What should I do if my stomach hurts due to a cold

People are prone to stomach pain after catching a cold. Especially in summer, many people like to use air conditioning, which is also a major cause of cold and stomach pain. Some people do not dress warmly enough in the cold winter and may suffer from stomachache due to catching a cold. Patients are advised to keep their abdomen warm and apply local hot compresses. In addition, you should drink more hot water during the illness, and it is best to drink some brown sugar ginger water to drive away the cold in the body. In addition, you should also eat a lighter diet and try not to eat spicy and other irritating foods.

1. If you have a moxa device at home, you can use moxa sticks to moxibustion your navel, which can also treat stomach pain caused by cold. Generally, moxa massage is only required once or twice, with each session lasting more than half an hour.

2. You can also cut a thick slice of ginger, then cover your navel with the ginger slice, put the burning mugwort on the ginger slice, and roast your navel for more than half an hour. Generally, roasting it once or twice can cure the stomach pain caused by cold and wind.

3. If you have stomachache caused by wind, you can also use silver to dispel wind and relieve pain. The specific method is: use onions, mugwort, ginger slices, etc. to add water to boil an egg in a shell. After the egg is cooked, take it out and carefully split it in half with a sharp knife (do not peel it), remove the yolk, and then sandwich the silver between the two halves of the egg white, wrap the egg with gauze or a towel, and then apply hot compress to the navel; after it cools down, soak it in mugwort and other medicinal materials and boil it in water, and apply hot compress repeatedly; open the cloth bag every ten minutes or so to see if the silver has turned black. If it has turned black, polish it and apply hot compress again, and continue to apply it until the silver no longer turns black, which means that the wind has been completely driven away and the stomachache will be cured.

4. You can also use garlic and ginger paste for hot compress to dispel wind and relieve pain. This method is suitable for cases where the wind-cold is not severe. The specific method is: mash some ginger and garlic paste in a ratio of 1:1, mix them evenly, wrap them in gauze or a towel, then heat them over fire, and apply them to your navel. When it cools down, heat them again and continue to apply hot compress for about half an hour. Generally, one or two applications are sufficient.

5. If the cold is severe, it is best to use cupping to relieve pain. You can just cupping at the belly button, and try to use traditional flame to create negative pressure, which will be more effective. Avoid the kind of negative pressure that comes from vacuum.

6. People who have stomach pain should first pay attention to keeping warm. Especially if the stomach pain is caused by air conditioning, the first step is to keep warm, especially the abdomen. It is best to put on a coat or cover with a shawl. Also pay attention to keeping your feet warm. Women wearing skirts can cover their legs with a blanket.

7. For people who stay in air-conditioned rooms for a long time, due to the low temperature, it is best not to drink cold or ice water at this time. Drinking cold water will irritate the stomach and intestines, aggravating abdominal and diarrhea symptoms. At this time, you should drink more warm boiled water to reduce gastrointestinal irritation and improve the stomach pain caused by cold.

8. If you have a stomachache due to a cold, you can also drink brown sugar water. Brown sugar has the effect of warming the stomach, so drinking some brown sugar water can prevent diarrhea caused by air conditioning.