What vegetables are better for spleen and stomach dampness and coldness?

Many people with damp and cold spleen and stomach are afraid to eat too many vegetables, thinking that vegetables are very harmful to the stomach. In fact, some vegetables can warm the stomach. So what are the better foods for people with damp and cold spleen and stomach?

1. Pumpkin

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pumpkin is warm in nature, sweet in taste and non-toxic. It enters the spleen and stomach meridians. It can moisten the lungs and replenish qi, resolve phlegm and discharge pus, expel parasites and detoxify, cure cough and asthma, treat lung abscess and constipation, and has diuretic and beauty effects. In addition, pumpkin can promote gastrointestinal motility and help digest food. At the same time, the pectin in it can protect people from the irritation of rough food and protect our gastric mucosa.

2. Leek

Leek not only contains antibiotics and has the effects of seasoning and sterilization, but is also a good invigorating tonic, with stomachic and aphrodisiac functions. Leek is a seasonal vegetable in spring. It can be made into a soup with ginger and milk. It can warm the middle and dispel cold, strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach. It is a health-preserving drink in early spring. It is also an auxiliary conditioning food for chronic gastritis of stomach cold type and duodenal ulcer, which is characterized by cold pain in the stomach, vomiting of clear water, abdominal distension after eating, severe pain after eating cold food, and relieved pain after eating warm food.

3. Lotus root

Now is the season when winter lotus roots are on the market. The white, round, smooth and delicious fresh lotus root is a common guest on the tables of citizens in winter. Lotus root has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, nourishing the heart and calming the mind, and relieving restlessness and heat. Fresh lotus root is cool in nature, and it is difficult to digest when eaten raw or served cold. Therefore, people with weak spleen and cold stomach, and those who are prone to diarrhea, should eat cooked lotus root.

4. Ginger

Ginger has the effects of removing cold, removing fishy smell, stopping vomiting, inducing sweating, stopping coughing, and stopping nausea. Ginger peel is diuretic and can treat bacillary dysentery. Leave the ginger peel for hot dysentery and scrape off the ginger peel for cold dysentery. Since ginger has an ascending nature, it should not be eaten at night, because at night the human energy is restrained, so it is not advisable to go against the trend and ascend. Boil 3 slices of ginger and 10 red dates in water and drink it to treat stomach and duodenal ulcers and diarrhea caused by spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, which is often very effective.

5. Yam

If you have a cold stomach, you can eat more yam. Yam nourishes the spleen and stomach, promotes fluid production and benefits the lungs. You can eat yam stewed with pork ribs twice a week, or you can cook it into porridge with rice, millet and dates. Fried yam can nourish the spleen and strengthen the stomach, and is used to treat symptoms such as spleen deficiency, poor appetite, diarrhea, loose stools, and excessive leucorrhea. Yam is rich in hormone-like ingredients and is currently a popular anti-aging health food.

6. Taro

Taro, also known as taro, is said in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that taro "tastes spicy, smooth, and slightly poisonous" and can "relax the intestines and stomach, fill the skin, lubricate the stomach, eat it cold, cure restlessness and thirst, make people fat and white, stimulate the appetite, and clear the intestines; eating it can break up blood for postpartum women, and drinking the juice can stop blood thirst, break up old blood, and remove dead skin." It is suitable for men, women, young and old, especially pregnant women and people with weak spleen and stomach.