What Chinese medicine should I take to relieve bloating and excessive farts?

Everyone knows the feeling of bloating. It's like your stomach is a balloon that keeps inflating, and eventually it becomes so swollen that it's painful. In fact, there are many cases of stomach bloating in life. For example, eating a lot of beans will cause stomach bloating. Of course, this kind of stomach bloating is not pathological. To treat stomach bloating, medication should be the main treatment. So what Chinese medicine should I take for bloating and farting?

What medicine to take for bloating

1. Western medicines that patients with bloating can choose

Lactase (Table Fermin). Used to aid digestion, bloating, and mild diarrhea. Oral administration, 2-3 tablets each time (0.3 g each tablet), before meals, 3 times a day.

Cisapride (Pribos). It is a new generation of gastrokinetic drug with the same mechanism of action and application scope as domperidone, but its efficacy is 3-4 times greater. Oral administration, 2 tablets each time, 3 times a day, before meals.

Dried yeast flakes. Used to aid digestion and relieve bloating. Oral administration, 1-2 grams each time (one tablet contains 0.5 grams), 3 times a day.

2. Chinese patent medicines that can be used by patients with gastric bloating

Po Chai Pills. It has the effect of digesting food and relieving constipation, and can treat stomach and abdominal bloating, bad breath, burping with a rotten smell, frequent farting, thick and greasy tongue coating, etc. Oral administration, 1-2 bottles each time (1.85 grams per bottle), 3 times a day.

Xiangsha Yangwei Pills. Warms the middle and harmonizes the stomach. It is used for loss of appetite, abdominal distension or acid swallowing. Oral administration, 9 grams each time, twice a day.

Muxiang Shunqi Pills. It promotes the flow of qi and eliminates dampness, strengthens the spleen and harmonizes the stomach. It is used for abdominal distension, nausea and belching. Oral administration, 6-9 grams each time, 2-3 times a day.

Chaihu Shugan Pills. It can soothe the liver and regulate qi, relieve bloating and relieve pain. It is used to treat qi stagnation, chest and flank distension, loss of appetite, and vomiting of acid water. Oral administration, 1 pill each time, twice a day.

3. Patients with bloating should drink warm water

When you have bloating, you can drink some warm or hot water, which will help expel stomach gas and relieve bloating discomfort.

4. Patients with bloating can drink a spoonful of vinegar

Drink vinegar. Mix one tablespoon of pure apple cider vinegar with a glass of water and sip it during meals to aid digestion. You can also drink a glass of lemon water when you wake up in the morning, it also has therapeutic and blood-purifying effects.

5. Patients with bloating should pay attention to their diet

In terms of diet, patients with bloating should have a reasonable combination of three meals a day, and eat evenly during hunger and fullness. Generally, it is enough to eat until they are 80% full. Do not overeat to adapt to the digestive capacity of the stomach and intestines, so as to avoid indigestion and bloating.