Gossip about spring stomach care

  Why is spring prone to stomach problems? According to traditional Chinese medicine, spring is “wood” and “wood” corresponds to “liver” in the human body. In the five elements, the liver is related to the spleen and earth. The “wood” in spring should be thriving, and the liver qi in the human body should be relaxed and well organized. If the liver qi is not relaxed, depressed but not reached, and the qi is not smooth, it will not pass then “pain”, which can occur stomach pain; liver and stomach are not in harmony, acid reflux and heartburn can occur; liver qi crosses the spleen earth, resulting in spleen qi weakness, easy to occur spleen deficiency can not regulate blood “stomach bleeding” evidence. Therefore, spring is the high season for stomach diseases – including gastric and duodenal ulcers, liver cirrhosis and other diseases with gastrointestinal bleeding. People who have stomach problems must pay extra attention to diet and living in this season, improve habits to prevent the recurrence of “persistent disease”; people who do not have stomach problems should also pay attention to diet in this season to prevent the onset of stomach problems.  1, keep a happy mood, optimistic, avoid depression, anxiety, anger and other emotional and psychological state. The “Nei Jing” cloud “anger is the liver gas by carry on, sadness is the lung gas by carry on, fear is the temper by carry on, worry is the heart gas by carry on”, “anger is the gas rebellion, even vomiting blood and food discharge”, talking about the onset of the disease because of emotional disorders.  2, quit smoking and alcohol, avoid eating raw, cold, fatty and sweet and rough, hard, sour, spicy and other irritating foods, avoid overeating or hunger and satiety disorders, irregular diet and other bad habits.  3, careful use of drugs that stimulate the stomach, such as hormones, aspirin, pau tai pine, some anticoagulants, etc.. Chinese medicines that are too bitter and cold, such as gentian, bitter ginseng, and yellow daisy, should also be used carefully, sparingly, or applied for a short time.  4, the combination of work and rest, appropriate exercise to enhance physical fitness.  5.Food therapy. Often use coix seeds (Coix seeds), yam, jujube, poria, gorgonian, etc. cook porridge drink, can strengthen the spleen, strengthen the body.