Drinking too much water makes my stomach uncomfortable

Stomach discomfort caused by drinking too much water is mainly caused by drinking too much cold water or frozen water. It is recommended that you should change to drinking warm water, which is best for the stomach and intestines. Friends with poor stomachs should avoid drinking tea or coffee with higher concentrations. They can switch to barley tea or chrysanthemum tea, etc., which have less impact on gastrointestinal function. You can learn about how to relieve stomach discomfort caused by drinking too much water.

What kind of water is good for people with stomach problems?

Barley tea

Barley tea has a very obvious spleen-strengthening effect, especially for patients who have symptoms such as chest tightness and abdominal distension due to overeating. They only need to fry the barley until it turns black and grind it to drink, which can effectively relieve the discomfort. Especially for children and the elderly, who have weak spleen and stomach functions, they should drink more barley tea in their daily lives to regulate the spleen and stomach, thereby preventing various gastrointestinal diseases. Loose barley tea can be boiled in a pot. Add a handful of barley tea to two liters of water and boil for about 15 minutes, or pour it into a teapot and brew it multiple times after boiling. If it is bagged barley tea, just brew it with boiling water.

Pu'er Tea

The "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "Pu'er tea tastes bitter and sharp, and can relieve the toxins of greasy cattle and sheep - it can open up the intestines and promote defecation", and has the function of digesting food. Pu'er tea has a mild taste. At the appropriate concentration, drinking Pu'er tea will not irritate the stomach and intestines. After the sweet and mellow Pu'er tea enters the human stomach and intestines, it can form a protective film attached to the surface of the stomach. Therefore, long-term drinking Pu'er tea can nourish and protect the stomach. Drinking Pu'er ripe tea at an appropriate concentration will not irritate the stomach and intestines. After entering the human stomach and intestines, the sweet, sticky and mellow tea will form a layer of film, attaching to the surface of the stomach and protecting the stomach. Therefore, long-term drinking of Pu'er tea can nourish and protect the stomach. Pu'er tea also has the function of promoting gastrointestinal motility, so long-term drinking can help relieve constipation and prevent constipation.

Misconceptions about drinking water when your stomach is upset

Myth 1: Drinking more milk is good for the stomach. When you feel stomach soreness and discomfort, drinking a cup of hot milk can relieve the symptoms and make you feel comfortable. This is because milk dilutes stomach acid and temporarily forms a protective layer of gastric mucosa, which makes people feel comfortable. However, drinking milk frequently may not be beneficial to patients with stomach problems. It has been proven that milk has a stronger effect in stimulating gastric acid secretion than milk itself in neutralizing gastric acid. If stomach problems (such as gastric ulcers) require anti-acid treatment, it is not advisable to solve the problem by drinking milk. Soy milk is a good choice.

Myth 2: Ginger is beneficial and harmless to patients with stomach problems. There is a folk remedy for curing indigestion by boiling ginger powder in water, adding a little vinegar and drinking it while hot. Therefore, people generally believe that ginger can warm the stomach, and it is common to drink a bowl of ginger water when the stomach is uncomfortable. Patients with stomach problems can use it occasionally according to their own conditions, and it is not a bad idea if there are no adverse reactions. However, it should be recognized that ginger is an irritating food. Excessive consumption will stimulate gastric acid secretion, causing stomach discomfort or aggravating the condition. If you want to use ginger to treat stomach problems, you should ask a Chinese medicine doctor to diagnose and treat the disease. Using different prescriptions for symptomatic treatment will have better results.

Can people with bad stomach drink more water?

If you have gastritis, drink more water. Chronic gastritis lacks specific symptoms, and the severity of the symptoms is not consistent with the degree of gastric mucosal lesions. Most patients are often asymptomatic or have varying degrees of indigestion symptoms such as upper abdominal pain, loss of appetite, fullness after meals, acid reflux, etc. Some patients with mucosal erosion have more obvious upper abdominal pain and may have bleeding, such as vomiting blood and black stools. Drinking more water can dilute stomach acid and reduce irritation to the gastric mucosa.

In addition, people with stomach problems can not only drink more water to dilute stomach acid, but also drink more milk, because the ingredients in milk can protect the gastric mucosa. In your daily diet, you can drink more millet porridge. As the saying goes, drinking porridge can nourish the stomach. However, stomach problems require care, and daily conditioning is still very important. So everyone should take good care of their stomach and not let it get hurt again.