I have been suffering from stomach trouble for several years, mainly because of the weather change or feeling stomachache after eating cold food. I went to the hospital for examination, and the doctor said it was stomach cold. A friend told me that fresh ginger can be used to treat stomach cold pain. The specific method is: marinate 500 grams of fresh ginger (fine powder) and 250 grams of white sugar for a week, and then eat it three times a day before meals, each time 1 teaspoon. I tried it for a while and felt some effects. Can this diet be used for a long time? Does it really work? are there any side - effects? Are there any other better dietotherapy methods to treat stomach cold? Liu Wen, deputy chief physician of Digestive Center of Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, comments: Ginger does have the effect of warming and tonifying, so it can treat stomach cold and pain. But the effect of dried ginger is better than ginger, and you are not as good as brown sugar when you use white sugar, because white sugar is cool and brown sugar is warm. Because sweets can delay gastric emptying, increase gastric acid secretion and cause gastroesophageal reflux. If you eat sweets before meals without food neutralization, too much stomach acid will cause strong stimulation to your stomach and affect your appetite for the next meal. Therefore, ginger and sugar are not suitable for long-term consumption before meals. In addition, many seasonings have the function of warming the stomach. When cooking, you can kill two birds with one stone by putting some properly, which can not only season but also warm the stomach. Such as pepper, pepper, clove, long pepper and so on. As you know, ginger has a good stomach warming effect, but it doesn't have to be compatible with white sugar. .