Gastric disease is a common ailment of modern people. The editor often hears people around them complaining of stomach discomfort and pain. As the saying goes, “Treating the stomach is 30% medical intervention and 70% maintenance”, where maintenance should be based on medical treatment.
Oatmeal is a “buffer” for protecting the stomach lining, consuming it appropriately can nourish the stomach. It is a low-sugar, high-nutrition, high-energy food that helps reduce the occurrence of diabetes vascular complications.
Eating a bit of oatmeal every day can promote the absorption of food by the intestines and stomach, preventing undigested food accumulation and stomach bloating.
Chinese yam has the effect of tonifying the spleen, nourishing the stomach, and aiding digestion. It is a key stomach-nourishing food containing amylase, polyphenol oxidase, which benefits intestinal and stomach digestion and absorption functions, suitable for those weakened after suffering from chronic gastritis, enteritis, and other diseases.
Whether one has deficient spleen yang or stomach yin deficiency, it can be consumed. It contains a large amount of mucoprotein, vitamins, and trace elements, serving as a dual-purpose food and medicine for tonifying the spleen and stomach.
Clove tea, known as the “stomach tonic” in the plant kingdom. Regular consumption of clove tea can relieve abdominal bloating and is very effective for conditions like intestinal gas, stomach bloating, and stomach pain.
For friends experiencing stomach bloating, acidity, or coldness, clove tea can be chosen as a daily stomach-nourishing tea, suitable for elderly individuals with weaker stomach functions.
Pu’er tea is a fine product for nourishing the stomach and invigorating qi. Its caffeine can undergo fermentation, neutralizing its nature, providing lasting weight loss effects without causing stimulation. Long-term moderate consumption of Pu’er tea at the appropriate concentration will not only avoid irritation to the intestines and stomach but also protect them, backed by scientific evidence.
Jujube is a food that nourishes the blood and stomach. Regular consumption of jujube can not only nourish the stomach but also effectively enhance the immune system, correct gastrointestinal damage, providing “protection” for your stomach and ensuring you have a healthy stomach.
Jujube contains triterpenoid compounds and adenosine, stimulating the secretion of gastrointestinal mucosa. Eating a few jujubes every other day will show an improvement in your stomach health.
Hericium erinaceus is an exquisitely delicious wild mushroom, with tender, fragrant, and palatable flesh, earning it the title of “vegetarian meat”. It is effective in treating poor appetite, loose stools, ulcers in the stomach and duodenum, esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, dizziness, and other illnesses.
Hericium erinaceus has a neutral nature and a sweet taste. It benefits the five internal organs, aids digestion, promotes stomach health, tonifies deficiencies, has anti-cancer properties, and nourishes kidney essence.
