This article guides doctor: Huang Suiping, PhD, chief Chinese medicine practitioner, professor, doctoral supervisor, postdoctoral cooperative supervisor, famous traditional Chinese medicine doctor in Guangdong Province, currently the administrative director of the Department of Spleen and Gastroenterology, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Many readers left messages in the background saying that they often have troubles of bloating, especially after having a big feast on holidays, bloating occurs more frequently. Today I will tell you about the causes of gastrointestinal qi and some food taboos.
Traditional Chinese medicine calls the stomach "sea of water and valleys", which refers to the stomach being the main organ that digests food and drinks. After the food is digested by the stomach, the food will continue to be transported downward. will be used to calm down. That is to say, stomach qi will be reduced to . If does not descend, the stomach qi will stagnate and will cause abdominal discomfort, accompanied by belching and decreased appetite. Traditional Chinese medicine calls this stomach bloating "stomach distension" and " distension ".
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the causes of gastric bloating can be divided into internal and external factors:
01 Main internal factors
■ The body of spleen and stomach is weak
Physical constitution belongs to people with weak spleen and stomach. They will be unable to promote the circulation of qi due to insufficient spleen and stomach, resulting in poor qi in the spleen and stomach, resulting in gas bloating. People with weak spleen and stomach are mostly thin or fat, and often have indigestion problems.
■ Phlegm and dampness block
The spleen and stomach are weak and weak in transportation and transformation, and dampness cannot be resolved, which will produce phlegm and dampness. Phlegm and dampness will hinder the qi of the spleen and stomach, forming fullness, and are often accompanied by coughing up mucus in the morning, not refreshing breath, and impotence of stool.
02 Common external factors
■ Improper diet
Improper diet, such as overeating or eating too fast, will damage the spleen and stomach, leading to strike, food incomplete food, disordered spleen and stomach rise and fall, and upward gastric qi. Improper diet is also a common cause of gastric bloating. Nowadays, many takeaway foods are not guaranteed, and the food may be contaminated by some bacteria, so it is easy to cause digestive tract symptoms. Some people may say that they have paid great attention to their diet, but they still have inexplicable bloating. This may be caused by bad eating habits, such as not concentrating on eating, watching mobile phones or TV while eating, etc., can easily cause a decrease in gastric digestive function and cause bloating.
Some foods produce more gas under the decomposition of bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract, which increases gas accumulation in the gastrointestinal tract and leads to gas bloating. If you like to eat foods that are prone to bloating and not control the amount, it will also cause gastrointestinal qi, especially people with weak spleen and stomach. Below I have compiled a food table that is prone to bloating:
Food classification | Causes of bloating | Causes of bloating | Causes of bloating html l2 | Common foods |
High fat and high cholesterol foods | Foods such as foods are difficult to decompose and absorb by the gastrointestinal tract. Overeating can easily cause burden on the gastrointestinal tract, causing symptoms of indigestion among consumers. | Fat meat, animal offal, egg yolk, fried food (such as instant noodles, French fries, potato chips, fried chicken, fried skewers), etc. | ||
high starch food | Foods are rich in starch, sugar and fiber. After fermentation by the intestines, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, etc. are prone to bloating. | Sweet potatoes, taro, potatoes, pumpkins, chestnuts, etc. | ||
high-sodium food | high-sodium food will change the absorption of gastrointestinal water, cause edema, and may also affect the process of sulfide production in the intestinal flora, which in turn causes bloating. | Foods with high salt content such as bacon, salted fish, bacon, sausage, ham, pickles, pickles, etc. | ||
cruciferous vegetables | Most of these foods contain some special sugar substances, such as oligosaccharides, lactose , etc. They cannot be absorbed and utilized by the human body well. After these undiluted sugars enter the intestines, they will be decomposed by bacteria, producing various gases, and ultimately make people feel bloating. | broccoli, cabbage, kale, kale, kohlrabi , etc. | ||
bean food | soybeans, mung beans, tofu, dried tofu, soy milk, soy milk, etc. | |||
Lactose-rich dairy products | Milk, whole milk powder, cream, cheese, ice cream, etc. | |||
irritating food | Overly irritating food will stimulate the gastrointestinal mucosa. Excessive consumption can easily cause gastrointestinal dysfunction and bloating. | Strong tea, espresso, spicy hot pot, too cold, too hot, too hard food, etc. |
■ Irregular work and rest
Some people have very irregular work and rest. They sleep until near noon in the morning and eat breakfast and lunch together; work overtime at noon and delay lunch until 2 pm before eating lunch; work overtime at night and stay up late at night and have a midnight snack before going to bed. In this way, the stomach cannot adapt to the rhythm of eating, and its function is gradually damaged, resulting in gastric bloating.
■ External evil qi
External dampness and heat disturbs the stomach and may lead to bloating, acid reflux, bad breath, and yellow and greasy tongue coating. The evil of cold and dampness invades the human body and congestion of stomach qi, which can also cause stomach bloating, especially during the alternation of spring and summer. This type of stomach bloating is also accompanied by symptoms such as heat relief and white and greasy tongue coating, which can be relieved after hot compress.
■ Emotional disorder
Thinking more easily leads to qi stagnation, anger is prone to qi reversal, sadness is prone to qi depression, these will cause disorder of the spleen and stomach qi mechanism, leading to bloating, which is common in people with high pressure on study and work.
Gas bloating caused by spleen and stomach weakness is mostly repeated, so it is recommended to go to the outpatient clinic for a period of time. gas bloating caused by external factors is mostly transient attacks, which can gradually improve after the external factors are removed, but internal and external factors affect each other. The long-term existence of external factors will also form or aggravate spleen and stomach weakness, leading to a vicious cycle.
In the eyes of Western medicine, bloating is a common digestive system symptom, and there are many diseases that cause bloating. Common ones include:
✔ Chronic gastritis
✔ Reflux esophagitis
✔ Gastric duodenal ulcer
✔ Duodenal stasis
✔ Gastric cancer
✔ Helicobacter pylori infection
✔ Irritable bowel syndrome
✔ Gasbladder stones
It should be noted that some people have done a lot of tests but have not found any problems. There are many such patients in clinical practice. In fact, the disease they suffer from is called functional indigestion .
No matter what disease it is caused by stomach bloating, as long as it occurs repeatedly and lasts for a relatively long time, it is recommended to diagnose and treat it in the clinic.
‖ Recommended diet therapy recipes
Radish tangerine peel pork bone soup
Ingredients: 400 grams of white radish, 10 grams of tangerine peel, and 500 grams of pork bone. (Serves for 2 people)
Method:
① Wash and cut the pork bones into pieces;
② Peel and cut the white radish into pieces;
③ Put the pork bones, white radish and tangerine peel into the soup pot, add water, boil over high heat and turn to low heat and boil for about 1 hour;
④ Add appropriate amount of salt to taste and eat.
Effect: Relieve phlegm and reduce qi, eliminate food and swelling.
is suitable for people: people with indigestion and bloating.
White radish is cool in nature, spicy and sweet, and enters the lungs and stomach meridians. It has the effects of digesting food and resolving phlegm, and reducing qi and loosening the middle. White radish is better than traditional digestive medicines such as hawthorn and glutinous malt, because the medicine and food are of the same origin, and the qi effect is good in digestive food, making it easier to buy. Tangerine peel is warm in nature, spicy and bitter in taste, enters the spleen and lung meridians, has the effects of drying dampness and resolving phlegm, strengthening the spleen and regulating qi, and can also restrict the cold nature of white radish.Choose pork bones with less meat and blanch them in water to remove fatty oil. They are delicious and suitable for digestion and restlessness.
‖ Recommended diet therapy prescription
Perilla Amomum villoss tea
Ingredients: 20 grams of fresh perilla leaves (or 5 grams of dried perilla leaves), 5 grams of Amomum villoss. (Substitute for 1 person)
Method:
① Wash the perilla and chop it;
② Wash the amomum villori and put it into a cotton bag.
③Put this cotton bag and perilla into the pot, add water, and boil over high heat until the aroma is strong, and it is not suitable to cook for a long time.
Effect: warms and removes dampness, regulates qi and relieves bloating.
is suitable for people: Spleen deficiency, qi stagnation and dampness are often accompanied by symptoms such as chest, flanks, abdominal distension, nausea and vomiting, limbs, dizziness and drowsiness, or swelling, white and greasy tongue coating.
Perilla leaves are warm in nature and spicy in taste. They are connected to the lungs and spleen meridians, and can relieve exterior and disperse cold, promote qi and stomach. Amomum villoss is spicy and warm in nature. It belongs to the spleen, stomach, and kidney meridians. It can warm the middle and wake up the spleen, regulate qi and harmonize the stomach. Perilla and Amomum villoss tea are used to warm the middle and eliminate dampness, regulate qi and eliminate bloating, and are more suitable for the recent alternating humidity in spring and summer. In addition, both perilla and amomum villosa can be used to maintain the fetus, so this tea can also be consumed by pregnant women, such as morning sickness caused by stagnation of spleen and stomach qi and dampness. ■
[Source: Huang Suiping talks about spleen and stomach]
