Regulation of food accumulation and internal heat should be carried out under the guidance of physician’s diagnosis. Commonly used porridges include white radish porridge and Chen Ming porridge. If the internal heat of food accumulation is more serious, it should be treated by medication.
White radish porridge has the effect of eliminating food and lowering qi, can be used for food accumulation (food indigestion and stagnation in the stomach) and epigastric (gastric and abdominal) pain in mild cases, in which the white radish is cool in nature, but also can clear the internal heat generated by food accumulation. The adverse effects and contraindications of this formula are not known.
Chen Ming Porridge has the effects of eliminating food and resolving phlegm, clearing heat and stopping dysentery, and is suitable for treating diarrhea caused by food accumulation, in which tea is cool in nature, and has the effects of clearing the head and eyes, and removing vexation and thirst. This formula should not be eaten before going to bed.
If one’s own accumulation of food and internal heat is more serious, one should take medicines under doctor’s diagnosis to treat it, such as Huaji Oral Liquid, Da Shanzha Pill and other medicines to treat it.
After discomfort occurs, one should consult a doctor in time and choose medication under the guidance of physician’s diagnosis, and should not use medication on one’s own so as not to delay the condition.