What is the reason for a bloated belly

When eating, you should pay attention to the shelf life of the food, and also pay attention to whether several foods can be eaten together, otherwise it will cause stomach pain. But some people say that although their stomach does not hurt, it is always bloated. What is the reason for the bloating? A bloated stomach indicates that gas is produced in the stomach and intestines, which is mostly related to indigestion. When bloating occurs, it can be relieved by taking medicines such as Shunqi Pills.

Causes of abdominal bloating

1. Various disease factors

Some gastrointestinal diseases, such as peptic ulcer, gastritis, intestinal obstruction, intussusception, gastrointestinal tumors, etc., can easily accumulate intestinal gas and cause bloating. In addition, people with rhinitis and nasal allergies often breathe through their mouths, which can easily inhale air into the digestive tract and cause bloating.

2. Bad eating habits

Improper eating habits, overeating or overstarvation over time can easily damage the stomach. If you eat too much greasy food on a regular basis, the lipase and protease in your body will be depleted over time, which can easily cause indigestion. Frequent high-protein or high-fat diets will change the intestinal flora and affect the survival of beneficial bacteria.

Eating too fast and not chewing thoroughly will cause the digestive juices and food to not be fully mixed together, and they cannot be digested and decomposed well, causing damage to the intestines. Eating too much gas-producing food, such as bean products, sweet potatoes, etc., these foods are difficult to be absorbed by the small intestine and are only broken down in the large intestine. The bacteria in the large intestine produce a large amount of gas in the process of breaking down food, thus causing bloating.

Drinking too little water or taking too little fiber food can easily cause constipation, increasing the possibility of secondary colon cancer. Many people eat quickly, talk while eating, and sit down immediately after eating, which can easily cause gas to be trapped in the stomach and cause bloating.

3. Bad emotions

We all say that a good mood can protect physical health, and bloating is also closely related to bad mood.

Emotional imbalance, worry and anger can cause gas to accumulate in the stomach. Excessive stress can directly affect intestinal dysfunction, one of which is bloating. Too much stomach acid can damage the gastric mucosa. If the patient is in a negative mood of anxiety, depression, and melancholy for a long time, these emotions will accumulate in the stomach for a long time, which will not only make it difficult to treat stomach bloating, but will also cause autonomic nervous system dysfunction in the stomach and trigger other stomach diseases. Therefore, patients should focus on regulating the qi in the body and regulating qi and stomach.

4. Irregular lifestyle

Irregular lifestyle, often staying up late, irregular meals, and abnormal hunger and satiety can lead to abnormal intestinal movements and easily cause excessive gastrointestinal burden in the long run.

What types of bloating are there?

1. Qi stagnation and bloating

Patients feel distension and blockage in the upper abdomen, which may extend to the liver area and back, and even cause pain due to the distension. The pain is often triggered or aggravated by anger or emotional stimulation, and is accompanied by irritability, nausea and vomiting, loss of appetite, belching, and even acid regurgitation. The treatment is to soothe the liver qi, harmonize the stomach and reduce reflux.

2. Abdominal distension due to spleen deficiency

Prolonged hepatitis causes long-term loss of appetite, abdominal distension after eating, which worsens after eating, accompanied by fatigue and weakness in the limbs, shortness of breath and laziness to speak, dry and loose stools, heaviness in the lower abdomen, cold limbs or mild edema. The treatment is to strengthen the spleen and eliminate bloating, raise the clear and lower the turbid.

3. Abdominal distension due to blood stasis

The patient has persistent distension in the lower abdomen, which is lighter during the day and heavier at night. He is thin, has a pale face, bluish nails, dilated capillaries, a red tongue and a sluggish pulse. Physical examination may reveal hepatosplenomegaly, varicose veins of the abdominal wall, etc.

4. Abdominal distension due to damp heat

Distension in the epigastric and lower abdomen, even the entire abdomen, which persists and cannot be relieved and is aggravated by eating too much greasy food, accompanied by irritability, thirst without desire to drink water, dizziness, nausea, aversion to greasy food, sticky and uncomfortable stools, foul-smelling farts, and yellow or red urine. The treatment is mainly to promote diuresis, while also clearing away heat, regulating the intestines and regulating qi.

In addition, there are also abdominal distension caused by spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, and abdominal distension caused by food accumulation. Clinical differentiation should distinguish between the deficiency and excess of Qi and blood, cold and heat. You cannot just regulate Qi when you see abdominal distension, in order to achieve good therapeutic effects.

What to do about bloating

1. Exhaust

If you feel like you want to pass gas but can't, you can rub your hands together, and when they are slightly warm, place your hands on both sides of your navel and massage them clockwise for thirty-six circles, and then massage them counterclockwise for thirty-six circles to artificially assist intestinal movement and help pass gas smoothly.

2. Fumigation of feet

After a serious illness or when you are overworked and experience mental fatigue and persistent abdominal distension, you can burn the Zusanli acupoint with dried moxa leaves (1 to 2 cm apart), or you can use moxibustion through ginger. Each time is about 5 minutes, 1 or 2 times a day, for 3 to 5 days.

3. Exercise

If you do not have any serious illness, you should increase exercise after bloating occurs, such as brisk walking, doing gymnastics, and tightening your abdomen.

4. Diet therapy

① Chicken gizzard skin fried with wine yeast: People with abdominal bloating, stomach blockage, and loss of appetite can use 30 grams of chicken gizzard skin and 15 grams of raw wine yeast, boil them together and drink it. Drink it once in the morning and evening every day for several days to eliminate bloating and increase appetite.

②Orange peel tea: Use 50 grams of fresh orange peel, tear it into pieces, add a little white sugar, brew with boiling water, and drink as tea. It is quite effective for mild bloating. If you don't have fresh tangerine peel, you can go to the pharmacy and buy 6 grams of tangerine peel to make tea and drink it, which also has a certain effect.

③ Bayberry wine: Wash the fresh bayberries, dry them, soak them in sorghum wine, and seal them for three months for later use. When you have a poor appetite and feel bloated, drinking a small amount with meals can produce immediate results.

④ Hawthorn and malt soup: 15 grams each of raw hawthorn and fried malt, decoct in water twice, drink it twice a day, and continue drinking for several days. Taking this medicine can help eliminate symptoms quickly for those who suffer from indigestion and persistent bloating.

⑤ Porridge and soup: If you have bloating and burning sensation in your stomach, you can eat rice soup, barley soup or thin glutinous rice porridge or barley porridge frequently and in small amounts.

⑥ Dilute vinegar: If the bloating is caused by indigestion, you can drink dilute vinegar two or three times a day. Add one tablespoon of rice vinegar to a cup of cold boiled water, mix well and drink.

⑦Lemon water: Drinking a glass of lemon water every morning also has certain effects.

⑧Mint tea, ginger, pineapple, parsley and yogurt containing probiotics can help reduce bloating.

5. Inspection

If your lifestyle habits are healthy but the bloating does not improve, and is even accompanied by other symptoms such as hiccups and vomiting, it is recommended that you go to the gastroenterology department to check whether there is any organic lesion.

Summary: Flatulence has a huge impact on health. If it is not treated actively, it can easily lead to health problems. Severe cases may even lead to malnutrition, which can cause various diseases. Therefore, we must pay attention to flatulence and eliminate it through reasonable methods.