Some people feel uncomfortable in their stomach after eating cold, hard, and spicy food, which is very common in our lives. So what can you do to quickly relieve stomach pain?
[Causes of Stomach Discomfort]
1. Occasional chest discomfort, obstruction, pause, and pain behind the sternum, with varying severity.
2. Abdominal pain and bloating after meals, often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, occasional vomiting of blood, worsening of past gastric disease, or recent appearance without previous gastric disease, accompanied by anemia, weight loss, loss of appetite, and a hard lump felt above the navel or in the chest. This situation should be highly vigilant, as it may be gastric cancer.
3. Stomach pain often occurs about 2 hours after meals, and may even wake up in pain at midnight. Eating something can relieve the pain, and there is often acid reflux. It is more likely to have duodenal ulcers or duodenal inflammation, especially in autumn and winter seasons, the pain is located in the upper right abdomen, and it follows a rhythm.
4. Pain in the upper middle abdomen after meals, or feeling of nausea, vomiting, and food retention. The disease may have been present for a long time. The pain is regular, and it occurs after exposure to cold, anger, or consumption of irritating food. This condition may be gastric ulcer.
5. Immediate diarrhea after meals, one bowel movement after one meal. Slight exposure to cold or improper diet can trigger it. It may also alternate between diarrhea and constipation. The diarrhea is watery, and there is more mucus during constipation. Sometimes there is abdominal distension and urge to defecate, but no bowel movement occurs. There has been no weight loss for several years. In this case, the possibility of allergic enteritis is higher.
[Quick Methods to Relieve Stomach Pain]
1. Relax the abdomen
When you have stomach pain, try to loosen your belt as much as possible. This can ensure smooth gastric airflow and make your stomach feel more comfortable. At this time, rubbing and massaging the stomach with warm hands will have a better effect. For people who often have stomach pain, try to wear comfortable and loose clothing to avoid pressure on the abdomen.
2. Warm the stomach
Some people with stomach coldness often have stomach problems after being stimulated by cold food. At this time, drinking warm water or applying a hot water bag for a while can also have a good effect.
3. Eat something
Many people have stomach pain due to hunger. At this time, if you have soft food, you can eat a little, but remember not to drink milk or eat hard food. You can buy some soda biscuits and keep them at your desk for emergencies.
[What to Pay Attention to in Diet for Stomach Discomfort]
1. Eat small meals frequently: Each meal should be about 70% full. Eating too much in one meal greatly increases the chances of abdominal distension and diarrhea after meals, and may affect the next meal. Therefore, the amount of food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner can be reduced compared to other seasons. If you feel hungry between meals, you can have some biscuits or fruits as a snack.
2. Chew slowly and eat in a comfortable environment: Eating too quickly or too eagerly can lead to indigestion and even diarrhea.
3. Stewed Pork Tripe with Cabbage
Ingredients: Cabbage, cooked tripe (pork tripe, beef tripe, or lamb tripe), and seasonings as appropriate.
Method: Cut the tripe into slices, then boil it in water. Add the cleaned and chopped cabbage after the cabbage is cooked, and add the seasonings after the cabbage is cooked.
Usage: Take once a day, and eat it with a meal.
Efficacy: Nourishes and relieves pain.
Indications: Symptoms such as fullness and distension in the stomach and abdomen caused by weak spleen and stomach, poor appetite, and fatigue.
4. Sweet Potato and Chestnut Pork Rib Soup
Sweet potatoes are neutral in nature and sweet in taste, and can nourish the spleen and invigorate Qi. Doctors recorded that sweet potatoes "nourish the middle, warm the stomach, and nourish the five viscera." Eating them in cold weather can invigorate the Qi, aid digestion, and reduce accumulation in the intestines. Chestnuts can also protect the stomach. However, eating too much raw chestnuts can stimulate gastric acid and cause bloating. Therefore, gastric ulcer patients should mainly eat cooked chestnuts. Cabbage contains vitamin U, which is a natural stomach medicine. Bananas can relieve the stimulation of gastric acid to the gastric mucosa. Papaya and pineapple help digestion and are good foods.
How to eat: 250g of pork ribs, 1 sweet potato, appropriate amount of onions, ginger, and salt.
Method: Wash the pork ribs, peel and cut the sweet potatoes into pieces, and use an appropriate amount of onions and ginger. Wash the chestnuts and make a cut on them with a knife (do not cut them open, just cut the shell); boil water in a pot, put the pork ribs in to blanch, and remove them and wash them; put all the ingredients into an electric stew pot and stew for two hours, add a little salt before eating.
[How to Take Care of Your Stomach When It's Not Good]
1. Eat slowly and eat only 70% full
Avoid spicy and stimulating foods such as alcohol, coffee, strong tea, and spicy condiments. These foods can irritate and damage our gastric mucosa, especially spicy foods. If you must eat them in a hurry, it's better not to eat them or eat them in small amounts. Otherwise, they will cause greater harm to your stomach. Eating only 70% full is an old saying, especially for people who want to lose weight. It is recommended to eat only 70% full for dinner. However, recent studies have shown that if mice reduce their food intake by 30%, they not only live longer, but also age more slowly.
2. Eat stomach-nourishing foods
Gastritis or gastric ulcer patients can choose more stomach-friendly ingredients. Fruits and vegetables that contain vitamin A and vitamin C can help protect the mucosa and promote wound healing; apples can improve gastrointestinal health; grapes are neutral in nature and warm the stomach and invigorate the spleen; yam can also protect the stomach, but excessive consumption of raw yam can stimulate gastric acid and cause bloating, so patients with gastric ulcers should mainly eat cooked yam; cabbage contains vitamin U, which is a natural stomach medicine; bananas can relieve the stimulation of gastric acid on the gastric mucosa; papaya and pineapple help digestion and are good foods.
