Food Remedies for Children with Tonsillitis: What to Eat?

Tonsillitis can occur in anyone and at any age stage, but it is most common in children. After tonsillitis occurs in children, they may experience sore throat and difficulty swallowing food, which can directly affect their diet. In addition to promptly seeking medical treatment for tonsillitis, parents can also alleviate their child's condition through dietary methods, encouraging them to eat more foods that clear heat. Here are some dietary recipes for tonsillitis in children:

Ingredients: Half a cucumber, appropriate amount of rice, a small amount of fresh corn kernels.

Preparation: First, cut the cucumber into small cubes. Soak the rice and corn kernels for half an hour. Then boil a pot of water. After the water boils, add the soaked rice and fresh corn kernels. Boil over high heat, then reduce the heat and simmer slowly. When the porridge is cooked to 80% done, add the cucumber cubes and boil over high heat. Stir constantly with a spoon in the same direction while cooking. When the porridge is sticky, turn off the heat and let it stew for a while.

Effect: Light and easy to digest, cooling and relieving heat.

Ingredients: 1 fresh pear, 30 grams of reed rhizome, 30 grams of Imperata cylindrica rhizome, 15 grams of kudzu root.

Preparation: Slice the fresh pear and put all four ingredients into a pot. Add two bowls of water and boil for 20 minutes.

Effect: It has the function of clearing heat, lubricating the lungs, relieving throat pain, and has a good therapeutic effect on tonsillitis in babies.

Ingredients: 40 grams of dandelion, 15 grams of honeysuckle, 50 grams of rice.

Preparation: First, boil the dandelion and honeysuckle together, remove the dregs and take the juice. Then add the washed rice to cook into a porridge. It can be eaten twice a day, warmed before consumption.

Effect: It has the function of relieving sore throat, reducing swelling, clearing heat and detoxifying. It is contraindicated for babies with deficiency-cold diarrhea.

Ingredients: 15 grams of honeysuckle, 100 grams of rice, appropriate amount of sugar.

Preparation: Wash the honeysuckle, add an appropriate amount of water, soak for 5-10 minutes, boil and take the juice. Add rice to cook into a porridge. When it is cooked, add sugar and boil again. It can be taken 1-2 times a day for 3-5 consecutive days.

Effect: Honeysuckle has the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying, dispersing wind-heat, cooling blood and stopping bleeding.