What foods can nourish the stomach?

The stomach is the largest digestive organ, so we need to pay more attention to dietary conditioning in our daily lives. Otherwise, it may cause a variety of uncomfortable symptoms due to impaired function. During this conditioning process, a relatively important point is to eat more foods that have the effect of nourishing the stomach. So what are these foods? Let me explain them one by one below.

1. Chestnut. Chestnut is both a fruit and a vegetable. Chestnuts can be used to make porridge, stews, and stuffings, making delicious dishes such as rice and chestnut porridge, chestnut-stuffed bean buns, and chestnut stewed with yellow flowers. Eating chestnuts in winter can nourish the stomach and spleen, strengthen the waist and kidneys, and promote blood circulation. Especially rice and chestnut porridge, whether for adults or children, drinking it regularly in winter can strengthen the spleen and stomach, increase appetite, and strengthen muscles and bones.

2. Soybeans. Soybeans contain up to 40% protein, as well as a large amount of minerals, trace elements, vitamins, etc. During the "winter tonic" process, many "health experts" often eat some soybean dishes, such as: drinking soy milk for breakfast and dinner, eating some soybean sprouts, stewed tofu, stir-fried tofu skin for lunch. Some experts have also developed delicious staple and side dishes such as bean flour cakes, bean flour paste, tofu and kelp soup, etc., using soybeans as the main ingredient.

3. Radish. Radish has the functions of anti-cancer, digestion, phlegm and asthma, clearing away heat and relieving qi, reducing swelling and dispersing blood stasis. Eating radish regularly can lower blood lipids, soften blood vessels, stabilize blood pressure, and prevent coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, cholelithiasis and other diseases. People call it "little ginseng".

4. Potatoes. Potatoes have the effects of harmonizing the stomach, invigorating qi and strengthening the spleen, strengthening the body and benefiting the kidneys, anti-inflammatory, promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling. They can treat indigestion, habitual constipation, fatigue, chronic stomach pain, joint pain, skin eczema and other symptoms. While traveling, you might want to eat more potatoes to aid digestion.

Generally speaking, there are many common foods that can nourish the stomach, especially the ones mentioned in the article, which are particularly effective, so you should add more of them when preparing meals. In addition, it is best to stick to cooking methods such as steaming or boiling to avoid hurting the stomach due to irritation.