kumquat

It can regulate qi, relieve depression, eliminate phlegm and relieve bloating, and sober up. Compendium of Materia Medica calls it "reducing qi and increasing diaphragm." "Life Taste Diet Spectrum" also said: "Kumquat can strengthen the spleen, remove filth, eliminate phlegm and promote digestion." Whether qi stagnation type abdominal distension or food stagnation type abdominal distension, it is advisable to drink kumquat soup or make tea. In the past, people used to make kumquat cakes and chew one or two pieces when they were bloating.

Bergamot

It can regulate qi, resolve phlegm and help digestion. In Ben Feng Jingyuan, it is said that it is "specially designed to break stagnant qi". "Notes on Materia Medica" also said: "bergamot, you are good at regulating qi and quickly diaphragmatic." "Life Taste Diet Spectrum" also says that it can "wake up the stomach, eliminate phlegm, eliminate pathogenic factors, promote digestion and relieve pain." Therefore, anyone who has abdominal distension, regardless of qi stagnation or food stagnation, should use 12 ~ 15g of fresh bergamot or 6g of dry product to brew with boiling water instead of drinking tea.

areca

It can relieve flatulence, digestion and hangover. "Drug Heart Method" says: "Betel nut, bitter to break stagnation, pungent to dispel evil, specially to break stagnation." The Record of He Lin Yu once pointed out: "People in Lingnan use betel nuts instead of tea, and drunkenness can sober up. Chew it after drinking, except for phlegm, and the rest are solved; When you are full, you will be hungry. When you are full, you will eat again, and your diet will soon disappear. " All patients with qi stagnation or food stagnation and abdominal distension are suitable. However, betel nut is a waste of energy after all, and it is suitable for people with strong body to eat for a short time.

Small carrot

It can strengthen the stomach, promote digestion and relax the middle energizer. "Four Tones of Materia Medica" contains: "Ordinary people eat more, chew and swallow." "Compendium of Materia Medica" also said: Radish "is very effective in swallowing acid, relieving stagnation and hangover." It can be seen that radish is especially suitable for people with food stagnation and abdominal distension, or juicing and drinking, or decocting in water. In addition to fresh radish, radish seeds, radish leaves and old radish roots (that is, the old roots of radish) are also suitable for people with food stagnation and abdominal distension.

coriander

It has the function of promoting digestion and reducing qi, and is often used to treat food stagnation in traditional Chinese medicine. Cui Yuxi's "Food Classics" said: "Regulating food and reducing qi." Herbal Medicine for Dietotherapy says, "Edible food can eliminate cereal, cure intestinal wind, and wrap food with hot cakes". "Daily Materia Medica" also believes that coriander "eliminates the grain and turns qi, and clears the large intestine and binds qi." Therefore, it is especially suitable for people with food accumulation and abdominal distension.

green vegetables

Can dredge the stomach, whether it is qi stagnation and abdominal distension or food stagnation and abdominal distension. Vegetables are rich in vitamins and dietary fiber, which can stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, promote defecation, help digestion and eliminate abdominal fullness and discomfort.

cowpea

It contains a lot of dietary fiber and vitamins, which is helpful for digestion and is especially suitable for people with food stagnation and abdominal distension. "Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine" records that "cowpea can strengthen the spleen and stomach, promote digestion, and treat indigestion and abdominal distension." Chengdu's Handbook of Common Herbs Treatment also introduces the treatment methods for indigestion, abdominal distension and belching: "Raw cowpea in proper amount, chew it slowly, or mash it with cold boiled water."

hawthorn

Can help digestion, especially the digestion of meat. "Forage in South Yunnan" said: "Eliminate meat stagnation and reduce qi." "Daily Materia Medica" also includes: "digestion and stagnation, promoting qi and relieving depression, invigorating stomach and diaphragm, eliminating blood and dispersing qi." Compendium of Materia Medica once recorded a case of a neighbor's child who ate hawthorn because of yellow swelling and abdominal distension. "After he was full, he spat and recovered his health." Anyone who has accumulated food and abdominal distension should eat more hawthorn.

Germinated barley

It can harmonize middle energizer, promote digestion, eliminate stagnation and reduce qi, and is suitable for people with abdominal distension. "The Origin of Medicine" once said: "tonify spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, and widen stomach and intestines." "Herbal Yan Hui" also said: "Malt, if it is supplemented, it can be beneficial, if it is beneficial, it can be supplemented. For example, if the abdomen is full and the diaphragm is depressed, it will be very effective to switch the qi. "

red bayberry

Meng Wei, a food doctor in the Tang Dynasty, thought that Yangmei "can harmonize the five internal organs and clear the stomach." Modern "Illustration of Chinese Medicinal Plants" also said: "It is effective to treat heart and stomach pain." "Quanzhou Materia Medica" contains one side: "To cure gastrointestinal fullness, bayberry is salted for later use. The longer the time, the better. Take a few boiled water clothes when using it."

dance

Can strengthen spleen and promote digestion, and is suitable for patients with dyspepsia and abdominal distension. Folk hops 10 ~ 15g, used to make tea, are effective for abdominal distension caused by qi stagnation or food stagnation.

perilla leaf

It is a kind of seasoning, which can detoxify fish and crabs, and has the effect of regulating qi and relieving bloating. "Rihuazi Materia Medica" says: "Treat heart bloating". "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains: "Perilla leaves have a wide range of qi." "Herbal Yan Hui" also said that it "dispels cold, clears lung-qi, widens middle-qi, calms fetal qi, stops qi stagnation and eliminates phlegm, and is also a miraculous medicine for treating qi." Therefore, it is especially suitable for people with qi stagnation and abdominal distension. You can take10g of perilla leaves and add water or make tea with boiling water instead.

Amomum fruit

As a common aromatic condiment, it can promote qi circulation, regulate the stomach and relieve bloating, and is suitable for people with abdominal distension who don't want to eat. Ming? Li Shizhen once said that it "regulates vitality, relieves stagnation of qi, dispels cold, and drinks to reduce swelling". It is especially suitable for qi stagnation and abdominal distension, especially those with cold abdominal distension. Amomum villosum is 3 ~ 5g a day, which can be mashed, decocted in water, or brewed with boiling water to make tea.

cardamum

It is an aromatic and stomach-invigorating condiment, which can promote qi circulation, warm the stomach, promote digestion, relieve stomach pain and relieve flatulence, and has the same effect as Amomum villosum. Anyone with abdominal distension caused by qi stagnation or food stagnation should use 3 ~ 5g of cardamom, which should be decocted in water instead of drinking tea.

In addition, people with abdominal distension should eat more carrots, orange peels, kidney beans, Chinese cabbage, celery, water spinach, white gourd, scorpions, tomatoes, bitter gourd, fennel, onions, oranges and tea.