What porridge to drink for bloating

There are many reasons for stomach bloating. Suffering from stomach bloating will have a great impact on people's daily life. Stomach bloating needs to be actively adjusted. Patients with stomach bloating should try to eat light food and eat less spicy and irritating food. They also need to exercise regularly. Proper exercise can improve the body's immunity and is very good for health.

What porridge should I drink for bloating?

Hawthorn porridge

Appropriate amounts of hawthorn, rice, and rock sugar. Wash the ingredients, put them in a pot, cook over high heat, add rock sugar and cook over low heat until the ingredients are cooked and soft.

Function: Hawthorn can relieve gas and pain, digest food and eliminate accumulation. It can improve stomach bloating, indigestion, etc. People with stomach bloating can drink this porridge often to improve discomfort.

Tangerine peel porridge

10 grams of tangerine peel, 100 grams of rice. Wash and cut the tangerine peel into shreds, boil in water to extract the juice, add rice and cook until it becomes porridge. Eat once a day for 3-5 days.

Function: This porridge has the effects of regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, eliminating stagnation and strengthening the stomach, drying dampness and resolving phlegm, relieving adverse effects and stopping vomiting. It can treat abdominal distension and pain, loss of appetite, vomiting and hiccups.

Barley porridge

Use appropriate amounts of barley flour, rice, and edible alkali. Mix the barley flour with water to make a paste. First, cook the rice until it is 70% cooked, then add the barley flour made into a paste and stir evenly. Then add the edible alkali. Simmer over low heat until the porridge in the pot does not turn red.

Function: It can replenish Qi and regulate the middle, eliminate food stagnation, and treat symptoms such as bloating, spleen and stomach weakness, etc.

Fig porridge

30 grams of figs, 50 grams of glutinous rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Wash and chop the figs, wash the rice, boil the rice first, then put the chopped figs in, add rock sugar and cook until dissolved.

Function: Nourishes the spleen and stomach, replenishes qi and produces body fluid, harmonizes the stomach and stops vomiting, moistens the lungs and relieves sore throat, moistens the intestines and promotes bowel movements. It can be used for patients with weak spleen and stomach, indigestion, and reduced appetite.

How to treat stomach bloating

1. Eat less foods that are likely to cause bloating: Foods that are likely to cause bloating, such as beans, onions, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, etc., should not be eaten too much.

2. Chew food slowly: Change your eating habits. Chew food slowly. Don’t eat too fast or too anxiously. Also, don’t eat too much at one time. Eat small meals frequently.

3. You can eat some kumquats: People with bloating can eat some kumquats in moderation, which have the effects of strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi, warming the middle and nourishing the stomach, and can improve symptoms such as qi stagnation, loss of appetite and fatigue.

4. Drink more rice soup: add one part rice to 5 parts water, boil for 10 minutes, then cover with a lid, simmer on low heat for 1 hour, filter, drink while warm, several times a day, to cure bloating.

5. Eat a lighter diet: Eating too much greasy, high-protein or high-fat food can easily cause indigestion. Patients need to eat more fresh vegetables and fruits to promote digestion.

6. Improve mood: Excessive stress can directly affect intestinal function. Patients with bloating should also pay attention to mental adjustment.

7. Keep warm: After catching a cold, the spleen and stomach functions weaken, which can easily cause stomach bloating. Therefore, patients should pay attention to keeping warm and apply hot compresses to the abdomen frequently.