1, how to protect the spleen and stomach
One: Eat reasonably and arrange three meals a day skillfully. As the saying goes, "Eat a full breakfast, have a good lunch, and have little dinner" and "Take a bite of dinner and live to be ninety-nine". Because people's basic metabolism is more vigorous during the day than at night, they have stronger demand for food and digestive function, less activity at night and lower energy consumption. At the same time, the diet should be light, especially for middle-aged and elderly people. It is not advisable to eat greasy, fried and salty food. They must limit animal fat and eat more beans and fresh fruits and vegetables.
Two: to develop good eating habits, we should not only pay attention to the hygiene of the diet, but also avoid unclean food. The diet should be warm, cooked and soft. If you don't eat or eat less cold, it is advisable to "heat does not burn your lips and cool your teeth", especially avoid sticky and indigestible food. At the same time, you should have a good mood when eating, concentrate on eating, chew slowly, and should not take a bath or do strenuous exercise immediately after eating.
Third, we should choose the right food according to people, time and place, according to personal physical requirements, according to the changes of four seasons in spring, summer, autumn and winter and the different characteristics of climate, water and soil in the east, west, north and south.
Four: Pay attention to the pungent, sour, sweet, bitter and salty flavors of food during tonic or dietotherapy. Because the five flavors are different in nature, we must avoid different flavors according to different people's constitutions or diseases, so as not to help evil and attack right.
2. What can I do to protect my spleen and stomach?
1, often swallow saliva
Saliva is called "golden jade liquid" in ancient times, and there is a folk saying that "white jade teeth have Yuquan, which benefits me for a hundred years". It is considered that oral fluid is the guarantee of health and longevity. This method is, after gargling in the morning, be quiet, knock your teeth 36 times first, then grit your teeth, stir your tongue back and forth in your mouth, no matter how many times, take body fluid as the degree, and then slowly swallow it several times. The effect of frequent knocking on teeth has a great influence on people's health. To strengthen the spleen and stomach, we must protect our teeth. Ancient health experts said, "People who knock their teeth three hundred times in the morning will never waver." The specific way is to eliminate distractions, relax, gently close your lips, and then gently pat your upper and lower teeth rhythmically. Sun Simiao, a great doctor in the Tang Dynasty, said: "I ate dim sum rice on weekdays, rubbed my stomach with my hot hands, and went out for fifty or sixty steps." If this method can be persisted for a long time, it will be of great benefit to regulate the function of spleen and stomach, promote the digestion and absorption of food, and prevent and treat indigestion and chronic gastrointestinal diseases.
2. Eat foods that strengthen the spleen and stomach.
jujube
"Compendium of Materia Medica" said: "Jujube is sweet and refreshing. Nourishing spleen, calming stomach, dredging nine orifices, helping the twelve meridians, and invigorating qi and body fluid are all four medicines. Long-term use will strengthen the body and prolong life. "
honey
Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica points out that honey can "soothe the five internal organs, tonify deficiency, tonify qi and middle energizer, relieve pain and detoxify, eliminate chronic diseases, harmonize with various drugs, strengthen the body for a long time and prolong life".
lotus seed
The Compendium of Materia Medica in the Qing Dynasty said that lotus seeds "will not rot for a hundred years, and people will eat them, but they will be black and not old." There is lotus seed powder porridge in Taiping Shenghui Fang in Song Dynasty. Take lotus seed powder 15 ~ 20g, japonica rice or glutinous rice 100g for porridge every time. Eating it in the morning and evening can treat old and weak, chronic diarrhea, dreaminess and insomnia, and polyuria at night, making people strong.
coix seed
"Compendium of Materia Medica" in the Ming Dynasty said: "Coix seed Yangming medicine can also strengthen the spleen and stomach, and deficiency can replenish its mother, so it is used for lung flaccidity and lung abscess. Diseases of the bones and muscles are treated by Yangming, while those that are urgent are confined to the bones and muscles, which are used by those with wind arthralgia. Soil can overcome water and dehumidify, so people with diarrhea and edema use it. "
carrot
Chinese medicine believes that carrots can strengthen the stomach, promote the circulation of qi, promote digestion, and assist dietotherapy for those who stop eating due to spleen deficiency and qi stagnation, chest tightness, loss of appetite and chronic dysentery.
3. What is the harm of poor spleen and stomach?
1, constipation: constipation means that you can't defecate normally within 24 hours. Constipation is the most common manifestation of unhealthy intestines in urbanites. The reason why the human body defecates is to expel toxins and garbage in time and ensure the balance of the body. If you can't get in, it will lead to the accumulation of toxins in the body and be prone to various diseases. So constipation is also the source of all diseases.
2, frequent diarrhea: manifested as acute and chronic diarrhea, continuous defecation has a sense of urgency, anal discomfort, if there is any discomfort in the anus, be sure to go to the hospital for examination.
3, defecation is particularly smelly: when it is discharged, it is particularly smelly, then you have to think about whether it is an intestinal problem.
4, dark skin, rough, acne: These seemingly superficial changes are actually a manifestation of internal unhealthy, and people with unhealthy intestines will definitely show it on the skin.
5, the tail gas is very smelly: it may be that harmful bacteria in the intestine produce a lot of sulfide gas, and how many substances are mixed inside.
6, bad breath: the mouth is the upper channel, if the lower channel is impassable, it is bound to pass through the upper channel, and the rancid smell caused by bacteria will be exhaled through the mouth. Therefore, people will have bad breath. If bad breath caused by periodontal disease is excluded, it must be bad breath caused by unhealthy gastrointestinal tract. As long as the stomach is well conditioned, bad breath can be eliminated.