How to treat long-term stomach fire

People who have excessive stomach fire for a long time are prone to various diseases, which is also closely related to their own diet and lifestyle. Therefore, for friends with excessive stomach fire, they must have a regular diet. They can adopt the method of combining diet therapy and drug therapy at the same time, and the effect will be more obvious. It is not advisable to eat spicy and irritating foods. The diet should be light and simple, so that they can recover as soon as possible.

1. Stomach Fire

There are many types of stomach heat, also called stomach fire, which have many causes, the most common of which is evil heat invading the stomach.

Being addicted to alcohol, overeating spicy food, and overeating fatty and greasy food can also cause stomach fire. Blood stasis, phlegm, food accumulation, etc. coagulate locally, leading to poor stomach qi and obstructed blood flow, which can all cause stomach heat.

In addition, if there is fire in the liver and gallbladder and the liver qi is not smooth, it is possible that the liver will not follow the original path, but will "take a detour" to invade the stomach, which can also cause stomach heat.

Heat in the stomach not only digests food quickly, but also consumes body fluids, which often manifest as abdominal distension, abdominal pain, sour gas, thirst, and bad breath.

Or you may particularly like to drink cold drinks, eat a lot but get hungry easily, as well as symptoms such as swollen and painful gums, short and dark urine, constipation, red tongue, and rapid pulse.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that stomach fire regulation should follow the principles of clearing heat and clearing stagnation.

You should eat in moderation, eat less hot foods, and eat less sweet and greasy foods.

The diet should include more yellow-green vegetables and seasonal fruits to supplement the deficiency of vitamins and inorganic salts, and proper attention should be paid to oral hygiene.

In terms of medical treatment, you can use Chuanlian, Juncihua, lotus seed core, Ophiopogon japonicus, etc. to relieve stomach fire.

Stomach fire is mainly caused by diet, such as overeating of fatty and greasy foods, wine and cheese, and fried foods, which result in excessive energy and accumulation of heat.

Diet is a necessary condition for human survival and maintaining health. Daily diet is the source of qi, blood, and body fluids for the human body. Therefore, diet is the material basis for maintaining human life activities.

However, there should be a certain degree of moderation in diet. Improper diet is often the cause of disease and is also the main factor in the increase of heat syndrome at present.

The so-called improper diet refers to irregular eating, or being too hungry or too full, or eating too soft or too hard.

The raging stomach fire can cause inflammation in the stomach meridian of foot yangming.

High-calorie foods will cause internal heat. When you have internal heat, you should not eat too much low-water foods, such as fried foods, biscuits, peanuts and other nuts.

2. Principles of regulating stomach fire

The regulation of stomach fire should follow the principles of clearing heat and clearing stagnation. You should be moderate in your diet, eat less hot foods, and eat less sweet and greasy foods.

The diet should include more yellow-green vegetables and seasonal fruits to supplement the deficiency of vitamins and inorganic salts, and proper attention should be paid to oral hygiene.

In terms of medical treatment, you can use Chuanlian, Juncihua, lotus seed core, Ophiopogon japonicus, etc. to relieve heat.

Heat-reducing food recipes

Fresh radish juice, mung bean porridge, and watermelon.

Modern research shows that radish has obvious antibacterial effects. Taixuan health experts suggest that radish juice is spicy, sweet and cool in nature, and belongs to the lung and stomach meridians. People with stomach fire can drink radish juice for conditioning and treatment.

However, it is not suitable for people with mouth ulcers caused by spleen and stomach deficiency and cold. Mung bean porridge has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, relieving heat and thirst, clearing the heart and purging fire, and can clear the fire in the heart and stomach.

Lotus seeds, water chestnuts, yam, etc. are all foods that strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite. Watercress, lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, loquats, etc. are all foods that are easy to digest.

People with excessive stomach fire can also reduce stomach fire by eating watermelon in the midwinter season.

Stomach fire is mostly caused by evil heat invading the stomach, or by drinking too much, eating spicy food, or overeating rich and greasy food, which help fire to generate heat, or by qi stagnation, blood stasis, phlegm, dampness, food accumulation, etc., which turn into heat and fire, all of which can lead to stomach heat (stomach fire).