October is the time of the year when the sky is clear and the fruits are fragrant. All kinds of seasonal fruits have been listed, making this originally colorful golden autumn with a few more sweet fragrance. The beautiful season brings us the joy of harvest, while a variety of seasonal food also let us feast on, but persimmons, hawthorn or black dates and other food, unreasonable enjoyment may also bring us illness, have to say is the “gastric stone disease”. Experts lecture: due to the intake of certain plant components or swallowed hair and certain minerals such as calcium carbonate, barium, bismuth, etc. in the stomach coagulation and the formation of foreign bodies, commonly known as gastric stone disease. According to its composition, gastric stone can be divided into plant gastric stone, animal gastric stone, drug gastric stone and mixed type gastric stone. Among them, phytogenic gastric stones are the most common, such as those caused by inappropriate eating of persimmons, hawthorn, black dates and so on. The reason is that these fruits are rich in tannic acid, pectin and gum. Under the action of gastric acid, tannic acid combines with protein to form insoluble precipitates, while pectin and gum in persimmon can also coagulate when acid is encountered, and gum the peel, fiber and food residue together to form a clot and form a gastric stone. What are the dangers of gastric stones? Usually, stomach stones can be formed after eating persimmons, hawthorn or black dates for a few hours or days on an empty stomach, after drinking, after tea, or under the condition of increased secretion of stomach acid. Once a stone is formed, it can cause epigastric discomfort, nausea, vomiting, heartburn, acid reflux, or varying degrees of abdominal distension, abdominal pain, etc. In severe cases, the pain can be unbearable. Untreated can also lead to multiple ulcers, erosion, bleeding, perforation and gastrointestinal obstruction of the stomach. Second, how do I know I have gastric stone disease? If the above symptoms occur soon after eating persimmons, hawthorn, black dates and other fruits, you should be alerted to gastric stone disease, and early barium X-ray or gastroscopy is recommended for a clear diagnosis. C. How to treat gastric stone disease? If symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting occur after eating persimmons, hawthorn or black dates, it is best to go to the hospital immediately for examination, the earlier it is detected, the easier it is to treat. For gastric stone disease, we divide it into three stages of treatment. (1) Early stage: In the early stage of gastric stone formation, it is relatively loose and soft, and the combined treatment of Chinese and Western medicine has obvious advantages. According to Chinese medicine, gastric stone disease belongs to the category of “gastric pain” and “accumulation of disease” in Chinese medicine, and its pathogenesis is mainly due to food stagnation in the stomach and stomach, loss of harmony and descent of the stomach, loss of elevation of the spleen and stomach, and pain if it does not pass. Some patients with weak body may have mixed evidence of deficiency and reality. According to the principle of “The firm is cut, the guest is removed …… and the knot is dispersed”, the treatment focuses on “pass”, i.e., eliminating food stagnation, clearing heat from the internal organs, and at the same time using The treatment focuses on “pass”, i.e. eliminating food and resolving stagnation, clearing heat from the internal organs, and at the same time using spleen-strengthening products to support the righteousness and dispel evil, attacking and supplementing at the same time. On the basis of TCM diagnosis and treatment, the effect of lithotripsy with alkaline drugs (e.g. baking soda tablets) is even better, and the clinical effect is remarkable. (2) Middle stage: In the middle stage of gastric stone formation, the texture is hard and drug treatment is not effective, so endoscopic treatment can be chosen. As the surface layer has a hard shell, those who can be caught by the trap are first cut into pieces and then crushed by claw forceps or foreign body forceps; if the trap is difficult to be caught, the surface of the gastric stone is repeatedly grasped by claw forceps and foreign body forceps to crush the shell. Finally, inject 5% sodium bicarbonate solution to facilitate the softening of the gastric stone and let it be discharged naturally. (3) Late stage: Due to the formation of gastric stone for a long time, the volume is too large, hard texture, usually endoscopic can not break the stone, only surgical treatment. How to “enjoy food and keep away from gastric stone”? (1) Avoid eating persimmons, hawthorn or black dates on an empty stomach. (2) Avoid eating persimmons, hawthorn or black dates after drinking wine or tea. (3) People who usually have heartburn, acid reflux and other excessive secretion of stomach acid should avoid eating the above-mentioned fruits. (4) Poor gastric power, delayed gastric emptying elderly people and children should avoid eating the above-mentioned fruits. (5) Avoid eating the above-mentioned fruits before and after a high-protein diet. High protein diet such as: seafood (crab, shrimp, etc.), livestock meat (beef, chicken, etc.) and dairy products, etc.