Several small ways to help the elderly increase their appetite

　　First, as age increases, the taste buds on the tongue of the elderly will gradually degenerate, so the tongue's response to food perception gradually weakens. Second, the decline in digestive function of the elderly will lead to stomach coldness and loss of appetite. Sometimes, the elderly who have taken too much antifungal powder (such as Coptis chinensis, etc.) will lose their appetite and are most afraid of eating raw, cold or greasy food.

　　For different reasons, here are several practical methods to help the elderly increase their appetite.

　　If an elderly person is particularly afraid of eating cold or greasy food when eating, it may be that the stomach is too cold and the calories are insufficient. At this time, you can choose ginger and cardamom as seasonings for the dishes, which can warm the stomach and dispel cold, stimulate the sense of taste, enhance appetite, and reduce greasiness. Ginger can be added to dishes and dumplings, or made into ginger soup; cardamom is generally used in soup.

　　If the elderly suffer from poor absorption and indigestion due to decreased digestive system function, they can choose some stomach-invigorating and digestible foods such as hawthorn, tangerine peel, and divine music to regulate digestive function.

　　Fresh hawthorn can be eaten as a snack, dried hawthorn can be soaked in water or boiled into soup; dried tangerine peel can be cut into shreds and used as a drink; Shenqu can be used to drink water or make soup. If the elderly can drink a cup of hawthorn juice or tangerine peel tea about half an hour before meals, the effect will be better.

　　The absorption of the digestive system mainly depends on the spleen and stomach, so regulating the function of the spleen and stomach will directly affect the taste and appetite of the elderly. You can decoct cinnamon, dried ginger, yam, licorice, green bark, and atractylodes. Each flavor is about 9 grams. Take it twice a day for half a month to a month. It can play a role to a certain extent, stimulate the taste bud reaction, thereby increasing their appetite.

　　In addition, regular massage of the Zusanli point is also one of the ways to improve the function of the spleen and stomach. Zusanli is located 3 inches below the outer knee and about a finger across the outside of the tibia. When massaging, you can put the tip of your thumb on the Zusanli point, press it as hard as you can, and then push the muscles, do this 7 times in a row, alternating on both sides.

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