Question
My baby is 5 months old and has had diarrhea for the past few days, with some difficulty absorbing nutrients. What should I do?
Answer
For dyspepsia in a 5-month-old baby, it’s best to avoid Western medicine. There are different types of infant diarrhea, including indigestion, wind-cold, damp-heat, and spleen deficiency. Only by distinguishing between different symptoms can dietary treatment be determined to achieve the desired effect. For wind-cold type, there may be nausea and vomiting, loose stools resembling foam, pale color, little odor, abdominal pain, and symptoms like feverishness, nasal congestion, and runny nose. For spleen deficiency type, there may be intermittent vomiting or persistent diarrhea, thin stools with white milk clumps, diarrhea after eating, and pale complexion. Treatment should be tailored to the specific symptoms.