If your child often cries, has trouble sleeping, is startled, sweats a lot while sleeping... then think about the possibility that your child has rickets.

The main causes of rickets in children are lack of sunlight, low birth weight, premature birth, children not being breastfed, and children with malabsorption syndrome., malnourished children… However, there are many children with good weight, even overweight, who suffer from rickets because their parents are too careful, so they have little exposure to sunlight and an unbalanced diet.

When children have rickets, if not treated, it will cause changes in the bones such as wide and slow-closing fontanelles, forehead bumps, deformed chest, splayed wrists and ankles... Severe cases leave sequelae such as rib beads, protruding breasts, bow legs, etc.

Below are some dishes and folk remedies for you.ricketsReference from Science and Life newspaper and website dinhduong.com:

1. Wash a few fresh chicken eggs, crack the shells, roast until golden brown, grind into powder, store in a sealed jar for later use. Drink 1-2 times a day, 5g each time mixed with rice porridge water.

2. Wash 100g crab legs, fry until golden brown and grind into powder. Use 5g daily mixed with porridge water.

3. Boil 1 egg over low heat for 45 minutes, then peel and take the yolk, mash it with a spoon and mix with porridge to eat during the day.

4. 100g clams, wash, cook until soft, add a little salt and eat several times.

5. 10 mussels, clean, beat well with a chicken egg and steam, eat during the day.

6. 500g pork cartilage, wash and stew with 50g soybeans, then feed the child in appropriate amounts.

7. 1 black carp, clean, remove gallbladder, cut into pieces, stir-fry with ginger, onion and a little vegetable oil, then add water and simmer until soft, divide into several meals a day.

8. 100g of Polygonum multiflorum, 100g of Achyranthes bidentata, soak in white wine for 7 days, then take out and dry, roast until fragrant, grind into powder, store in a sealed jar for later use. Each time, take 5 jujubes, cut lengthwise, remove the seeds, put the powder inside, steam until cooked and eat during the day.

9. 15g of Chinese clematis root, 15g of tortoise shell, 5g of Chinese clematis root. Boil all ingredients thoroughly to get the water, discard the residue, then mix with a little brown sugar, divide into several servings to drink.

10. 15g of turtle shell, 15g of Chinese clematis root, 10g of codonopsis pilosula. Boil all ingredients for 1 hour, then filter the water, mix with a little brown sugar, and divide into several doses.

11. Take one turtle, butcher it, stew it with ginger, onion, salt and feed it to the child in appropriate amounts.

12. Jujube porridge: 5 jujubes, 15g of Polygonum multiflorum, 10g of Achyranthes bidentata, 50g of rice, 20g of white sugar. Soak Polygonum multiflorum and Achyranthes bidentata in wine for 7 days, then dry and grind into powder. Grind rice into powder, remove seeds from jujubes, crush and filter to get 250ml of water. Add Polygonum multiflorum powder, Achyranthes bidentata, and rice powder to simmer over low heat. When the porridge boils, add sugar and stir well. Feed the child once a day when hungry. Need to eat continuously for 20-30 days.

13. Snakehead fish porridge: 1 snakehead fish (300g), 30g watercress, 50g rice, MSG, enough seasoning powder. Choose the type of snakehead fish with flat head, white belly scales, black back, clean the fish, remove the organs, steam until cooked, remove the lean meat, marinate with seasoning powder, crush the fish bones and filter to get 200ml of water. Grind the rice into powder, wash the watercress and chop it very finely (can crush it and squeeze the juice into the porridge). Add the rice powder to the fish water, simmer over low heat, when the porridge is cooked, add watercress, fish meat, MSG, stir well, the porridge boils again and it's done. Feed the child twice a day, need to eat for 20 - 30 days (can eat every other day).

14. Shrimp porridge: 150g shrimp, 50g rice, enough seasoning powder. Wash the shrimp, peel and set aside. Crush the shrimp meat very finely. Dry the shrimp shell and claws and grind into fine powder. Grind the rice into powder. Mix everything well, add seasoning powder, put in a pot, add enough water to cook into porridge. When the porridge is cooked, add MSG and stir well, the porridge boils again and it's done. Feed the child once a day when hungry, for 1 month.

15. Egg yolk porridge: 2 egg yolks, 50g of good rice, enough seasoning powder. Boil the egg, remove the egg white, take the yolk, dry and grind into powder. Roast the rice until golden brown and grind into powder. Mix both ingredients well, put in a pot, add enough water to boil the porridge thoroughly, add seasoning powder and stir well, the porridge boils again and it's done. Feed the child once a day when hungry. Need to eat for about 20 - 30 days. Egg yolk porridge provides a lot of calcium and nutrients for the baby.

16. Jujube porridge: 5 jujubes, 15g of Polygonum multiflorum, 10g of Achyranthes bidentata, 50g of rice, 20g of white sugar. Soak Polygonum multiflorum and Achyranthes bidentata in wine for 7 days, then dry and grind into powder. Grind rice into powder, remove seeds from jujubes, crush and filter to get 250ml of water. Add Polygonum multiflorum powder, Achyranthes bidentata, and rice powder to simmer over low heat. When the porridge boils, add sugar and stir well. Feed the child once a day when hungry. Need to eat continuously for 20-30 days.

According to GDVN - NT