufficient salt, ginger, five spices, and sugar, stew in a sand pot over low heat until cooked, serve with meals; simmer 100 grams of mutton with 1 pair of sheep’s kidneys, 10 grams of Lycium barbarum, 10 grams of yam from the root of the yam plant, 100 grams of tuckahoe, 150 grams of tussilago farfara, 15 grams of peach kernel, green onions with sufficient salt, boil the medicinal ingredients in water to extract the juice, slice the mutton and simmer with the medicinal juice, add green onions and salt to taste; simmer 150 grams of mutton with 120 grams of yam from the root of the yam plant, 100 grams of tuckahoe, 150 grams of tussilago farfara, 15 grams of peach kernel, green onions with sufficient salt, boil the medicinal ingredients in water to extract the juice, slice the mutton and simmer with the medicinal juice, add green onions and salt to taste.