Indigestion is a gastrointestinal disease that everyone will have, especially after holidays, symptoms of indigestion will appear. So when we have indigestion, what should we do to relieve it? What about symptoms of indigestion? How should the stomach be digested normally? What should I do if I have indigestion? How to avoid indigestion with daily diet?

1. Diet therapy for indigestion

1. Abdominal bloating caused by food damage: Use 30 grams of fried malt, boil it in water and take it in divided doses.

2. Diarrhea due to food accumulation: You can use 1 pack of noon tea (available in pharmacies), 2 slices of ginger, soak in boiling water and take.

3. Wash 20 raw water chestnuts and 250 grams of radish, mash them together, squeeze out the juice, stew and take in divided doses.

4. Vomiting due to food injury: Take 3 grams of washed and sun-dried chicken (or duck) gizzard skin, boil it in water and drink the juice.

5. 10 grams of fresh orange peel, cut into thin strips, a small piece of ginger, chopped into pieces, add an appropriate amount of sugar, and soak in boiling water to replace the tea.

2. Massage method for indigestion

1. Hold Hegu:

Sit down and use the index thumb and two fingers of one hand to pinch the Hegu point (the highest point at the tiger’s mouth) point) and pinch it hard dozens of times.

2. Hold the shoulder well:

The patient sits in a sitting position, and the other person lifts the full part of the shoulder muscles with both hands, about dozens of times.

3. Tap Jianli point:

Lie in a supine position, and use the middle finger of another person to press the Jianli point (3 inches above the navel), press it hard, and use your upper arm to exert force at the same time. Keep shaking for about half a minute.

4. Abdominal massage:

The patient lies in a supine position, with the palms of both hands overlapping, taking the navel as the center of the circle, and rub the mid-abdomen and lower abdomen in a clockwise direction to stimulate the abdominal cavity. The heat sensation is appropriate, about 2 minutes.

3. Preventive methods for indigestion

1. Diet and lifestyle management

Avoid greasy and irritating foods in the diet, and avoid raw, cold and acidic foods and Coffee, chocolate, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc., quit smoking and drink less. Avoid overeating and overeating before going to bed. It is best to eat small meals more frequently. Mental factors are the main cause of indigestion, so special attention should be paid to maintaining a happy mood and a good mood.

2. Massage

1. Push the spleen soil and push the three levels. Support the patient's hand with your left hand. Dip the thumb in ginger water with your right hand, first push the spleen soil (from the root of the thumb through the thenar to the transverse crease of the wrist), and then push upward three passes (on the radial side of the forearm, from the wrist joint to Quchi point), each time The number of times of pushing is based on the redness of the skin, and it takes about 200 times. Alternate with both hands.

2. Push both sides of the back spine. From top to bottom, starting from the seventh cervical vertebra and going down to the lumbar vertebra, or use chiropractic method.

3. Push the ribs on both sides with the thumbs of both hands, and then push on both sides of the navel. You can also rub your navel with warm palms.

4. Finally, use your fingers and thumb to push Zusanli point flatly.

3. Application

1. Apply the Shangshi analgesic ointment to the "Zusanli" acupoints on both sides of the calf, change it once every half a day, and apply it for two consecutive days.

2. Mix a small amount of aged camellia oil and talcum powder into a paste, rub the palms of your hands to heat it and apply it to the navel and around the navel. It is especially effective for abdominal distension in infants and young children.

IV. Dietary Recipes

1. Mutton porridge: 250 grams of fresh lean mutton, cut into small pieces and boil until mashed, then mix with japonica rice to cook porridge, eat 2 times a day. This prescription can replenish the vital energy, warm the stomach and relieve pain, and treat indigestion and abdominal pain caused by weak spleen and stomach. It is especially suitable for elderly people with Qi deficiency, insufficient Yang Qi, aversion to cold, and epigastric pain.

2. Amomum villosum porridge: First use 100 grams of japonica rice to cook the porridge, grind 5 grams of amomum villosum and put it into the porridge, and then cook it briefly. This prescription has the effects of warming the spleen and stomach, clearing stagnant Qi, dissipating heat and relieving vomiting, and is suitable for stomach pain, fullness, vomiting and other symptoms.