In our daily lives, having excessive stomach heat is a common symptom. Do you know how to regulate stomach heat? How can we prevent stomach heat in our daily lives? What are the symptoms of excessive stomach heat? Let's find out together.
Regulating Excessive Stomach Heat
1. Mung Bean Porridge
In ancient texts, it is recorded that mung beans have a sweet and cold taste, and they enter the heart and stomach meridians. They can reduce swelling, relieve gas, cool down heat, and detoxify the body. During the hot summer, people often like to cook a pot of mung bean porridge in the evening and eat it after it cools down. It helps to cool down and relieve heat, even during the hottest days. If you feel excessive stomach heat, you can try making a bowl of delicious and refreshing mung bean porridge. Upgraded versions of mung bean porridge, such as mung bean and lotus leaf porridge or mung bean and coix seed porridge, are also helpful in relieving stomach heat as they are all considered cooling foods.
The method is as follows: Take 30g of gypsum powder, an appropriate amount of glutinous rice and mung beans. First, boil the gypsum powder with water, then filter out the residue to obtain the clear liquid. Add glutinous rice and mung beans to the clear liquid and cook porridge.
2. Lo Han Guo Herbal Tea
When treating excessive stomach heat, it is important to clear and relieve the heat in the stomach. Ingredients such as Semen Trichosanthis (Tian Hua Fen), Lo Han Guo, Cortex Moutan (Dan Pi), and Radix Rehmanniae (Sheng Di Huang) can be used. Lo Han Guo has a sweet and sour taste and a cooling nature. It has the effects of clearing heat, moisturizing the lungs, stopping cough, promoting bowel movement and detoxification, improving skin complexion, and nourishing the lungs. It is often used to treat symptoms such as dry cough, sore throat, and constipation caused by excessive heat in the lungs and intestines. It also has good therapeutic effects on acute bronchitis, acute tonsillitis, sore throat, and acute gastritis.
The method is as follows: Take 2-3 pieces of Lo Han Guo, 1 piece of Semen Trichosanthis (Tian Hua Fen), and an appropriate amount of rock sugar or honey. Remove the skin of Lo Han Guo and brew it with Semen Trichosanthis (Tian Hua Fen) in boiling water. Add an appropriate amount of rock sugar or honey before drinking.
3. Winter Melon Soup
Winter melon has a cooling nature and can clear and reduce stomach heat, nourish the stomach, and promote the production of heat energy from the conversion of sugar and starch instead of storing it as fat. Additionally, winter melon has anti-aging effects and can help maintain fair and smooth skin, as well as a healthy physique. Most importantly, winter melon has excellent heat-clearing and heat-relieving effects.
The method is as follows: Cut the pork ribs into small pieces, wash and drain. Peel and cut the winter melon into appropriate pieces. Break the ginger and remove the skin. Blanch the pork ribs in boiling water for 5 minutes, then rinse with clean water. Put the pork ribs, ginger, star anise, and an appropriate amount of water into a pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Then, simmer over low heat for about 60 minutes. Add the winter melon and continue simmering for about 20 minutes. Remove the ginger and star anise, then add salt, pepper, and MSG to taste.
4. Fish Head and Tofu Soup
Tofu contains gypsum, which can help reduce stomach heat. Tofu is rich in protein and calcium, and it has the effects of clearing heat and moistening dryness, as well as reducing blood lipid levels. Fish head and tofu soup can nourish weakness and warm the spleen and stomach. It is recommended to make the soup slightly lighter so that the tenderness of the tofu and the deliciousness of the fish can blend together.
The method is as follows: Cut the tofu into pieces, slice the ginger, and cut the scallions into sections. Put the fish head, scallions, and ginger in a heated pan with a little oil, and stir-fry over low heat until the color changes. Put the fish head, scallions, ginger, and aniseed in a clay pot or a pot and add water. Bring to a boil, then add the tofu and mushrooms. Cook over high heat for a while, then simmer over low heat until the soup turns white. Finally, add salt and season with pepper before serving.
5. Steamed Papaya
Papaya has the effects of protecting the liver, soothing tendons, and relieving stomach pain. Patients with weak stomachs can eat papaya raw or steam it.
The method is as follows: Peel the papaya, cut it in half, remove the seeds, and wash it. Use a knife to make several fine grooves vertically, then make several horizontal cuts. Mix red dates with white sugar and put them inside the papaya. Place a plate on top of the papaya and quickly flip it over. Put the papaya in a pot and steam over high heat for 15 minutes. After steaming, pour a mixture of honey and white sugar over the papaya.
