Aloe vera is an effective treatment for diarrhea in children.

Diarrhea in children is also known as digestive disorders, food stagnation, and children's stagnation. The disease can occur in acute or chronic form.

The cause may be due to diet, infection or parasites that affect the function of the spleen and stomach, causing the main symptoms: vomiting, diarrhea and emaciation.

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When diarrhea causes dehydration, loss of electrolytes with complications of neurotoxicity (cholera...), it is necessary to go to the hospital and use modern medical treatment methods. Traditional medicine is effective in treating simple acute and chronic forms. Here are some remedies for each form.

Stagnation due to undigested food (milk, grains) and worms

Food Stagnation:The child has symptoms of bloating, poor feeding, vomiting with a sour smell, restless sleep, frequent crying, diarrhea, stools with a sour smell, slow digestion, sometimes passing food in the stool; thin white or slightly yellow tongue coating; active pulse. The treatment method is to digest food stagnation. Use one of the following prescriptions:

Lesson 1:Hawthorn 8g, malt 6g, Atractylodes Rhizome 4g, Chicken Gizzard Glans 4g, Tangerine Peel 4g, Silver Leaf 4g, Coix Seed 12g. Boil and drink one dose per day or grind into powder and make pills, drink 12 - 16g of powder per day.

Malt

Lesson 2: Cyperus rotundus 80g, malt 40g, Atractylodes Rhizome 40g, Amomum 20g, Tangerine peel 8g, Licorice (pricked) 20g. Dry and grind into powder. Take 2 times a day, 2-3g each time. This recipe is for breastfeeding children with diarrhea.

Lesson 3:Costus root 12g, Atractylodes macrocephala 12g, Malt 12g, Platycodon grandiflorum 8g, Polygala root 12g, Amomum 8g, Coptis chinensis 12g, Hawthorn 12g, Silverleaf cocos 8g, Tangerine peel 12g, Atractylodes macrocephala 12g. Dry and grind into powder to make pills. Take 4 - 8g per day.

Aloe vera and Chinese clematis are two herbs that treat diarrhea in children caused by bacterial infection (common in summer).

Lesson 4:Codonopsis pilosula 20g, Coix seed 16g, Platycodon grandiflorum 8g, Lotus seed 16g, Sea bean 16g, Amomum 8g, Atractylodes macrocephala 16g, Tangerine peel 8g, Licorice 6g, Poria cocos 16g, Chinese yam 16g. Grind into powder and make into pills. Take 6 - 12g per day. For children with weak health (weakness) or prolonged diarrhea (spleen deficiency).

Stagnation due to accumulation(due to roundworms or pinworms): Children show signs of itching, dry yellow skin, crying, convulsions, irregular eating, nausea, abdominal pain, bloating, loose stools. Treatment method: strengthen the spleen, remove dampness, remove bacteria (deworm). Children should be dewormed once every 6 - 12 months. Use the following: 20g coptis chinensis, 16g codonopsis pilosula, 12g hawthorn, 20g atractylodes macrocephala, 6g aloe vera, 16g scutellaria baicalensis, 6g licorice, 12g poria, 16g atractylodes macrocephala, 10g malt. Dry, grind into powder and make into pills. Take 8 - 12g per day.

Chicken gizzard.

Stagnation due to low heat

Diarrhea caused by direct infection in the digestive tract or by bacterial allergy (often seen in the summer). Children have symptoms of diarrhea many times a day (up to 10 times), rumbling stomach, bloating, vomiting, fever, thirst, little red urine, yellow or dry white tongue coating, red and sore anus. Treatment method: Clear heat and remove dampness. Use the following formula: 12g of Sand root, 8g of Scutellaria baicalensis, 8g of Coptis chinensis, 4g of Licorice. If dampness is more common with signs of thick white tongue coating, watery diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, add Atractylodes macrocephala 4g, Pinellia ternata 4g. If little urine, add Poria cocos 8g, Sa tien 8g.

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