Nowadays, many people’s work may require a lot of social activities, or they often have gatherings with friends. At this time, they drink a lot of wine. No matter whether they can drink it or not, they will feel sick every time they drink too much. It's very uncomfortable. The feeling of wanting to vomit but not being able to vomit is the most uncomfortable. Many people don't know what to do. How to relieve stomach discomfort after drinking alcohol? What to do if you have a stomachache after drinking?
1. Keep your stomach warm after drinking alcohol. Cold in the stomach will aggravate the symptoms of stomach discomfort. In mild cases, stomach pain, diarrhea and other discomforts may occur, and in severe cases, gastric cramps may occur. Be sure to keep your abdomen warm after drinking, and be careful not to catch cold even in summer. You can also drink hot water to help keep your stomach warm.
2. Abdominal massage for relief
If you have stomach discomfort after drinking alcohol, you can massage your abdomen to help relieve stomach discomfort.
Method: Lie on your back, with the navel as the center point. After rubbing your palms to heat, massage the left abdomen first. Use your right palm to press the abdomen at the lower edge of the left ribs, then slowly massage downwards to the upper edge of the pubic bone, then move your palms back and massage the right abdomen upwards. The focus should be gentle, so that the person being massaged feels comfortable.
3. Dietary therapy for relief
If you have stomach discomfort after drinking alcohol, you should pay attention to a mild, soft and light diet. In addition, when eating, you should pay attention to chewing slowly to reduce the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and avoid aggravating gastric discomfort. You can also eat smaller meals more often so that there is food in the stomach to neutralize gastric acid and prevent gastric acid from causing new irritation to the gastric mucosa, etc. Here are some foods that can help relieve hangover and relieve stomach discomfort after drinking.
(1) Evodia porridge
Ingredients: 3 grams of Evodia, 50 grams of japonica rice, and a little green onion.
Method: Bake Evodia Fructus and grind it into fine powder. Wash the japonica rice and boil it into porridge. When the porridge is almost cooked, add Evodia Fructus and green onion.
Usage: Eat after drinking. If you wake up after drinking, you can eat directly on an empty stomach.
Efficacy: It can help warm the liver and dispel cold, and effectively help relieve gastric discomfort such as stomach pain and bloating after drinking.
(2) Tomato juice
Ingredients: several fresh tomatoes.
Method: Wash the tomatoes, remove the stems and make juice.
Efficacy: The fructose contained in tomato juice can help speed up the decomposition of alcohol in the body, help reduce alcohol's irritation to the stomach, and help relieve gastric discomfort after drinking. In addition, drinking tomato juice after drinking can also help relieve dizziness, headaches and other discomforts.
(3) Yogurt
If you have stomach discomfort during or after drinking, you can drink yogurt to help relieve the discomfort. The acidic substances in yogurt can effectively neutralize alcohol and help reduce the time it stays in the body. In addition, yogurt can also form a protective layer for the gastric mucosa. Drinking yogurt before drinking alcohol can help prevent gastric discomfort caused by irritation or damage to the gastric mucosa.
(4) Olives
The first hour after being drunk is the most uncomfortable time, and the effect of alcohol is at its greatest at this time. , eating a few olives can help relieve stomach discomfort. Or peeling off the olive flesh and cooking it with millet into porridge can also help relieve stomach discomfort.
4. Seek medical examination and treatment
For more serious stomach discomfort after drinking alcohol, such as severe stomach pain and headache, it is best to seek medical examination and treatment. Exclude acute gastritis, gastric bleeding, etc. caused by excessive alcohol intake that causes strong irritation to the stomach. In addition, you can also take stomach medicine under the guidance of a doctor to relieve stomach discomfort.
5. Pay attention to drinking alcohol
1. Before drinking, take some foods to protect the gastric mucosa. You can eat some staple foods first, preferably foods with high protein content, such as milk, Bread, tofu, etc. Drinking alcohol can effectively reduce the damage to the gastric mucosa caused by alcohol.
2. Drink milk drinks while drinking. Dairy products can effectively cover the surface of the gastric mucosa and reduce alcohol damage to the gastric mucosa.
3. If you have stomach pain after drinking, if the situation is not very serious, you can take some stomach-protecting drugs after drinking, such as aluminum hydroxide (Weishuping), Weibizhi, Starshuwei and other Western medicines, and similar Chinese patent medicines such as Yu Xiangsha Yangwei Pills are also very effective.
If you don’t have medicine at home, you can eat biscuits, steamed buns or relatively dilute lye to neutralize excess gastric acid and absorb alcohol. You can also drink a cup of honey water to relieve hangover. In addition, you can also use dietary therapy, such as using an appropriate amount of honey, brown sugar, and 5 grams of safflower. Put the safflower in a thermos cup, brew it with boiling water, cover it, soak it for 10 minutes, then add honey and brown sugar, and drink it while it's hot. Efficacy: harmonizes the stomach and intestines, relieves pain and removes ulcers. You can try to stick your fingers into your mouth and throat to induce vomiting and vomit the excess alcohol.
4. Stomach pain after drinking. If the situation is very serious, you must pay attention. If the patient already suffers from gastric diseases such as gastric ulcer, after drinking alcohol, further damage to the gastric mucosa may cause gastric bleeding. At this time, you must go to the hospital for treatment quickly, otherwise it may cause anemia due to bleeding, and if the bleeding is severe, it may cause hemorrhagic shock.