"Food is the most important thing for the people", as the saying goes. But what if you have a weak stomach, stomach cold, and lack of appetite? How can someone with a weak stomach take care of it? Let's take a look at the secrets and diet therapy for warming the stomach.
1. Tips for Warming the Stomach: People with a weak stomach should eat more warm and yang foods, such as Chinese yam, lotus seeds, chestnuts, beef, lamb, etc. They can also consume some Chinese herbs that nourish the spleen and stomach, such as ginseng, astragalus, and licorice. People with a weak stomach can also eat more pepper. For example, adding an appropriate amount of pepper powder when cooking or making soup can effectively alleviate stomach pain, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea caused by cold, and lack of appetite.
2. Diet Therapy for Warming the Stomach:
2.1 Ginseng and Astragalus Water:
Ingredients: 10g of ginseng, 10-20g of astragalus.
Instructions: Boil the above ingredients together in water for about 20 minutes, and drink about 250ml per day.
Effects: It improves skin luster and warms the stomach.
2.2 Ginger Porridge:
Ingredients: 15g of dried ginger powder, 100g of rice.
Instructions: Put the dried ginger powder in a pot with 2000ml of water, simmer until it reduces to 1500ml, remove the ginger residue, then add washed rice and cook until it becomes a porridge. Serve warm.
Effects: This porridge warms the stomach, promotes qi circulation, and relieves cold and pain. It is suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency or stomach pain caused by wind-cold.
Note: This porridge should not be served cold.
2.3 Ginger Juice Beef Rice:
Ingredients: 75g of tender beef, ginger juice as needed, 120g of rice, sugar, and wine as needed.
Instructions: Wash the tender beef and chop it into minced meat. Marinate it with ginger juice, wine, salt, sugar, and oil. Then cook the rice, and when the water is almost absorbed, add the marinated beef. Simmer until cooked.
Effects: This dish nourishes and warms the middle abdomen, disperses cold, and stimulates the appetite. It is suitable for patients with stomach pain caused by spleen and stomach deficiency and insufficient qi.
2.4 Pepper Lamb Soup:
Ingredients: 150g of lamb, 10g of pepper, 6g of tangerine peel, 15g of ginger.
Instructions: Wash the lamb and cut it into chunks. Stir-fry it until fragrant. Then wash the pepper, tangerine peel, and ginger, and put them together with the lamb in a pot. Add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil, and simmer for 1-2 hours. Season and serve.
Effects: It warms the middle abdomen, disperses cold, and relieves pain. It is suitable for patients with stomach pain caused by spleen and stomach deficiency.
Note: People with yin deficiency and heat should not consume this soup.
Dear friends, take care of your stomach so that your body can be healthy and strong!
