Top 16 Folk Remedies for Diarrhea in Young Children

After buying apricot leaves, remember to wash them under running water and soak them in salty water for about 5 minutes. Then, drain and clean before use.

Next, finely chop the apricot leaves into a bowl and add one chicken egg, a pinch of salt (just enough for taste), mix well. Cook evenly on both sides until the egg and apricot leaves are cooked, take it out for the baby to eat (twice a day).

Roast brown rice without husk until golden. After it becomes fragrant, turn off the heat and store it in a container for later use. Each time, use about 100g of roasted rice, cook it with 2 liters of water and a pinch of salt.

Cook until the rice is soft. Then, give this water to the child to drink, about 5-7 times a day, and recovery can be observed within 3-5 days.

Take about 100g of fresh ginger (or 30g of dried ginger) and add 5g of dried tea leaves. Boil these with 800g of water until only 2/3 of the water remains. Then add 15g of rice vinegar, divide it for the child to drink 3 times a day.

Using fresh ginger will help the child recover quickly. Ginger also has the ability to counteract alcohol, treat mouth ulcers, deworm, and alleviate foot odor...

After cleaning, finely chop a cup of milkweed leaves and put them in a pot with 2 cups of water, boil for 15 minutes. Use this water to treat diarrhea 3 times a day, 1/4 cup each time for children from 2-6 years old and 1/2 cup for children 7-12 years old.

Using the extracted water from these leaves for the child to drink will alleviate stomach pain caused by diarrhea, and blood circulation will also improve.

Slice green persimmons into thin pieces, sun-dry and roast until golden for gradual use. Each time, take about 10 slices, infuse with your drink, making sure the liquid submerges the persimmons. Drink twice a day. Caution: dilute for young children.

When your baby is experiencing persistent diarrhea, you can take a handful of rice and finely chopped carrots, roast them, then boil in water with a pinch of salt for your baby to drink and alleviate diarrhea.

Milk grass: 20g, cat's ear mushroom: 5 ears, green pigeon pea: 50g. Clean the milk grass, soak the cat's ear mushroom until it expands, then wash and cut it into long, thin pieces.

In parallel, use two pans on two stoves: one for roasting green pigeon peas, one for roasting cat's ear mushroom, and finally, roast the milk grass. Put these three ingredients into a pot, simmer with 3 small bowls of water over low heat until it reduces to 1.5 bowls, and give it to your baby to drink throughout the day. Note not to keep the water for the next day.

Carrot is considered a precious remedy used to treat various diseases, including diarrhea. The large amount of Pectin in carrots, when entering the intestines, expands into a gel-like substance with the ability to soothe intestinal peristalsis, helping to control diarrhea. This nutrient also creates favorable conditions for the development of indigenous bacteria, overpowering foreign bacteria and putrefactive bacteria in the aging intestines.

Moreover, the Pectin in carrots helps the intestinal mucosa recover quickly. Additionally, carrots contain a significant amount of minerals, especially potassium, which can compensate for the electrolytes lost during diarrhea.

How to make carrot soup: Take 500 grams of carrots, wash, peel, cut into thin slices, simmer over low heat with 2 liters of water for 1 hour until it reduces to 1 liter, then remove the carrots, grind thoroughly, strain through a thin cloth, remove the residue, add 3 grams of salt, then boil again for use.

For little ones experiencing persistent diarrhea, dehydration, excessive thirst, mild fever, yellow urine, abdominal cramps, bloating, and a burning sensation in the anus, mothers can simmer 16g of peach leaves and 8g of peach blossoms in 500ml of water until it reduces to 200ml. Divide and administer it in two doses throughout the day.

Even after the diarrhea stops, it's advisable for mothers to continue the remedy for about 2 days to stabilize the digestive system while gradually reintroducing a low-fat diet to the child.

Sesame tree bark possesses remarkable abilities to treat diarrhea in young children. After scraping and cleaning the bark, slice it thinly, and sun-dry it. Use about 8-10 grams per infusion, simmered in half a liter of water until it reduces to 100ml. Administer this remedy to the child 2-3 times daily.

Mothers can give their infants guava leaf water and feed them mashed green plantains mixed with porridge. Extract guava leaf water by squeezing the guava pulp and allowing the baby to sip a small amount in a cup.

Periodically offer the beverage throughout the day for 3 consecutive days. Peel the outer layer of green plantains, leaving the inner green layer, mash, mix with porridge, and simmer for a few minutes until cooked. Feed this porridge to the baby for 3 days, and improvements should be noticeable.

Fresh or dried purslane leaves have the ability to remedy diarrhea in infants. Take 20-30 grams of fresh purslane leaves or 6-12 grams of dried purslane leaves, steep them with 400ml of water. Stop when there's 100ml left, let it cool, and give it to the child twice a day.

Water spinach, a familiar leafy green, especially in rural areas, often grows wild without much cultivation. Water spinach is cool, consuming it daily as a regular vegetable or cooking it into porridge helps prevent intestinal diseases, including diarrhea.

When experiencing frequent diarrhea accompanied by abdominal pain, using water spinach is an effective remedy. Fresh water spinach, combined with pigweed, can be consumed as a replacement for daily water. In cases of bloody diarrhea, supplement it with pennywort, asiatic pennywort, and drink them together.

Fresh pomegranate leaves: 30g. Fresh ginger: 12g. Table salt: 3g. Steep in two bowls of water and divide for two doses per day. Continue until the child fully recovers.

Fresh turnip greens: 120g. Dried mandarin peel: 30g. Boil these two types of leaves together, strain, and collect two bowls of water for consumption twice a day. After 2-3 days of medication, the illness will be cured.

Ingredients: 10 mangosteen peels

Instructions: Take about 10 peels and put them in an earthen pot, seal tightly with a banana leaf. Then boil until the water is very dark, give it to the child to drink 3-4 cups every day.

Note: Mothers should take the child to the doctor if the diarrhea is severe, prolonged, the child is dehydrated (dry tongue or lips, reduced urination, etc.).