The stomach plays a very important role in our bodies. Without the help of the stomach, the food we eat cannot be converted into energy and nutrients that our body can absorb and utilize. Therefore, it is extremely important to protect the health of our stomach. Here are a few medicinal recipes specifically for chronic gastritis in elderly individuals for your reference.
Medicinal Recipe 1: Pig Stomach Sand Zhi Soup
Ingredients: 1 pig stomach, 3 grams of sand ginger, 10-12 grams of roasted bitter orange peel.
Method: Wash the pig stomach and stuff it with sand ginger and bitter orange peel. Tie the opening. Put it in a pot, add water and cook until the stomach is cooked. Remove the residue and it is ready to serve.
Effect: Invigorates the spleen and stomach, aids digestion, relieves bloating and fullness, strengthens the body.
Indications: Suitable for elderly individuals with weak spleen and stomach suffering from stomach pain, bloating and fullness after eating, fatigue, and weight loss.
Note: Drink the soup and eat the stomach.
Medicinal Recipe 2: Crucian Carp and Watercress Soup
Ingredients: 500 grams of fresh crucian carp, 500 grams of watercress, vegetable oil, salt, and yellow wine as needed.
Method: Remove scales and gills from the crucian carp, gut and clean it, leaving the liver, maw, and roe. Wash and drain. Remove impurities from the watercress, wash and drain, then chop it. Heat 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a pot over medium heat. When hot, fry the fish on both sides until golden. Add 2 tablespoons of yellow wine to bring out the aroma, then immediately add 1 tablespoon of salt and 2 bowls of cold water. Bring to a boil for 15 minutes. Add the watercress and boil for another 10 minutes.
Effect: Harmonizes the stomach, invigorates the middle energizer, nourishes the deficiency, and promotes diuresis.
Indications: Suitable for elderly individuals with chronic gastritis, chronic vomiting and regurgitation, and ulcers or cancerous changes.
Medicinal Recipe 3: Grass Carp and Codonopsis Pilosula Stomach-Tonic Soup
Ingredients: 1000 grams of grass carp, 15 grams of codonopsis pilosula, 1.5 grams of fruit of Chinese blackthorn, 3 grams each of dried tangerine peel and cassia bark, 5 grams of dried ginger, 10 pepper grains, seasoning as needed.
Method: Remove scales, gills, and internal organs from the grass carp, wash and drain. Put all the herbs into a cheesecloth bag and tie it. Cook the soup with the grass carp. Add spring onion, soy sauce, and salt until the meat is cooked. Discard the herbal bag and consume the meat and soup.
Effect: Tonifies deficiency and warms the stomach.
Indications: Suitable for elderly individuals with a deficiency and coldness of the spleen and stomach, experiencing hidden pain in the epigastrium, preference for warmth and pressure, dry retching, and poor appetite.
Medicinal Recipe 4: Carrot and Chinese Yam with Glehnia Littoralis Soup
Ingredients: 250 grams of carrots, 20-30 grams of Chinese yam, 10-15 grams of glehnia littoralis, a little red sugar.
Method: Wash and cut the carrots and Chinese yam into pieces. Cook them together with the glehnia littoralis in water for 30 minutes. Add red sugar and mix well. Serve as a drink.
Effect: Invigorates the spleen and promotes digestion.
Indications: Suitable for elderly individuals with deficiency of the spleen and stomach, poor appetite, and indigestion.
Medicinal Recipe 5: Ginger and Chinese Chives Milk Pudding
Ingredients: 250 grams of Chinese chives, 25 grams of ginger, 250 ml of milk.
Method: Chop the Chinese chives and ginger separately, then mash them together and squeeze out the juice. Put the juice and milk in a pot, bring to a boil.
Effect: Warms the middle energizer, nourishes the stomach, and stops vomiting.
Indications: Suitable for elderly individuals with deficiency and coldness of the spleen and stomach, difficulty swallowing, vomiting, gastric ulcers, chronic gastritis, stomach pain, and nausea.
These home-cooked medicinal recipes are simple and convenient to make. They have a gentle and stomach-nourishing effect, making them very suitable for elderly individuals, especially those who often suffer from acid reflux, stomach pain, indigestion, and poor appetite. Regular consumption can effectively nourish the stomach!
