Does honey nourish the stomach or hurt it?

In fact, honey has a good effect on nourishing the stomach. Generally speaking, it can nourish the spleen and stomach, moisten the intestines and relieve dryness, and has a detoxifying effect. It can improve stomach problems and stomach burning sensation, and it has a good auxiliary therapeutic effect on stomach problems such as duodenal ulcers. However, if you want to achieve better stomach-nourishing effects, you should also pay attention to the correct way of drinking it, choose popular honey, and do not drink honey water on an empty stomach.

1. Honey's effect on stomach conditioning

Honey has the effects of nourishing the spleen and stomach, moistening the intestines, moistening the lungs, and detoxifying. Honey can eliminate stomach diseases and stomach burning sensations. It is effective for diseases such as gastric and duodenal ulcers, gastric perforation, indigestion and chronic gastritis. It also has anti-inflammatory, promotes wound healing, enhances digestive system function and has a nourishing effect.

2. How to drink honey to nourish the stomach

Patients with excessive gastric acid or hypertrophic gastritis, especially gastric and duodenal ulcers, should drink warm honey water one hour before meals. This can inhibit the secretion of gastric acid, thereby reducing the irritation to the gastric mucosa and facilitating the healing of the ulcer surface. Patients with achlorhydria or atrophic gastritis should drink cold honey water and eat immediately.

3. Choose "Popular Honey"

Some fresh honey varieties on the market, such as honeysuckle honey and aloe honey, may have been blended because these crops are rarely grown on a large scale. It is recommended to buy popular honeys such as locust flower honey and jujube flower honey, and do not be superstitious about functional honey.

4. Drink energy supplement in the morning

Drinking honey in the morning can not only nourish yin and moisten dryness, but also quickly replenish physical energy. It is best to take honey 1-1.5 hours before meals or 2-3 hours after meals to avoid irritating the stomach and intestines. It is particularly important to note that people with weak spleen and stomach should not drink honey on an empty stomach. They can spread honey on bread or steamed buns and eat them to completely retain the nutrients of honey.

5. Cold water can moisten the intestines, warm water can nourish

The water temperature for preparing honey should not exceed 50 degrees Celsius, otherwise the nutrients will easily be lost. If taken with warm boiled water (around 40 degrees Celsius), it will have a better nourishing effect; if taken with cool boiled water (room temperature), it will have a more significant effect in moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements.