​Which porridge is suitable for acute gastroenteritis

For patients with acute gastroenteritis, frequent stomach pain and sudden stomach attacks are common, which will have a certain impact on their normal life and work, so they not only need timely and effective treatment, but also need to improve their stomach health through a healthy diet.

1. Diet for patients with acute gastroenteritis

Patients with acute gastroenteritis should supplement adequate nutrition during the remission period to fight the infection. However, if you have poor appetite, you can only drink a few mouthfuls of porridge to fill your stomach. But what kind of porridge is good for patients with acute gastroenteritis?

The diet of patients with acute gastroenteritis is mainly light. Doctors usually recommend that children with severe conditions fast. Depending on the situation, they may be advised to fast for 6-8 hours or even longer (it is best to receive intravenous injections at the same time to avoid dehydration). If there is no severe vomiting, abdominal distension or abdominal pain, you can try to eat.

Generally, you should eat light liquid or semi-liquid foods first, such as rice soup, porridge, and fresh fruit juice. Later, gradually add some protein foods, but avoid greasy and fried foods. It is also advisable to eat small amounts at the beginning, and only start eating normally after the gastrointestinal function has recovered, and make sure to rest.

It is especially good for the body to eat some light porridge at the beginning of the illness. As shown below:

2. Porridge nourishes the stomach

1. Mountain God Porridge:

Take 60 grams of hawthorn, 20 grams of Shenqu, and 40 grams of polished rice. Wrap hawthorn and Shenqu with gauze, put them in a pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil for half an hour, then remove the medicine bag, add polished rice and cook into porridge. When cooked, add 10 grams of brown sugar for seasoning and serve. This porridge has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, digesting food and relieving stagnation. It is suitable for patients with chronic enteritis due to indigestion.

2. Gorgon Fruit Porridge:

Take 30 grams of water chestnuts, 100 grams of polished rice, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar. Remove the shell of water chestnut, grind it into coarse powder, cook it with rice into porridge, add rock sugar when it is cooked and dissolve it before drinking. It has the effects of nourishing the kidney and consolidating essence, strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea. It is suitable for patients with chronic enteritis with spleen and kidney deficiency and long-term diarrhea.

3. Sorghum porridge:

Take 50 grams of sorghum, 40 grams of millet, and 1 apple. Put sorghum and millet into a pot and fry them until they turn yellow over low heat, then grind them into fine powder. Wash the apples, cut them into small pieces and set aside. Add appropriate amount of water to the pot, put the apple pieces into the pot and boil. Put sorghum and millet flour in a bowl, add a little cold water to make a paste, then pour it into the pot, stir evenly, cook until done, and take twice a day. It has the effect of nourishing the spleen and strengthening the stomach, and is suitable for patients with weak spleen and stomach and diarrhea caused by cold.

Note: The staple foods should be cooked thoroughly and cooked until they are soft to facilitate digestion and absorption. Eat less rough food and food high in crude fiber. The food should be carefully prepared and rich in nutrition.