In daily life, many friends often feel bloating, especially after meals, with abdominal distension and frequent belching as the main symptoms; this symptom is called "abdominal bloating" in traditional Chinese medicine. This symptom is often more obvious after eating sweet potatoes, taro or pumpkin. This is what we often call food bloating or eating bloating food. So, which foods are bloated foods? What to do if your stomach is bloated? Let’s see what the experts say!
Which foods are prone to bloating?
High-starchy foods are foods that are prone to flatulence. Such as sweet potatoes, taro, pumpkin, etc., these foods are rich in starch, sugars, and cellulose. After eating with meat, they are fully fermented by intestinal bacteria, which will produce a large amount of hydrogen sulfide and ammonia. If it cannot be discharged for a while, these gases accumulate in the intestines, which will cause gastrointestinal flatulence.
Beans are also foods that are prone to bloating. This is because half of the carbohydrates of soybeans are sedrato and marshmallows, both of which are branched mixed sugars composed of galactose, glucose and fructose, also known as soy oligosaccharides. The human body lacks hydrolytic enzymes of sedrato and marshmallows, which can produce gas under the action of intestinal microorganisms.
Some cruciferous vegetables can also produce bloating. Such as broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and cabbage, there are marshmallows. Because the human body lacks the enzyme that decomposes marshmallow sugar, this sugar is more difficult to absorb by the human body than other types of sugar. When it is difficult to absorb in the intestines, gas will be produced, causing bloating.
It is not difficult for us to see that most foods that are prone to bloating are coarse grains. How should we eat coarse grains?
The current living standard is beyond words! Eating coarse grains has become a luxury video. When eating coarse grains, we should follow the principle of "adding small amounts and making progress step by step". That is, the amount should be small at the beginning and gradually increased later, so as to give the digestive system a time to adapt; the number of times consumed also follows the principle of gradual increase, from twice a week to three times a week, and four times a week to finally achieve the goal of eating a little bit every day.
In addition, coarse grains are also a good way to make fine grains. We can grind the coarse grains and add them to soup porridge, or add them to flour to make coarse grain steamed buns, bread, noodles and other easy-to-digest foods to reduce the irritation of dietary fiber to the intestines.
Generally speaking, it is more appropriate for healthy adults to eat coarse grains every day to account for 1/3 of the total staple food. You can mix coarse grains when making staple food, such as adding some millet, brown rice, mung beans or red beans when steaming rice, adding a handful of oats when cooking white rice porridge, and adding a handful of purple rice when grinding soy milk. This combination of thickness makes it taste better. It is also best not to concentrate on eating a high-dietary fiber food. It should be eaten in rotation with a variety of coarse grains, such as red beans, oats, millet, purple rice, etc. The healthiest way to make coarse grains is steaming. You can mix the grains and mixed beans in a ratio of 3:1 or 2:1, soak overnight, and then put them in a pot and steam for 10 to 20 minutes. The steamed coarse grains can be mixed with rice and cooked into rice, or you can add some wolfberry and walnuts to make porridge. It is also a good way to use a soy milk maker to beat coarse grains into rice paste, and it is also particularly suitable for breakfast and late-night snacks.
understands that foods can cause us to bloat. So what should we do if there is bloating? Please ask traditional Chinese medicine for help.
First of all, you can take Baohe Pills due to abdominal distension caused by food accumulation, which has the effects of digesting food, guiding stagnation, and harmonizing the stomach; for abdominal distension caused by dampness and blocking stagnation, you can take Muxiang Shunqi Pills. This medicine can qi and transform dampness, strengthen the spleen and stomach; for long-term constipation, abdominal pain, and food accumulation in middle-aged and elderly people, you can take Simo Decoction, which has very good effects on ease qi and reduce reversal, eliminate accumulation and relieve pain.
"The King of Medicine" Sun Simiao once said in "Qianjin Yao Prescriptions" that "If you rub your abdomen hundreds of times, you will be free from all diseases." In other words, food bloating can be solved by massage. Massage method: When the hands are massaged to each other until the palms are hot, immediately place them at the navel and rub the entire abdomen alternately 36 times in a row and counterclockwise direction, 3-5 times. At the same time, massage Zusanli, Zhongwan and Tianshu acupoints 30 times each. This method is 1-2 times a day, and 7-10 days is 1 course of treatment.
You can also use fresh orange peel or soft dried orange peel, wash and cut into shreds, put it in an aluminum pot, add about half the weight of the orange peel, add water to cover the orange peel, heat and boil, then cook on a low heat until the remaining liquid is about to dry, take out the orange peel and put it on a plate, sprinkle in about half the weight of the orange peel and mix well, eat after meals, and you will see the effect in about three days.
reminds all friends: The abdominal distension caused by food not only can relieve symptoms, but also various experience prescriptions can also have unexpected effects; no matter which method, if the symptoms still do not disappear for about a week, you should go to a regular hospital for treatment in time to avoid delaying treatment!
