Infantile Malnutrition

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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)
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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
right amount
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.
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
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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