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1. Clam Congee
According to traditional medicine, clam meat has a sweet taste, cool nature, nourishes the body's vital energy, and detoxifies the body. It is commonly used for children experiencing excessive sweating. Moreover, clam meat is rich in minerals such as Zinc, which plays a crucial role in enhancing the immune system. Zinc deficiency can lead to various health issues, delayed recovery from illnesses, and nervous system disorders, potentially hindering a child's growth.
Ingredients:
- Clams: 1kg
- Fragrant rice: 200g (you can use a mix of sticky rice and regular rice)
- Dried shallots: 2 bulbs
- Green onions, cilantro, ginger.
- Seasonings: Bouillon powder.
Instructions:
- Prepare the ingredients: Soak the clams in rice water with a few slices of ginger or chili to remove dirt and impurities. Soaking the clams also helps reduce their fishy smell during cooking. After about 1 hour, remove the clams, rinse them with water, and then place them in a pot with enough water and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil and simmer until the clams are fully cooked. Grind the rice in a grinder, soak it in water for about 1 hour, then rinse it and drain.
- Cook clam congee: Put the rice in the pot of clam water, place it on the stove to simmer, and stir regularly to prevent the rice from sticking or burning at the bottom. Season with a little bouillon powder to taste. After cooking the clams, peel off the shells. Squeeze out all the clam meat, rinse it thoroughly, and let it drain. Then, cut the clam meat into small, bite-sized pieces. Heat a pan with a little oil until hot. When the oil is hot, add chopped dried shallots and sauté until fragrant. Add the clam meat to the pan and stir-fry to make the meat firm and aromatic. Season with a bit more seasoning to taste. Add the cooked clam meat to the cooking congee, continuously skimming off any foam. Cook until the congee is fully cooked, then turn off the heat. Feed the clam congee to your child twice a day, consecutively for about 3-5 days to improve the excessive sweating condition.
2. Mussel Congee
Hến Congee: Hến meat is rich in minerals such as iron, copper, vitamin B12, omega-3 fatty acids, and notably low in cholesterol, making it suitable for those with anemia and cardiovascular issues. In traditional medicine, hến meat has a sweet and salty taste, a cool nature with no toxicity, helping to improve respiratory function, cool the liver, and regulate body heat. In the summer, when children feel hot and sweaty, mothers can feed them hến congee to alleviate this condition.
Ingredients:
- Hến (mussels): 1kg
- Fragrant rice: 200g
- Cilantro: 2-3 stalks
- Sticky rice: 100g
- Cooking oil or olive oil: 1
- Chives: 1-2 stalks
- Dried shallots: 1 bulb
Instructions:
- Prepare hến congee ingredients: Soak the mussels in water with a bit of chili and salt to remove dirt. Then, boil them in a pot with enough water and a pinch of salt. After boiling, remove the mussels, squeeze out the meat, and rinse it to eliminate any fishy smell. Finely chop the mussel meat to make it easy for the baby to eat. Mix fragrant rice and sticky rice, soak in water for about 10 minutes until soft, then grind in a mortar to a fine consistency. Wash the cilantro, blend it in a grinder, or chop it finely for easy consumption by the baby.
- Cook hến congee: Put rice in a pot, pour the mussel boiling water into it, and simmer for about 15 minutes over low heat to soften the rice. During the cooking process, let the congee boil and do not stir with a spoon or ladle to avoid making the congee lumpy and burnt. Next, heat a pan, add oil, sauté the chopped dried shallots until fragrant, then add the mussel meat and stir-fry with fish sauce. Scoop the mixture into a bowl. When the mussel congee is cooked, use a spoon to beat the congee evenly and bring it to a boil. Then, add the cilantro to the congee, stir well, and remove from heat. Serve the congee to the baby while it's hot. Feed the baby consecutively for 3 to 5 days to improve their sweating condition.
3. Shrimp and Purple Sticky Rice Congee
Purple sticky rice, also known as 'blood-building rice,' is a type of rice with exceptionally high nutritional content. Compared to other rice varieties, purple sticky rice has a protein content that is 6.8% higher and a fat content that is 20% higher. It contains 8 amino acids, carotene, and essential trace elements. Purple sticky rice is rich in fiber and antioxidants equivalent to blueberries or blackberries, especially with a plentiful source of vitamin E. If your child has started eating solids, you can cook shrimp and purple sticky rice congee to effectively address their excessive sweating. This is a nutritious dish with a cooling effect, ideal for babies starting on solid foods.
Ingredients:
- Purple sticky rice: 50g
- Straw mushrooms: 100g
- River shrimp: 200g
- Scallions, cilantro, purple shallots
- Watercress: 70g
- Broth: 1l
- Seasonings: Ground pepper, fish sauce, sugar, cooking oil, bouillon powder, unhusked purple sticky rice flour
Instructions:
- Prepare ingredients: Clean the straw mushrooms, soak them in diluted saltwater for about 10 minutes, then drain and slice thinly. Clean the river shrimp, peel and devein them, keeping only the meat, then finely chop. Trim the roots off the scallions and cilantro, wash them, and cut into short sections. Peel and finely chop the purple shallots.
- Cook shrimp and purple sticky rice congee: First, roast the purple sticky rice in a pan for about 5 minutes to enhance its aroma. This not only makes the congee more fragrant and appealing but also prevents the rice from sticking during cooking. Prepare half a pot of water and bring it to a boil. Then add watercress to blanch for about 3 minutes before scooping it into a bowl. Mix the finely chopped shrimp with 1/2 teaspoon bouillon powder, 1/3 teaspoon ground pepper, and half of the finely chopped purple shallots. Stir the ingredients together with a fork and marinate for about 15 minutes to let the shrimp absorb the flavors. Heat cooking oil in a pan until hot, add the remaining finely chopped purple shallots, stir-fry until fragrant, then add the marinated shrimp and straw mushrooms. Stir-fry while using the fork to evenly distribute the ingredients until the shrimp is cooked. Remove the mixture from the pan. Boil 1 liter of broth in a large pot. Once boiling, add the purple sticky rice and simmer over low heat until the rice is cooked and softened. Then add watercress, shrimp, and sautéed mushrooms, cooking together for about 5 minutes. Finally, adjust the seasonings to taste and turn off the heat. Feed the baby continuously for 3-5 days to improve sweating in children.
4. Strawberry Leaf Soup
According to traditional Chinese medicine, strawberry leaves are odorless and taste bland, with a cool nature that benefits the lungs and has the ability to stabilize blood pressure, heart rate, and blood sugar. They significantly reduce the risk of stroke in hypertensive individuals and complications in diabetics. Additionally, strawberry leaves help cool the body, promote liver and kidney health, and notably reduce excessive sweating.
Ingredients:
- Young strawberry leaves: 300g
- Lean pork: 200g
- Seasonings
Instructions:
- Clean and finely chop the young strawberry leaves. Mix the lean pork with seasoning and stir-fry until cooked. Add a bit of water and bring it to a boil. Then, add the strawberry leaves and simmer until cooked. Feed your baby once a day with rice for 5 days to achieve the desired results.
5. Fish Ball Congee
7. Mung Bean Porridge
According to Western medicine, mung beans are rich in anti-inflammatory compounds, complex B vitamins, and flavonoids. Mung beans promote a healthy heart, reduce the risk of breast cancer and prostate inflammation, especially preventing stomach cancer and enhancing the immune system. In traditional Chinese medicine, mung beans have the effect of replenishing vital energy, detoxifying the body, reducing swelling, treating ulcers, regulating the five internal organs, improving eyesight, and treating various diseases. Combining mung bean porridge with dried strawberry leaves will help your little one sweat less.
Ingredients:
- 200g glutinous rice
- 50g brown rice
- 200g mung beans
- Minced lean meat or shrimp, squid...
- Essential seasoning
- Dried strawberry leaves.
Instructions:
- Prepare the ingredients: Roast the mung beans, glutinous rice, and brown rice in a pot until golden, then grind into powder. Choose fresh and good-quality lean pork, finely mince, and marinate with spices.
- Cook mung bean porridge: Put dried strawberry leaves in a pot, boil with 250ml water, then strain. Mix rice flour and mung bean flour into the strained strawberry leaf water. After about 30 minutes, the porridge is completely cooked. Season to taste, then add the minced meat. Feed your child twice a day when hungry, continuously for 7 days to reduce excessive sweating in children.
8. Eel Soup
In eel meat, there are numerous highly nutritious components, rich in protein, total fat, and calories. Additionally, eel meat contains various vitamins and minerals such as Vitamin A, B1, B6, iron, sodium, potassium, and calcium, all beneficial for health. According to traditional Chinese medicine, eel meat has the ability to cool the body, nourish blood and vital energy, dispel wind, and can treat conditions like malnutrition, excessive sweating, nosebleeds, hernias, back pain, wind-related conditions, and internal hemorrhoids.
Ingredients:
- Eel: 1 large, cleaned (washed with lemon water and cut into pieces).
- 1 fragrant herb, 2 tomatoes, coriander, peas, and edamame.
- Dried shallots and minced garlic.
- 1 cup tamarind water.
- Seasonings: Fish sauce, salt, bouillon, MSG, sugar.
Instructions:
- Prepare the ingredients: Use hot water to clean the eel, removing all mucus, then gut and finely chop. Cut the fragrant herb into small, bite-sized pieces, quarter the tomatoes, and finely chop the coriander and peas.
- Cook eel soup: Boil some water and blanch the eel briefly to firm up the meat, then remove and drain. Heat a pan with a generous amount of cooking oil and fry the eel over low heat until the meat is fragrant, golden, and firm. Heat a pot, add oil, sauté the minced shallots and garlic until fragrant, then add tomatoes and fragrant herb, stir briefly. Season with 2 teaspoons of salt, 1 teaspoon of MSG, 1 teaspoon of bouillon, 2 teaspoons of sugar, and stir well. Then pour water and simmer covered until it boils. Next, add the eel, basil, peas, and edamame, simmer over low heat. Finally, add the vegetables and herbs, remember to taste and adjust the seasoning. Feed your child once a day for 3 consecutive days to treat excessive sweating caused by imbalance.
9. Black Bean Water
According to traditional Chinese medicine, black beans are considered neutral and sweet, with diuretic properties, blood pressure regulation, heat-clearing, and eye-brightening effects. Historically, drinking black bean water was believed to clear heat, detoxify, and nourish the kidneys. Additionally, modern medicine has proven that black beans are rich in vitamins A, B, C, PP, protein, carbohydrates, lipids, minerals, and essential amino acids. Black beans have various benefits such as body detoxification, treating weakness, relieving bone pain, addressing urinary issues, relieving constipation, excessive sweating, relieving headaches, and improving sleep.
Ingredients:
- Black beans, dried longans, Chinese apples.
Instructions:
- Roast 50g of black beans in a pot, then add 300ml of water along with 15g of dried longans and 5 Chinese apples. After simmering until there is slightly more than one bowl of water, pour the water into a bowl for the child to drink. Have the child drink this solution 4 times a day continuously for 3 days to improve excessive sweating issues.
10. Fish Congee
Barramundi fish contains a significant amount of essential nutrients not only for adult males and seniors but also for young children, providing crucial benefits during their developmental phase. Children are small, still in the developmental stage, and require ample calcium for bone growth. Barramundi fish, in particular, is rich in calcium, six times more than carp and ten times more than squid. Therefore, incorporating barramundi fish into the diet of children is highly beneficial. This dish also helps reduce excessive sweating in children.
Ingredients:
- 1kg live barramundi fish
- 1 bowl of white rice
- Dried seaweed, spring onions, fish sauce, ginger
Instructions:
- Prepare ingredients: Clean and prepare the barramundi fish thoroughly to eliminate any fishy taste. After removing the head and gutting the fish, rub salt on the skin to reduce the sliminess. Alternatively, briefly blanch the fish in boiling water to remove the sliminess. Soak the rice in cold water for quick cooking.
- Cook fish congee: Steam the cleaned barramundi fish until fully cooked, then remove the meat and marinate it with spices before stir-frying. Crush the barramundi bones, extract 200ml of sweet broth, add the rice, and simmer over low heat. Once the congee is cooked, add the fish meat, season to taste, bring to a boil, and turn off the heat. Feed your child when hungry, once a day, for three consecutive days.
11. Water Spinach Soup
In traditional Chinese medicine, clam meat is considered sweet, cool, nourishing Yin, and has cooling properties to eliminate toxins. It is often used for children experiencing excessive sweating and slow growth. Additionally, coriander contains compounds such as sunfua, saponin, odorin active ingredients, rich in vitamins, and has good antibacterial effects. Coriander is considered a lifesaver for treating flu and high fever, especially coriander leaves for treating asthma, sore throat, constipation, bedwetting, and addressing issues related to excessive sweating, and stopping nosebleeds.
Ingredients:
- Clam meat: 1kg
- Coriander leaves: a handful
- A few stalks of scallion flowers
- A bunch of coriander
- Tomatoes
- 1 purple onion
- Seasonings: salt, MSG, fish sauce.
Instructions:
- Prepare ingredients: Clean the clam, steam until cooked, extract the juice from inside the clam. Then clean the clam meat, cut it into small pieces, marinate with spices, and stir-fry until cooked. Clean the coriander leaves and cut them into bite-sized pieces. Wash the coriander thoroughly. Cut tomatoes into wedges, finely chop scallion flowers, and coriander.
- Cook clam and coriander soup: Sauté the purple onion and the white part of the scallion flowers until fragrant. Add the clam to stir-fry until firm, then set aside. Boil the filtered clam water and add the fried clam, tomatoes, coriander leaves, season with salt, MSG, and fish sauce. After turning off the heat, sprinkle scallion flowers and coriander, then ladle into a bowl. Serve hot or cold. Feed your child once a day for 5 consecutive days for effective results.
12. Rice Congee with Maitake Mushroom and Minced Meat
In traditional Chinese medicine, maitake mushroom is considered sweet, with a balanced nature, entering the meridians, large intestine, liver, and kidneys. It has the effect of cooling the blood and stopping bleeding caused by impact or injury. Therefore, maitake mushrooms are used in folk remedies to treat various illnesses, with a notable effectiveness in improving the condition of excessive sweating in young children. By using maitake mushrooms to treat excessive sweating in young children, mothers can prepare a congee with maitake mushrooms and minced meat, making it easy for children to eat and enriching their daily meals.
Ingredients:
- 30g minced meat
- 1 handful of glutinous rice
- 1 handful of brown rice
- 2 ears of maitake mushrooms (soaked in water, expanded, and finely chopped)
- 6 red apples and a little olive oil.
Instructions:
- Prepare ingredients: Soak the maitake mushrooms in water, clean, and finely chop. Marinate the minced meat with spices for 10 minutes.
- Cook rice congee with maitake mushrooms and minced meat: Stir-fry the minced meat with maitake mushrooms. Then, cook the congee. Once the congee is cooked, add the minced meat, maitake mushrooms, and red apples. Cook until the congee is soft. Feed your child when hungry, once a day, and continue for 3 consecutive days for effectiveness.
