Traditional Chinese medicine treats excessive gastric acid, these folk remedies are effective

Many people have stomach problems, which are related to long-term bad eating habits. In addition, stomach problems are difficult to treat and hard to cure. Gastric acid is also a stomach problem that troubles many people. You can take the following folk remedies to treat it and pay attention to a reasonable diet.

1. Zuojin Pills

Prescription: Evodia rutaecarpa 2g, Coptis chinensis 10g.

Efficacy: Soothe the liver and clear away heat, reduce acidity and stop vomiting.

Indications: gastric and duodenal inflammation, ulcers, Helicobacter pylori positive. Clinical symptoms include stomach pain, vomiting, and heartburn.

Explanation of the prescription: Evodia rutaecarpa is pungent, bitter and hot in nature. It has the functions of warming the middle and relieving pain, soothing the liver and regulating qi, harmonizing the stomach and stopping vomiting. Modern pharmacological research shows that it has the effects of relieving spasms and relieving pain, inhibiting gastric motility and stopping vomiting, anti-ulcer and inhibiting gastric acid.

Coptis chinensis is bitter and cold, clears stomach heat and dries dampness, drains liver and stomach fire and detoxifies damp heat. Modern pharmacological research shows that Coptis chinensis has many effects such as anti-inflammatory, anti-exudation, inhibition of Helicobacter pylori, anti-ulcer, regulation of gastric motility, antispasmodic and analgesic.

The two medicines are used together to relieve liver depression, drain liver fire, clear dampness and heat in the stomach, reduce nausea and vomiting, and relieve pain and acid. Evodia rutaecarpa is pungent and hot, while Coptis chinensis is bitter and cold. One is pungent and the other is bitter, which Chinese medicine calls "pungent opening and bitter descending" or "pungent opening and bitter purging". Moreover, one is cold and the other is hot, with cold as the main factor and heat as the auxiliary factor, which is called cold and heat counter-assistance, and Evodia rutaecarpa counter-assistance to Coptis chinensis.

Additions and subtractions: For severe stomach pain, add tangerine peel, bergamot, white peony root, etc. to increase the effect of regulating qi and relieving pain (antispasmodic); for severe stomach heat, add scutellaria baicalensis, dandelion, gardenia, honeysuckle, Scutellaria barbata, Hedyotis diffusa, etc. to enhance the heat-clearing and antibacterial effects; for severe stomach acid, add galangal and scutellaria baicalensis.

2. Corrugated Soup

Prescription: 30g calcined Corrugated seeds, 30g Yuanhu, 10g roasted Licorice root.

Efficacy: Eliminate phlegm and blood stasis, reduce acidity and relieve pain.

Indications: Excessive gastric acid in various gastritis and ulcer diseases, manifested as heartburn, acid reflux or noisy stomach. It can be used for both cold, heat, deficiency and excess.

3. Ginger and lian soup

Prescription: dried ginger and coptis chinensis.

Efficacy: Pungent in nature, bitter in nature, clearing away heat and relieving abdominal distension.

Indications: Chronic gastritis, ulcers, enteritis belonging to the middle burner, cold and heat syndrome. Symptoms include fullness and distension under the heart, heartburn or noisy feeling, or intestinal rumbling and diarrhea.

Explanation of the prescription: Coptis chinensis has the functions of purging fire, detoxifying, clearing away heat and drying dampness. Dried ginger warms the spleen yang and eliminates internal cold. The two medicines are used together for the cold and hot effects, with the pungent effect opening up the body and the bitter effect descending the body, together they have the effect of balancing the cold and heat, purging heat and eliminating abdominal distension, and strengthening the stomach and thickening the intestines. This pair of medicines is a good pair of medicines that are pungent in nature, bitter in nature, clearing away heat and relieving abdominal distension, regulating gastrointestinal function, and relieving inflammation, spasm, acid and pain.

4. Ubesan

Prescription: cuttlefish bone, Zhejiang Fritillary (Chuan Fritillary may also be used).

Efficacy: Eliminate phlegm and resolve nodules, reduce acid and stop bleeding.

Indications: It can be used for indigestion, gastritis, excessive stomach acid in gastric ulcer, with symptoms of heartburn or heartburn, or noisy feeling, regardless of cold or heat.

5. Wuleng Soup

Prescription: cuttlefish bone and calcined corrugated paper.

Efficacy: Disperses lumps and eliminates phlegm, reduces acidity and stops bleeding.

Indications: It can be used for patients with stomach problems and excessive gastric acid, regardless of cold or heat.

Explanation of the prescription: Both medicines contain a large amount of calcium carbonate and are alkaline drugs. Therefore, it can neutralize stomach acid and has a strong antacid effect.