Question
What should I do if my child doesn’t like to eat?
Answer
According to the description of the condition, the child has been sick for over half a year, with the main symptoms being a lack of appetite, holding food in the mouth without chewing or swallowing. Although the child has seen a doctor and taken medication, the situation has not improved. The question is how to treat this condition. If a child has weak spleen and stomach function, their absorption ability will be poor, and their body’s immunity is likely to decrease, making them more prone to illness. Therefore, to enhance a child’s immunity, attention should be paid to regulating the spleen and stomach function, especially for premature infants with weaker constitutions who should pay more attention to regulating the absorption and digestion functions of the spleen and stomach. If a child has symptoms of poor spleen and stomach function and a weak constitution, they can consider taking Longmu Zhanggu Granules for treatment. This medicine contains various traditional Chinese medicine ingredients such as chicken gizzards, yam, jujube, and atractylodes, which have the effects of regulating the spleen and stomach and promoting digestion. Ingredients like codonopsis and astragalus have the functions of nourishing the middle-jiao and Qi, enhancing resistance, and can effectively improve a child’s spleen and stomach function and immunity. In addition, to strengthen a child’s immunity, it is also necessary to ensure that the child has enough sleep and consumes foods that can enhance immunity, such as oranges, lemons, grapefruits, corn, peanuts, fish, eggs, etc.