"What Are the Traditional Folk Remedies for Treating Gastric Ptosis?"

Gastroptosis is not uncommon in daily life, but it cannot be cured immediately and relies on gradual adjustment. Today, I will recommend six folk remedies for treating gastroptosis that you may want to try.

Six Folk Remedies for Gastroptosis

1. Zhishi Baizhu Drink
Ingredients: 15g each of ginger, raw malt, raw shenshu, and raw hawthorn.
Preparation: Boil all ingredients in water once daily, divided into three doses, taken half an hour before meals. This remedy is particularly effective for those with upper abdominal distension, gurgling sounds (water sounds), worsening after meals, poor appetite, fatigue, and thick, greasy tongue coating.

2. Lotus Seed and Yam Porridge
Ingredients: 1 pig's stomach, 50g lotus seeds, 50g yam, 100g glutinous rice.
Preparation: Clean and dice the pig's stomach, crush the lotus seeds and yam. Place the glutinous rice and pig's stomach in a pot, add water, and simmer over low heat until cooked. Serve twice daily, alternating days, with one dose per day. Ten days constitute a treatment course. Pig's stomach is an important product for nourishing the spleen and stomach. Yam, lotus seeds, and glutinous rice have the effects of nourishing qi and yin, making this remedy especially effective for patients with gastroptosis due to spleen and stomach weakness.

3. Cangzhu Drink
Ingredients: 20g Cangzhu (Atractylodes lancea).
Preparation: Boil Cangzhu in water as a tea substitute or steep repeatedly for three infusions per dose. Take one dose daily. Continuous consumption for one month is effective. This remedy's greatest feature is its ability to dispel dampness and warm the stomach, making it highly effective for patients with gastroptosis due to insufficient stomach yang. However, it is not recommended for patients with thirst, constipation, excessive sweating, and irritability.

4. Longan Meat Steamed Egg
Ingredients: 6g longan meat, 1 egg.
Preparation: Shell the fresh egg and place it in a small bowl. Add a little sugar and steam for about 3 minutes. When the egg is semi-cooked, insert the longan meat into the yolk and continue steaming for 10 minutes. Consume as a snack once daily. This recipe can strengthen yang, nourish qi, replenish the heart and spleen, nourish blood, and calm the nerves, providing dietary therapy for gastroptosis.

5. Pig's Stomach and Astragalus Soup
Ingredients: 1 pig's stomach, 200g astragalus, 30g dried orange peel.
Preparation: Clean the pig's stomach and remove the fat membrane. Wrap the astragalus and dried orange peel in gauze and place inside the pig's stomach. Tie with string, add water, and simmer over low heat until the pig's stomach is cooked. Add appropriate seasonings, and consume the soup while hot, divided into four portions over two days. Five pig's stomachs constitute a treatment course. Astragalus nourishes qi, dried orange peel regulates qi, and pig's stomach nourishes the middle jiao, making this remedy effective for general gastroptosis patients.

6. Braised Pig's Stomach with Longan Meat
Ingredients: 100g longan meat, 1 pig's stomach.
Preparation: Braise the ingredients together and consume one dose daily. This recipe strengthens the spleen and stomach and improves middle qi, making it suitable for patients with poor appetite, upper abdominal pain, bloating, acid reflux, and upper abdominal drooping.

Additionally, renowned doctors point out that the best way to treat gastroptosis is to eat while squatting and to squat for 15 minutes after dinner to allow most of the food in the stomach to enter the duodenum and small intestine, ensuring that the stomach can rest under minimal load. Experts believe that regularly eating while squatting can cure gastroptosis within five years within three months and within ten years with consistent practice for six months.