Ten things that make your stomach worse

Binge on cold drinks

As soon as summer arrives, cold drinks become hot-selling products. Some people eat without restraint, and this causes cold air to enter their bodies. Yang Li pointed out that cold damages the spleen, and common symptoms include white and greasy tongue coating, abdominal pain and diarrhea in mild cases, and nausea and vomiting in severe cases. The way to relieve discomfort is to drink some ginger soup. If you feel nauseous and want to vomit, you can also drink some Huoxiang Zhengqi water. Yang Li suggested that when drinking cold drinks, it is best to hold them in your mouth for a while to reduce irritation to the spleen and stomach.

Blowing the air conditioner

The cold air blown out by the air conditioner is external cold, which is also bad for the spleen and stomach. Yang Li pointed out that many people are prone to stomach pain or even diarrhea in air-conditioned or electric fan environments, which is related to external cold invading the spleen and stomach. Nowadays, many white-collar workers wear thick coats to work in air-conditioned rooms. Firstly, it is not environmentally friendly. Secondly, the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor is too large, which makes it easy to catch a cold. Yang Li suggested that it is healthiest to use a traditional hand fan instead of an air conditioner. Before leaving get off work, you should turn up the air conditioner temperature or turn it off early to adapt to the environment after get off work.

Wearing clothes that show waist and abdomen

On the streets in summer, many fashionable girls wear belly-baring clothes, but the price of keeping up with fashion is damage to the spleen and stomach. Yang Li said that the navel is a very important acupuncture point, called "Shenque Point", and there is also the Mingmen Point behind it. Exposing the waist and abdomen will cause these two important acupoints to be invaded by cold evil, which will not only damage the spleen and stomach, but also the kidneys and bones. She emphasized that this part must also be covered when sleeping at night.

Drinking too much herbal tea

In recent years, herbal tea has gradually "moved northward" and become a popular drink among the whole nation. Yang Li said that authentic herbal tea contains cool Chinese herbal ingredients, such as chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, lotus leaves, etc., which have the effect of removing internal heat. People with internal heat and internal heat can drink some appropriately. But for people whose spleen and stomach are already weak and cold, drinking too much herbal tea will just make things worse. Yang Li said that herbal tea should not be consumed for a long time, and women during menstruation, expectant mothers, postpartum women, and young children should not drink too much.

No staple food

When summer comes, many people lose their appetite and don’t like to eat staple foods. Yang Li pointed out that Chinese medicine says that "grains are the nourishment" and if you do not eat staple foods, your spleen and stomach will become increasingly weak. If you have a poor appetite, you can eat some appetizers, such as Sichuan pickles, or cook some health-preserving porridge, such as mung bean and barley porridge, yam, lentil and rice porridge, sweet potato and oatmeal porridge, etc., which are all good choices.

Eat vegetables raw, not cooked

Cooking in the kitchen on a hot day is a torture, so many people choose to make cold dishes without turning on the stove or eat them raw. However, cold dishes are cold and difficult to digest when eaten raw, which can harm the spleen and stomach. Yang Li said that there must be a hot dish cooked every day. Melons and beans are rich in nutrients and you can eat more of them in summer.

Addicted to spicy flavors

On the streets on summer nights, spicy crayfish, malatang and other heavy-flavor snacks are many people's favorites. Yang Li said that the humidity is heavier in summer, and eating spicy food can help dehumidify, stimulate the appetite and invigorate the spleen, but eating too much will irritate the mucous membranes of the mouth, esophagus and stomach, easily causing stomach fire and mouth ulcers. At this time, you can drink some mung bean soup or eat some watermelon to clear the heat.

Drinking a lot of alcohol

Alcohol can also irritate the gastric mucosa, increase the burden on the liver, and is extremely harmful to the spleen and stomach.

One meal hungry, one meal full

Yang Li said that the spleen and stomach like a regular life, and eating at regular times and in regular amounts, and chewing slowly, are the keys to maintaining the spleen and stomach. If you often eat one meal and skip the next, eat while walking, or talk while eating, it will inevitably lead to weak spleen and stomach over time, making you prone to diseases such as gastritis and gastric ulcers.

stay up

The days are long and hot in summer, so many people are used to going to bed late. In recent days, the World Cup is in full swing and many people stay up late to watch the games. Yang Li said that staying up late will damage the yin, and easily lead to yin deficiency and qi deficiency, which will not only harm the spleen and stomach, but also the five internal organs. If you want to maintain your health, you must have a good "midnight nap", that is, you should go to bed no later than 11 o'clock at night and take another half an hour nap at noon, which is beneficial to your health.