In summer, hot weather and high summer dampness can easily lead to poor appetite, which can be regulated through dietary therapy, such as eating less cold and greasy food, and taking Chinese herbs such as malt and sea buckthorn.
1. Food therapy: Try to eat less fried and greasy food, so as to avoid the accumulation of food (indigestion of food and stagnation of food in the stomach) does not go away, affecting the appetite; eat less cold and raw food, which is easy to lead to the coldness of the spleen and stomach in the summer, which may result in abdominal pain and other discomforts, and will also affect the appetite. You can eat hawthorn and other appetizing food in moderation, but the therapeutic effect of food is relatively weak and cannot replace the medication to treat the disease.
2. Chinese medicine regulation: you can take malt, sea buckthorn and other traditional Chinese medicines, malt has the effect of promoting qi and eliminating food, invigorating the spleen and opening up the stomach, which can be used for food stagnation, abdominal distension, and spleen deficiency with little food, etc. Breastfeeding women shouldn’t use this medicine; sea buckthorn has the effect of invigorating the spleen and eliminating food, relieving cough and expectorating phlegm, and it can be used for spleen deficiency with little food and food stagnation with abdominal pain and other illnesses.
If poor appetite is caused by dietary stagnation, Chinese medicines such as Baohe Pills can also be taken. Baohe Pills are composed of hawthorn, hexagram, malt and so on, which have the effects of eliminating food, inducing stagnation and harmonizing the stomach, and can be used for abdominal distension and fullness, acid reflux, and lack of desire for food caused by food stagnation and stagnation. When taking the medicine, the diet should be light, avoiding alcohol and spicy, cold and greasy food. It is not suitable to take tonic Chinese medicine at the same time.
The specific use of medication is recommended to follow the doctor’s advice, not blindly use their own medication.