The main cause of stomach cold is related to dietary habits, such as poor diet and a taste for raw and cold food. Eating hot and cold food together, eating irregularly or unevenly, will cause stomach cold over time. Coupled with the fast pace of modern life, mental tension and irregular diet, the incidence of spleen and stomach diseases is increasing. According to Chinese medicine, the main causes of this evidence are: deficiency of spleen and stomach yang energy; cold in the abdomen; over-eating cold; labor and fatigue injury, and cold, resulting in Yin cold stagnation stomach.
The main causative factors of stomach cold can be summarized in four areas.
1, diet.
Patients with stomach cold are mostly stimulated by raw and cold food or water, causing irritation of the mucosa.
2, lifestyle habits.
Often do not eat on time, alternating hot and cold food, full a hungry meal, over time will cause stomach cold.
3, mental factors.
Fast-paced life, mental tension, irregular diet is also an important reason to promote the intensification of stomach cold symptoms.
4, the weather causes.
Patients with stomach cold are mostly afraid of the cold weather, often due to the cold weather and regular stomach pain, abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc..
The common clinical manifestations of stomach cold are: often triggered by cold weather, cold food and cold pain, pain accompanied by a cold feeling in the stomach, get warm symptoms alleviated. Many patients with stomach problems are afraid to eat cold, cold food, or when the weather becomes cold and the temperature drops, stomach pain, diarrhea, etc.
The clinical evidence is mainly divided into two types of stomach deficiency cold (stomach Yang deficiency) and stomach actual cold.
The former is mostly due to the deficiency of spleen and stomach yang. Stomach actual cold is mostly due to cold evil injury to the stomach.
1, stomach deficiency cold (stomach Yang deficiency).
Symptoms: cold pain in the stomach and epigastrium, persistent, sometimes occurring and sometimes stopping, like warmth and like to press, relieved after eating, vomiting clear water or with indigestible food, little food and epigastric gangrene, light mouth, no thirst, tiredness, cold limbs, light fat tongue, sunken and weak pulse. Treatment: Warming the middle Jiao and strengthening the stomach. Main formula: Li Zhong Tang. Xiao Jianzhong Tang, Li Zhong Tang, Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang, Xiang Sha Yang Gastric Pill can also be used. Herbs: Radix Codonopsis pilosulae, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Radix Cinnamomum Cassiae, Radix Ginger, Radix Gallicae Sinensis, Fructus wickerwork, Radix Bupleurum, Cuttlebone.
2.Solid cold stomach.
Symptoms: cold pain in the stomach and epigastrium, pain is acute, aggravated by cold, pain is reduced by warmth, distension, nausea and vomiting, pain is relieved after vomiting, mouth is light and not thirsty, mouth is full of water, watery sound in the epigastrium, tongue coating is white and smooth, pulse is string or sunken and tight. Treatment: Warming the stomach and dispersing cold to relieve pain. Main formula: Hou Pu Wen Zhong Tang. Herbs: Hou Pu, Chen Pi, Licorice, Mullein, Dry Ginger, Poria, Grass Cardamom.
1.Braised egg in white wine.
High white wine 50 ml, held in a small bowl, beaten into 1 egg, the white wine ignited, wait for the wine to burn dry, eggs cooked, eat 1 time in the morning on an empty stomach.
2.Pork belly and ginger.
Raw pork belly 1 (wash), old ginger (sliced). The old ginger into the pork belly, stewed or steamed, eaten in 2 to 4 times.
3, fennel orange kernel powder.
Fennel, orange kernels each equal parts, fried and mixed into a fine powder, each time the stomach pain or morning and evening before meals, warm boiled water.
4.Ginger drink.
Cumin, dry ginger, mullein, licorice. Decoction with water, 1 dose daily.
5, dogwood sand summer tea.
Cornus officinalis, sand, ginger, Semen, Radix Codonopsis, Shen Qu, and 3 jujubes. Decoction, 1 dose daily.
6, cinnamon bark brown sugar drink.
Cinnamon, water decoction to remove the dregs of juice, add brown sugar, mix well and drink hot. This drink has the effect of warming the stomach and dispersing cold, can assist in the treatment of stomach pain, bloating, etc. caused by cold stomach.
7, pepper red dates tea.
Take 10 jujube (remove the core), each jujube put white pepper 5, steamed on the steamer, and then pounded into a pill the size of a green bean, each time you take 7 to 10 pills. This pill has the effect of warming the stomach and blood, can assist in the treatment of stomach cold pain.
8, ginseng and date tea.
Party ginseng, jujube together with a decoction to drink. Can also add Chen Pi to regulate the stomach gas. Usage: It can assist in the treatment of spleen deficiency after illness, loss of appetite, muscle weakness of the limbs, anemia, palpitations and other diseases.
1.Food therapy.
(1) fruit cardamom chicken boiled chicken 1, remove the hair and guts and wash; apple, cardamom into the abdomen of the chicken, sealed with a toothpick cut, add the right amount of water boiled, seasoned to serve. This meal has the effect of warming the middle and dispersing cold, strengthening the stomach and relieving pain, whether feeling cold caused by gastric disease, or drinking cold food caused by the stomach cold, stomach pain can be eaten.
(2) dry ginger date astragalus lamb lamb cut into pieces, astragalus, jujube 10 (remove the core), dry ginger. The above ingredients are stewed with the right amount of water and seasoned for consumption. This porridge has the effect of warming Yang, tonifying Qi and strengthening the stomach. Can assist in the treatment of cold stomach pain, cold extremities and other diseases.
(3) ginger sugar fresh ginger, sugar to assist in the treatment of stomach cold pain. Fresh ginger (finely minced), white sugar, pickled together; eat 1 spoonful (ordinary tablespoon) 3 times a day, before meals.
(4) white wine burned eggs two pot of white wine, poured into a tea cup, beat 1 egg, set the wine on fire, the wine burned dry the egg is also cooked, eat in the morning on an empty stomach. Note that the eggs do not add any seasoning. Stomach cold and stomach pain can be eaten.
(5) honey soak spring sand kernel spring sand kernel and honey soak, of which there are finished products, can be eaten directly with obvious results, consumption of stomach soon comfortable, green and safe without side effects, can cure stomach cold.
(6) brown sugar water soaked pepper pepper has the role of warming cold phlegm, exhaust, can assist in the treatment of chest and diaphragm fullness and cold-induced abdominal pain and diarrhea, loss of appetite, etc.. Usage: pepper grinded with water and brown sugar swallowed; can also be used pepper soaked wine wipe to the chest outside, can assist in the treatment of stomach pain caused by cold. In addition, smashed pepper grains, rinse with boiling water, and then soak with brown sugar water for 2 to 3 days, oral treatment can assist in the stomach pain caused by cold.
(7) Galangal ginger porridge Galangal ginger, japonica rice. First decoct galangal, remove the dregs and extract the juice, and then boil the congee with rice. Take on an empty stomach. Warming the middle and dispersing cold. Effective for cold stomach pain or cold cholera, vomiting and diarrhea, pain in the abdomen, etc.
(8) Fennel and dog soup with fennel, cinnamon, peel, herb fruit, 2 slices of ginger, dog meat, soy sauce, 4 pieces of garlic. Wash the fennel, peel, cinnamon, herb nuts, ginger; incense, cinnamon, herb nuts hammered; garlic peeled; dog meat washed, cut into small pieces, put the pot of hot oil stir-fry to remove the stink. Put all the ingredients into a pot, add water to the right amount, the fire boil, change to the fire cook until the dog is cooked and rotten that is, drink soup and eat dog meat. Daily 1 material, divided into 2 times to finish eating, and even serve 5 days for a course of treatment. Warm the middle, help Yang, warm the stomach. Used for cold stomach pain in the epigastrium, like hot like press, vomiting clear water, fatigue. It can also be used for those with stomach deficiency and stomach cold, and whose limbs are not warm.
(9) Dog boiled with dog meat, ginger, Atractylodes macrocephala, Radix Codonopsis pilosulae, cardamom seeds, decocted in water to remove the dregs, drink the juice and eat dog meat, once a day. It has the effect of warming the middle, helping Yang and warming the stomach.
(10) white pepper pork belly soup white pepper, pork belly 1. Take white pepper slightly broken; pork belly repeatedly washed with salt or raw flour, and then the broken white pepper into the pork belly, and then the first, the tail with a thread, add the right amount of water, slow boil, mix in the right amount of salt can be. In addition, after the soup is cooked pork belly crispy and smooth, cut strips and serve, and then sprinkle with white sesame seeds and fresh soy sauce, is a very good cold dish. White pepper boiled pork belly smell strong, has the effect of dispelling cold and warm stomach, and can assist in the treatment of stomach cold, cold pain in the heart and abdomen, vomiting clear saliva, or deficiency cold stomach, duodenal ulcers and other diseases.
(11) Ginger milk soup with fresh milk with a spoonful of ginger juice and a little sugar, put it into a porcelain vessel and drink it after covering it for a proper time. It has the effect of dispersing cold, and stomach, and stopping vomiting. Drink one cup a day and the coldness of the hands and feet will gradually be lost. Can also be used to assist in the treatment of deficiency cold stomach pain choking regurgitation, vomiting, warmth and acid reflux and other gastrointestinal discomfort symptoms.
2, suitable food.
(1) grain flour, sorghum, glutinous rice and its products.
(2) vegetables lentils, bok choy, yellow sprouts, mustard, cilantro, chili, leek, pumpkin, garlic, garlic moss, garlic, onion, ginger, cooked root, cooked white radish.
(3) animal food lamb, dog meat, eel, river shrimp, sea shrimp, bird meat, goose eggs, pig liver.
(4) milk and dairy products soy and soy products, cheese.
(5) Fruits lychee, longan, peach, jujube, prune, apricot, orange, cherry, mango, rambutan, peach, chestnut, coconut meat, kumquat, red date, plum.
(6) dried fruit chestnuts, walnuts, sunflower seeds, dried lychee, cinnamon.
(7) condiments wine, vinegar, wine brew, brown sugar, brown sugar, mustard, fennel, pepper, pepper, cinnamon, black tea, coffee.
3, avoid food.
(1) kiwi is cold and tastes sweet and sour. The “Kai Bao Ben Cao” states: “cold spleen and stomach.” The Dictionary of Chinese Medicine also says: “Cold spleen and stomach caution.” It should be avoided by those with cold and painful stomach.
(2) Sugar cane is cold in nature and sweet in taste. Although it has the effect of clearing heat and generating fluid, it should not be eaten by people with cold stomach. The “Classic of the Materia Medica” clearly cautions that “it is contraindicated for those with cold stomach and vomiting. Therefore, people with cold stomach pain should not eat sugar cane. (3) Ulva: cold in nature and sweet in taste. In the Materia Medica Huiyin, it is written that “Ulva is cold to the stomach, …… should not be eaten for a long time, fearing that it will send cold air, trap the spleen and stomach, and can also damage people.” The “Medical Forest Compilation” also states that “eating more of it is cold and painful in the abdomen. Anyone with cold stomach pain should avoid eating it. Watermelon: the nature of the cool, can clear the stomach fire. The “Dian Nan Ben Cao” says it can “cure all fever” and is known as the “natural white tiger soup”. In the Dictionary of Chinese Medicine, it is stated that “it is not to be taken by those who are cold.” Therefore, people with cold stomach pain should not eat it.
(3) wild rice is commonly known as wild rice melon, Tang Dynasty famous food doctor Meng Monk had pointed out: “wild rice is cold, slippery nature, send cold gas, slippery in, should not eat more.” The Materia Medica Hui Yan also said, “Do not eat if your spleen and stomach are cold.” Therefore, the cold stomach pain should be avoided.
(4) mussel meat is cold, sweet and salty. The Materia Medica says that it is “cold in nature”. This herbal diffusion of the Yi: “eat more wind, move cold.” The “Suixiju Dietary Recipes” also says: “Eat more cold.” People with cold stomach pain should especially avoid eating it.
(5) Mai Dong is cold, so people with cold stomach pains should not eat it. As Li Shizhen in the “Compendium of Materia Medica” early caution: “weak stomach cold must not bait.”
(6) The snail is cold in nature and should not be eaten by those with cold stomach pains. This object is cold in nature and should not be eaten by those with cold drinks in the stomach.” Yao Kecheng “Food Materia Medica” also says: “more food makes abdominal pain does not disappear.” Cannot be ignored. Tian snail is the same as snail, cold stomach pain is also in the list of contraindicated.
(7) Crab is cold and salty, and is also a cold thing. In the “Classic of the Materia Medica”, it is written that “if the blood is condensed because of cold, and the spleen and stomach are cold and slippery, abdominal pain like heat and cold people, salty should not be served.” The “Sui Xiju diet recipe” also says that “the deficiency of cold in the middle qi are contraindicated.” Therefore, cold stomach pain and gas deficiency stomach pain people, should not eat.
(8) Persimmon is cold, sweet and astringent, so people with cold stomach pain should not take it. There is a cautionary note in the Materia Medica: “…… those who have cold accumulation, cold abdominal pain, cold vomiting should not take it.” Especially not to be eaten with crab.
(9) bananas are cold and sweet in taste. Ming? Li Shizhen in the “Compendium of Materia Medica” also said that it is “sweet, cold.” Anyone with cold stomach pain, are not suitable for consumption, otherwise after eating that the stomach cold discomfort, or even immediately cause stomach pain attack, so when the avoidance of.
(10) pear cold fruit, cold stomach pain, do not eat more. True as “the herb Jing Shu” caution: “…… abdominal pain cold accumulation, stomach cold vomiting, the law salty avoid.” Such as “additional food secretary”, “diet instructions” also have “eat more people cold” record, so the stomach cold pain do not eat raw pear.
In addition, cold stomach pain should also avoid eating mung beans, persimmon cake, raw tomatoes, bamboo shoots, gourd, raw vegetable melon, kelp, raw lettuce, raw radish, raw lotus root, raw cucumber, raw groundnut, honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, mint, duck egg, clams, water spinach, houttuynia, ground ear, tofu, marjoram, cold tea and a variety of cold drinks, chilled food, cold and raw food will make the stomach cold pain intensify.
4, diet life precautions.
(1) Diet should be regular, regular and quantitative, avoid overeating and reduce the burden on the stomach and intestines. If the caloric intake is not enough, can be supplemented by dry and thin with additional meals.
(2) Reduce adverse stimuli to avoid all kinds of irritating foods, such as strong wine, strong coffee, raw garlic, mustard, etc. Also avoid eating too hard, too acidic, too spicy, too salty, too hot, too cold and excessively rough food. Mild recipes can be used to remove the factors that cause adverse stimulation to the gastrointestinal mucosa and create conditions for mucosal repair. Food should be fine, minced, soft and rotten. Cooking methods such as steaming, boiling, stewing, braising and simmering.
(3) pay attention to the acid-base balance when the stomach acid is too much, you can use more milk, soy milk or dried buns with alkali to neutralize the stomach acid.
(4) Quit smoking and alcohol smoking will affect the blood supply of the gastric mucosa and the repair and regeneration of gastric mucosal cells, so if you have a history of smoking, you should quit smoking or smoke less.
(5) Protect your abdomen from the cold and avoid getting cold.