What causes stomach pain in the middle of the night?

Some people often feel stomach discomfort in the middle of the night and are often woken up by pain. They can only relieve the pain by taking medicine or hanging an IV. Stomach pain at night is mostly caused by catching cold, eating irritating and cold food, and the stomach is weak. The body's immunity is low at night, so it is easy for cold air to enter the body and cause stomach discomfort, pain, and heartburn symptoms. So how to prevent stomach pain at night?

Some people's stomachs hurt a lot at night, making it very difficult for patients to bear this feeling. Gastroenterologists have made some explanations for everyone, hoping that patients can understand the reasons for stomach pain at night. 1. Weak spleen and stomach, insufficient constitution, excessive fatigue, dietary damage, long-term illness that damages the spleen and stomach, or insufficient kidney yang and lack of warmth can all cause weak spleen and stomach, and coldness in the middle burner, causing the stomach to lose warmth and pain. 2. Diet hurts the stomach. Irregular diet and overeating can damage the spleen and stomach, cause endogenous food stagnation, and lead to blockage of Qi in the middle of the body, causing disharmony and pain in the stomach. 3. Exogenous cold evil causes the abdomen to get cold, and the cold evil invades the stomach; excessive intake of cold medicine will damage the middle part of the body, causing stagnation of Qi, and stomach disharmony and pain. 4. Liver Qi attacks the stomach, worry, anger, and emotional frustration cause the liver to fail to release Qi, Qi movement is blocked, and the stomach is attacked, causing the stomach to fail to harmonize and descend, resulting in stomach pain.

What should you do if you have stomach pain and nausea in the middle of the night? Experts give the following suggestions on diet.

It is best to cook food by steaming, boiling or stewing. Do not eat fried food. Also, do not eat food with too high calories, as it will increase the burden and is not conducive to the treatment of stomach problems.

Don't eat hard food as it will cause indigestion.

Do not eat cold food, and try not to drink milk and some beverages after they are expired, as the bacteria in them may damage the stomach.

If you do the above points in your daily life, stomach pain will rarely occur.

Generally, cold evil invades at night, especially in the second half of the night. Due to long-term irregular and unrestrained eating and living habits, the yin and yang are out of balance, the gallbladder contraction function is weakened, the gallbladder cannot be fully emptied, and some bile retrogrades into the stomach and acts with gastric acid to damage the gastric mucosal barrier and form gastric ulcers, so you will feel uncomfortable. The root cause is in the gallbladder. The gallbladder meridian is on duty in the second half of the night, and the gallbladder is often neglected. Take some free time to pick some shrubs in the countryside and bring back some bitter herbs to make soup or boil water in an induction cooker. Usually, the diet should be light, eat small meals frequently, avoid overeating, be sure to eat breakfast in the morning, and try to rest early at night.