03 Stomach maintenance using the dietary technique
First of all, we are not talking about a weak spleen and stomach in the general sense, the kind of weak spleen and stomach that is so weak that even after eating a bowl of noodles, the stomach will feel bloated, and eating a few tomatoes will cause diarrhea.
People with weak spleen and stomach should eat regularly with fixed quantities at fixed times. Overeating is strictly prohibited. Such persons usually should eat more easily digestible foods. They should try to avoid irritating and indigestible foods, such as fried, raw and cold foods.
Japonica rice is neutral in nature and has the effect of invigorating the spleen and replenishing qi.
If the spleen and stomach are weak, you can eat more yellow foods, such as corn, potatoes, crucian carp soup, barley, etc. They are all very good choices for regulating the spleen and stomach.
If you don’t want to go to the trouble of preparing them, you can take cordyceps barley paste directly.
In fact, when we say we have a weak stomach and spleen, we are saying that their function is not strong. Once we know that, it becomes simple.
First of all, we should start with foods that are easily digestible. They will include soymilk, milk, porridge and bun. It is even better if we add barley, buckwheat, oats, and red dates to each meal because they nourish our spleen and stomach. Try not to eat raw, cold, hard and irritating things. If we eat meat, fish is better than meat from the easy-to-digest point of view.
01 Ginger brown-sugar drink
For some people, weakness of the spleen and stomach is mainly due to a deficiency of spleen yang-energy and coldness in the stomach and intestines. In that case, you may make a drink of ginger and brown-sugar and drink it every morning. It will remove the cold in the stomach and you will feel much better.
02 Leek
You may cook a dish with leeks in it. It will nourish the yang- energy of the liver, kidney, and stomach. You will feel better with the eating of the leeks.
03 Huaishan (dried Chinese yam)
In general, people with weak spleen and stomach may eat more yam and similar foods to strengthen the spleen. However, if your spleen and stomach are deficient and cold, it is recommended that you eat less, because Chinese yam helps dampness, and people with weak spleen and stomach should not eat it.
Similar to this, there are beef, red dates, pumpkins, peanuts, guyuan cream, wolfberry and other things. These are indeed effective for nourishing blood and kidneys for ordinary people or people with weak spleen and stomach. However, for people with severe deficiency of spleen and stomach, it is not helpful. On the contrary, it may increase the burden.
04 Barley
Use barley and similar foods that promote water and dehumidification to invigorate the spleen. If you have spleen and stomach deficiency, you can fry the barley before using it to make barley drink.
05 Tangerine peel (processed)
Eat some tangerine peel every day, just eat it as a snack. Tangerine peel has the effect of awakening the spleen and resolving phlegm. The spleen is the source of phlegm. When the phlegm is dissolved, it actually strengthens the spleen.
According to traditional herbal medicine, before the age of twenty-four, especially children, most of the problems in the body are spleen and kidney related. Therefore, in order to solve the health problems of children, it is advisable to start with the spleen and kidneys.
A soup made of pork ribs and tangerine peel is very delicious.
06 Fried rice and crispy rice
Fried rice and crispy rice are both invigorating the spleen. These two things also have one thing in common, that is, they all are a little burnt. According to herbal medicine, burnt foods enter the spleen and strengthen the spleen.
07 Others
There are many other foods that will benefit your stomach and spleen. As you eat daily, note down in your life journal foods that make you feel comfortable after eating. Each of us has a different body constitution, so what benefits others may not benefit you. We usually use this knowledge as a general guide, not as a strict rule.
To be continued in the next post.