1. Prescriptions for gastroenteritis
(1) Decocting old grapefruit peel with water
Ingredients: 15g old grapefruit peel, 1g tea leaves and 2 slices of ginger.
practice: decoction.
(2) Ginger rubs the limbs
Raw materials: ginger and soju.
practice: cut the ginger. Dip in wine and rub your limbs to turn hot.
(3) apply scallion to navel
raw materials: scallion and rice wine.
practice: mash and stir-fry, and iron the navel with cloth.
(4) Folium Artemisiae Argyi applied to navel
Raw materials: Folium Artemisiae Argyi and rice wine.
practice: mash and stir-fry, and iron navel with cloth.
(5) Tea powder
Raw materials: 1g of tea and 5g of ginger.
practice: bake and grind into fine powder, 3g each time, 3 times a day.
(6) Ginger and coptis root powder
Ingredients: 12g of ginger and 3g of coptis root.
practice: mash ginger to get juice, grind Rhizoma Coptidis into powder, and fry with low heat. 6 grams each time, green tea, 3 times a day.
(7) Boiled pomegranate rind
Ingredients: 1g fresh pomegranate rind and 3g honey.
Practice: Boil pomegranate peel in water until it is thick, add sugar and boil, 1 spoon each time, and take it with boiling water.
2. Precautions for gastroenteritis
1. Restrict diet:
In the early stage of the disease or when the condition is not serious, patients can effectively control gastroenteritis only by simplifying diet.
At this time, the absorption and peristalsis of gastrointestinal tract are in an abnormal state. Excessive intake of food will increase the burden on digestive organs and increase the disease.
second, liquid diet:
porridge or porridge, you should drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration caused by diarrhea. Excessive frequent vomiting and defecation will reduce water and electrolytes in body tissues.
Therefore, it is necessary to increase the liquid intake to make up for the loss. Liquid contains a lot of sugar and electrolytes (potassium, sodium), which can also help reduce diarrhea.
Third, avoid greasy diet:
Avoid greasy and citrus foods, because they may aggravate the illness. Do not drink water or drinks immediately after vomiting, and wait for at least half an hour before taking a small amount of liquid frequently.
Fourth, avoid dairy products such as ice cream:
Dairy products will aggravate diarrhea. Caffeine-containing drinks should also be avoided to avoid aggravating irritation.
5. Eat less and eat more:
Patients can only include solid food in their diet after the symptoms of acute gastroenteritis disappear. The symptoms of gastroenteritis generally subside within 2 days.
You should eat the food cooked at home, and avoid the processed food bought from outside. Eating a big meal during illness is not recommended because the stomach can't digest solid food properly yet.
it is important to eat small meals frequently every day. After 1-15 days, patients can eat cooked vegetables, fruits and a small amount of low-fat diet.
3. Symptoms of acute gastroenteritis
1. Abdominal pain
is characterized by tenderness in the middle of the upper abdomen or around the umbilicus, paroxysmal aggravation or persistent dull pain, which may be accompanied by discomfort such as abdominal fullness, and a few acute patients may even show severe pain.
2. Nausea and vomiting
Most patients with acute gastroenteritis can show nausea and vomiting discomfort. Most of the vomitus is undigested food, and some patients even vomit yellow bile or stomach acid directly.
3. Diarrhea
Diarrhea is one of the most common symptoms of acute gastroenteritis. Patients can show unreasonable diarrhea, abdominal discomfort, watery stools, dark yellow or green, and foul smell. Symptoms can stop with the improvement of stomach symptoms.
4. Dehydration
Because acute gastroenteritis is often accompanied by severe diarrhea and vomiting symptoms, it is easy to have dehydration symptoms. Excessive dehydration can lead to poor skin elasticity, sunken eyes, thirst, oliguria and other symptoms, and even severe cases may have symptoms such as decreased blood pressure and cold limbs.
5. Hemorrhage manifestations
Patients with severe acute gastroenteritis may show hematemesis or bloody stool, and a few patients may show bloodshot or brown vomiting species, black stool or positive stool occult blood test. Mainly said that gastric mucosal inflammation has bleeding symptoms.