Eating whole grains can help babies prevent diseases.

There's no need to worry too much about infant diseases, as they can be cleverly cured with common grains.

Rice

Also known as japonica rice, it has the effects of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, strengthening the spleen and harmonizing the stomach, and relieving vexation and thirst. During the dry spring and autumn seasons, giving your baby a little rice porridge in the morning and evening can help them stay away from the discomfort of a dry mouth and throat.

Millet

Also known as foxtail millet, it strengthens the spleen and harmonizes the stomach, making it suitable for babies with weak spleen and stomach heat, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, or post-illness weakness. When millet is boiled into porridge, a delicate, viscous substance floats to the top, commonly known as "milk oil." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that milk oil is extremely nutritious and has the strongest tonic effect, with the saying that "milk oil can replace ginseng soup." Babies with recurrent diarrhea are more suitable for long-term consumption of millet porridge, as it is very helpful for restoring intestinal digestive function.

Wheat

Wheat has the effects of strengthening the spleen and benefiting the kidneys, and nourishing the heart and calming the mind. Wheat bran is high in dietary fiber, which helps prevent and treat constipation in babies.

Pumpkin Millet Porridge

Corn

It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and promoting urination, whetting the appetite and boosting intelligence, and calming the mind and invigorating blood. American scientists have also discovered that eating corn can stimulate brain cells and enhance human memory. Eating more corn not only improves a baby's gastrointestinal function but also helps with intellectual development.

Job's Tears

It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and supplementing the lungs, and clearing heat and promoting urination. Its protein content is much higher than that of rice and flour, and it is easily digested and absorbed, which can help reduce the gastrointestinal burden on babies and enhance their physical fitness.

Sorghum

Sorghum has the effect of strengthening the spleen and benefiting the stomach. When a child has indigestion, an appropriate amount of sorghum can be stir-fried in a pan, hulled, and ground into powder. Taking 2-3 grams each time can help increase digestive ability. However, sorghum is warm in nature and contains tannic acid, which has an astringent effect to stop diarrhea, so it is not suitable for babies with constipation.

Sweet Corn Kernels

Soybeans

Soybeans have the effect of strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi, making them suitable for frequent consumption by those with a weak spleen and stomach. Various soy products made from soybeans, such as tofu and soy milk, also have medicinal properties. They can relieve chest congestion and replenish qi, clear heat and resolve blood stasis, and are especially suitable for babies with phlegm-heat cough and asthma, colds, and a sore throat.

Barley

Barley is sweet, salty, and cool in nature, with the effects of harmonizing the stomach, relaxing the intestines, and promoting urination. It can assist in treating food stagnation and diarrhea, painful urination, edema, and scalds.

Bitter Melon

In the heat of midsummer, babies are more prone to "heatiness" than adults. Give them more bitter melon. Besides stir-frying, it can also be served cold in a salad or in a soup, which helps babies eliminate summer heat or prevent heatstroke, gastroenteritis, pharyngitis, and skin boils.

Bitter Melon and Egg Scramble

Black Fungus

Black fungus is soft, thick, and delicious without being greasy. Regular consumption can help remove toxins from the intestines and lower blood viscosity. Many babies are overweight these days, so eating more black fungus in their diet is very beneficial and can help prevent cardiovascular diseases from an early age.

Carrots

Babies need more carotene for growth and development than adults, which helps the body synthesize more vitamin A. Vitamin A can help babies improve their resistance to infection, especially in preventing various respiratory infections.

Carrot and Egg Cake