"Looking for Quick Relief from Stomach Ache? Try These 6 Delicious Food-Based Remedies!"
Stomach pain is a common ailment experienced by modern individuals. Many are accustomed to taking painkillers when they experience stomach discomfort. However, relying solely on painkillers provides a temporary solution. If you aim to address stomach pain effectively, dietary therapy is the preferred approach. Today, I will introduce six dietary therapies for treating stomach pain.
1. Tremella and Red Date Porridge
Ingredients: 20g Tremella, 10g Red Dates, 150g Glutinous Rice. Prepare as a regular porridge. Suitable for those with stomach pain caused by spleen and stomach weakness.
2. Lotus Seed Porridge
Ingredients: 30g Lotus Seeds, 100g Rice. Cook as a regular porridge and consume daily for a month. Suitable for individuals with weak spleen and stomach.
3. "Three Herbs" Braised Pork Ribs
Ingredients & Preparation: 10g each of Malt, Hawthorn, Radish Seed, and Dried Tangerine Peel. Boil into a soup, then add radish and pork ribs to cook until done.
4. Spleen and Stomach Strengthening Soup
Ingredients & Preparation: 15g Codonopsis pilosula, 15g Poria cocos, 6g each of Dried Tangerine Peel, Amomum villosum, and Fructus Amomi. Add appropriate amounts of pork and green radish to boil into a soup.
5. Brasenia schreberi Soup
Ingredients: 250g Brasenia schreberi, 25g Bamboo Shoots, 20g Mushrooms, 15g Pickled Mustard. Wash and slice the vegetables; shred the bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and pickled mustard. Bring fresh broth to a boil, add the shredded ingredients, let it boil, then add water shields. Once boiling, season with salt and drizzle with sesame oil. This light and delicious soup aids in nausea, diarrhea, and detoxification, suitable as an adjunctive dietary therapy for gastric and duodenal ulcers, stomach pain, vomiting, and hypertension.
6. Double Fish Soup
Method: 100g Fish Maw and 100g Fresh Houttuynia cordata. Soak the fish maw for half a day, then slice thinly. Add 1500ml water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for about 50 minutes. Add the fresh Houttuynia cordata and cook for an additional 10 minutes. Season and briefly scald the fish maw before serving.
How to Alleviate Stomach Pain?
1. Stomach patients should avoid smoking, alcohol, coffee, strong tea, carbonated beverages (soda), spicy, and sour foods, which are the most harmful to the stomach. The spleen and stomach prefer warmth; thus, cold drinks and ice cream must also be avoided. Eating warm food is a challenge for anyone, especially during hot summer days.
2. Drink two beverages regularly: milk and hot water. Milk can form a protective film in the stomach. It's best to drink a glass of milk every morning after waking up. Drink plenty of water, especially hot water, as dehydration is often mistaken for hunger.
3. Individuals with stomach conditions should refrain from exercising after meals. It's best to rest until the food in the stomach is nearly digested before starting work or engaging in light walks, which also aids digestion. In summary, working immediately after meals is not advisable.
4. In non-acute cases, medication is not recommended due to potential long-term side effects. Stomach problems are chronic and cannot be cured in the short term. If necessary, consider consulting a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner, as TCM prescriptions are particularly effective in nourishing the stomach.
