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Be careful of excessive drinking and overeating during year-end gatherings, which can damage the spleen and stomach

2024-01-31

As the Spring Festival approaches, whether it's family reunions or friends gathering, we cannot do without good wine and food. Candy and snacks are also indispensable in the living room. However, if we don't exercise restraint, our bodies will be overwhelmed. Eating too much, eating too much, eating unclean food... can easily damage the spleen and stomach, causing discomfort such as bloating, stomach pain, and acid reflux. Traditional Chinese medicine experts from Nanjing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine believe that the spleen is responsible for transporting and transforming the stomach, and the spleen is responsible for ascending, clearing, and descending the stomach. Through the combination of absorption, transportation, and ascending and descending factors, the diet, water, and grains are transported and transformed into qi and blood for the human body, nourishing the whole body. The spleen and stomach are the "source of qi and blood biochemistry" and the "foundation of nurture" in the human body. The spleen loses its healthy circulation, breeds phlegm and dampness, internally harms the spleen and stomach, and various diseases arise. Therefore, it is even more important to take good care of our spleen and stomach during holidays. These six behaviors can easily harm the spleen and stomach. 1. Fat, sweet, and thick flavors such as braised pork, fried chicken legs, cream cake, chocolate candy, etc. They are difficult to digest and can seriously increase the burden on the spleen and stomach, producing a large amount of phlegm and dampness, and can also lead to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular problems such as obesity, fatty liver, and coronary heart disease. 2. The food we eat, whether raw or cold, relies on the "spleen and stomach yang qi" to transport and transform. A cold and raw diet is most likely to deplete Yang energy and affect the function of spleen and stomach circulation, resulting in symptoms such as loss of appetite, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Therefore, infants and elderly people with weak spleen and stomach should try to avoid raw and cold foods in winter. 3. Angry and aggrieved. Many people have similar experiences. Once they are particularly angry, they will feel "full of anger" and have no appetite to eat; Or once particularly sad and anxious, it is easy to overeat and turn grief into appetite. This indicates that negative emotions can significantly affect spleen and stomach function. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "the liver is responsible for relieving stress and regulating emotions". In the Five Elements, the liver belongs to wood, while the spleen and stomach belong to soil. Wood can overcome soil, which means that the liver's relieving function can promote the circulation of the spleen and stomach; If angry or aggrieved, the first thing to do is harm the liver. Stagnation of liver qi can lead to dysfunction of the spleen and stomach, and over time, the spleen and stomach function will weaken. 4. Spicy stimulation of the stomach has the characteristic of "liking to moisten and detesting dryness". Spicy stimulating foods such as chili peppers, Sichuan peppers, scallions, ginger, and garlic are the most harmful to the yin fluid, leading to spleen and stomach yin deficiency. Dry mouth, constipation, acne, hemorrhoids, and even gastric bleeding may occur. The tongue is red in texture, thin and small in size, with little or no tongue coating, and even cracks. 5. Excessive worry. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "thinking leads to qi stagnation", and excessive thinking can lead to spleen qi stagnation and decreased circulation function. Therefore, many students and IT workers who think too much will lose their appetite, unable to eat, and gradually become thin and haggard. Some people also rely on binge drinking and overeating to relieve stress, which further damages the spleen and stomach, leading to excessive fatigue and obesity caused by phlegm dampness. 6. The so-called "sitting for long periods of time harms the flesh" actually harms the spleen, because the spleen governs the flesh. For example, office white-collar workers often maintain a sitting posture all day long. Over time, one will feel indigestion, discomfort in the spleen and stomach, and the stomach will start to expand like blowing a balloon. The body often feels tired and exhausted, and the body will become increasingly fat. The tongue will become larger and the coating will be thick and greasy. There are clever ways to regulate the spleen and stomach. Firstly, acupoint moxibustion at Shenque: Modern people's spleen and stomach are weak, mostly due to spleen yang deficiency. Moxibustion is one of the best methods for promoting yang, and can achieve the goal of tonifying spleen yang by moxibustion at Shenque. It has a good effect on regulating spleen and stomach deficiency cold and chronic diarrhea. Zusanli:

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