Symptoms of stomach cold, do you have stomach cold?

Many people have experienced stomach pain, nausea, and vomiting, but you don’t know what’s going on. You may have a cold stomach. A cold stomach can cause frequent stomach pain, which requires some dietary adjustments and drinking some stomach-warming medicine or tea.

1. Stomach cold and vomiting

Disease name. Vomiting is caused by insufficient true yang and the inability of the spleen and stomach to transport and transform food and water. See "Discussion on Vomiting Based on Symptoms, Causes and Pulse Treatment". The symptoms include fear of cold and love of heat, loss of appetite, vomiting when exposed to cold, cold limbs, clear bowel movements, no thirst, no dry lips, undigested food, no smelly vomit, and a deep and slow pulse. For those with insufficient true yang, Bawei Shenqi Pills are suitable; for those with weak spleen and stomach, Lizhong Decoction and Sini Decoction are suitable. See the article on vomiting caused by cold.

2. Stomach cold and nausea

Disease name. One of the types of nausea and vomiting. It is mostly because women usually have weak spleen and stomach, which leads to blockage of the uterine gate after pregnancy, internal obstruction of visceral qi, and upward flow of cold fluid. Symptoms include vomiting of clear water, fatigue, fear of cold, preference for hot drinks, pale complexion, cold limbs and lying down. The treatment is to warm the stomach and stop vomiting. The prescription uses dried ginger, ginseng and pinellia pills.

3. Stomach pain

The pain is often caused by cold weather, cold food and cold products. The pain is accompanied by a cold feeling in the stomach, and the symptoms are relieved when warm. Stomach cold and nausea are mostly caused by women's usually weak spleen and stomach, which leads to blockage of the uterine gate after pregnancy, internal obstruction of visceral qi, and upward movement of cold fluids.

Chinese medicine experts recommend: Four good prescriptions for treating stomach cold

1. Cinnamon brown sugar drink:

Boil 15 grams of cinnamon in water, remove the residue and take the juice, add 10 grams of brown sugar, mix well and drink hot. This drink has the effect of warming the stomach and dispelling cold, and can treat stomach pain, bloating, etc. caused by cold stomach.

2. White pepper and red dates:

Take 10 jujubes (pitted), put 5 white peppercorns in each jujube, steam them until cooked, then mash them into mung bean-sized balls, take 7 to 10 balls each time. This pill has the effect of warming the stomach and replenishing blood, and can treat stomach pain caused by cold.

3. Black chicken stew with cardamom:

1 black-bone chicken (about 500 grams), remove the hair and internal organs and wash it; put 5 grams of apple and cardamom into the belly of the black-bone chicken, seal the incision with a toothpick, add appropriate amount of water and cook until cooked, season and serve. This meal has the effect of warming the middle and dispersing cold, strengthening the stomach and relieving pain. It can be eaten for stomach problems caused by cold evil, or stomach cold and stomach pain caused by drinking cold food.

4. Dried ginger, jujube, and astragalus mutton:

100 grams of mutton cut into pieces, 6 grams of astragalus, 10 dates (pitted), and 5 grams of dried ginger. Add appropriate amount of water to the above ingredients and stew until cooked, then season and eat. This porridge has the effects of warming the yang, replenishing qi and strengthening the stomach. It can treat symptoms such as stomachache caused by deficiency and cold, chills in the limbs, etc.