Infantile Malnutrition Infantile Malnutrition This syndrome is characterized by gaining no weight or even losing weight. Medicated dietetic treatment is relatively good for it. Common Types of Syndromes One type is hypofunction of the spleen-qi, marked by dim and sallow complexion, emaciation, dried and withered hair tangling together like tassels, tiredness and sleepiness, dull eyes, loss of appetite for food and milk, a big head and a slender neck, distension and fullness in the stomach, restless sleep, pale tongue with greasy fur, and thready and feeble pulse. Another type is insufficiency of both qi and blood, marked by pale complexion, skinny physique, cold limbs, dried and sparse hair, sleeping with eyes half-closed, weakness in crying, hollow abdomen, loss of appetite, indigestion, loose stool, pale tongue and weak and feeble pulse. Dietetic Chinese Drugs Barley (Fructus Hordei) Have some barley ground into granules as big as millets. Then, make gruel with it for eating. Chicken's gizzard-skin (Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli) Have one chicken's gizzard-skin washed clean, baked dry and ground into fine powder. Take 0.6 to 0.9 g each time, three times a day, with sugared boiled water. Carrot (Radix Dauci Carotae) Steam a carrot until it is done and take it. Take one each day, for several days. The three drugs listed above are applicable to the type of hypofunction of the spleen-qi. Quail (Coturnix) Have one quail rid of its feathers and internal organs and washed clean; steam it with a bit of salt and oil. Then, take it. It is applicable to the disease marked by insufficiency of both qi and blood. Composite Recipes of Medicated Diet Recipe of Chicken's Gizzard-skin and Finless Eel (Neijin Shanyu) Copyright ：TCM Discovery Net Please contact us if you want to reprint the articles Infantile Malnutrition INGREDIENTS finless eel, Monopterus Albus 1 chicken's gizzard-skin, Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli 6g PROCESS Have one finless eel (rid of its internal Organs) and 6 g of chicken's gizzard-skin steamed until they are done, and then Seasoned with right amount of soy sauce for taking. Gruel with the Powder of Chicken's Gizzard-skin (Fizhenfen Zhou) INGREDIENTS chicken's gizzard-skin, Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli 6pcs. dried tangerine peel, Pericarpium Cirri Reticulatae 3g amomum fruit, Fructus Amomi 1.5g polished round-grained rice, Semen Oryzae Sativae 30g white sugar right amount PROCESS Grind the chicken's gizzard-skins, tangerine peel and amomum fruit into fine powder; make gruel with the rice. and put in the powder after the gruel is done. DIRECTIONS Take it as gruel. Cake with Jujube (Zaogao) INGREDIENTS barley flour (or kaoliang flour, or millet flour) jujube, Fructus Ziziphi Fujubae PROCESS Make cakes with barley flour and jujubes. DIRECTIONS Take them after they are steamed. Drink of Germinated Barley and Hawthorn Fruit (Mai-ya Shanzha Tin) INGREDIENTS germinated barley, Fructus Hordei Germinatus 10g hawthorn fruit, Fructus Crataegi 3g brown sugar right amount PROCESS Have the germinated barley (parched) and the hawthorn fruit slices (parched) and the right amount of brown sugar decocted in water. DIRECTIONS Take it as a drink. Human Milk (Rennai) INGREDIENTS human milk, Lac Femininura Copyright ：TCM Discovery Net right amount Please contact us if you want to reprint the articles Infantile Malnutrition white sugar 15g PROCESS Have the right amount of human milk and 15g of white sugar mixed up and then decocted in water. DIRECTIONS Take it two or three times a day, for six to seven days successively. Drink of Dangshen and Roasted Millet (Dangshen Chao- mi rin) INGREDIENTS dangshen, Radix Codonopsis Pilosulae 9 to 15g roasted millet (or rice) 30g brown sugar right amount PROCESS Put the roasted millet and dangshen in a pot, add 2000 ml of water; decoct them to make decoction until 700 ml of water is left, season it with the brown sugar and take it as a drink. DIRECTIONS Take a dose every other day and take four to five doses in all. Gruel of Chinese Yam and Coix Seed (Shanyao riren Zhou) INGREDIENTS Chinese yam, Rhizoma Dioscoreae 30 to 60g coix seed, Semen Coicis 30g polished glutinous rice, Semen Oryzae Glutinosae right amount PROCESS Have the Chinese yam and coix seeds roasted separately until they give out fragrance, and then ground into fine powder. Add the polished glutinous rice to make gruel for eating. The composite recipes listed above are applicable to the trouble belonging to hypofunction of the spleen-qi. Sugared Apple (Tang Pingguo) INGREDIENTS apples, Mala Silvestria malt extract, Saccharum Granorum honey, Mel PROCESS Cook apples in malt extract and honey for eating. Powder of the Crust of Cooked Millet (Xiaomi oTiaoba San) INGREDIENTS millet crust PROCESS Have the crust of cooked millet baked dry and ground into fine powder. Copyright ：TCM Discovery Net Please contact us if you want to reprint the articles Infantile Malnutrition DIRECTIONS Take it with brown-sugared water. Gruel with Chinese Yam (Shanyao Zhou) INGREDIENTS mutton 500g Chinese yam, Rhizoma Dioscoreae 500g rice (or millet) 250g PROCESS Have the mutton cooked and ground into a mash; have the Chinese yam ground into a mash; put the rice, the mutton and the Chinese yam into the mutton broth to make gruel for eating. Gruel with Lotus Seed (Lianzi Zhou) INGREDIENTS lotus seed, Smen Nelumbinis (rid of the skins and plumules) polished round-grained rice, Semen Oryzae Sativae granulated sugar PROCESS Make gruel in a usual method with lotus round-grained rice and granulated sugar. seeds, polished Soup with Ginseng, Astragalus Root and Pigeon (Shen Qi" Gerou Tang) INGREDIENTS ginseng, Radix Ginseng 3g (or 9 to 15g ofdangshen) astragalus root, Radix Astragali seu Hedysari 9 to 15g bighead atractylodes rhizome, Rhizoma Atractylodis Maerocephalae 9g young pigeon one PROCESS Have one pigeon rid of its feathers and internal organs; wrap up ginseng, astragalus roots and bighead atractylodes in a piece of clean cloth; put the above ingredients in a stewing-plate with just the right amount of water. Stew it without its contacting water until the pigeon is done. DIRECTIONS Drink the soup and eat the flesh of the pigeon. Generally, take such a drug once every three days, and four to five times in all. Recipe of Walnut Flesh and Larvae of Bombyx Mori ( Hetao Canyong) INGREDIENTS walnut flesh, Semen Juglandis 100 to 150g silkworm chrysalis, Larva Bombycis 50g PROCESS Have the silkworm chrysalis roasted a bit; put the silkworm chrysalis and Copyright ：TCM Discovery Net Please contact us if you want to reprint the articles Infantile Malnutrition the walnut flesh into a pot to stew it without contacting water until it is thoroughly done. DIRECTIONS Take such a drug every other day for five to seven days. Milk with Clove and Ginger Juice (Dingxiang ffiangzhi Nai) INGREDIENTS clove, Flos Caryophylli 2 grains ginger juice, Succus Zingiberis 20 ml milk, Lac Bovis 250g white sugar right amount PROCESS Decoct the first three ingredients together until the liquid boils; remove the cloves and add the white sugar. DIRECTIONS Take it once a day, for ten days successively. The above composite recipes can be chosen for oral use to treat the disease due to insufficiency of both qi and blood. 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