The gastrointestinal tract involves organs such as the esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, and peritoneum. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are the acquired foundation of the human body, and the normal function of the spleen and stomach can maintain the normal physiological function of the human bodyThe spleen and stomach are the hub of the body's qi machine, and only when it rises and clears and lowers turbidity can it be gasified normally, healthy and long-lived. This reflects how damaging gastrointestinal diseases can be to the body's health. In addition to taking the right medications** for patients with gastrointestinal diseases, some of the methods we have discussed below may be effective in helping you relieve gastrointestinal discomfort. The premise is that you can Xi it consistently.
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If you have mild indigestion, you can try chewing gum to solve it. Studies have shown that chewing sugar-free gum for 30 minutes after a meal can reduce symptoms of indigestion. The rationale is that the body's chewing action can produce more saliva. The effect of using saliva, a self-generated substance of the body, to heal the body's own symptoms and promote the body's self-regulation from the inside is very magical.
When we swallow saliva frequently due to excessive saliva in our mouths, the body's bicarbonate levels will increase, which helps to reduce the acidity of stomach acid, which in turn relieves gastrointestinal symptoms such as indigestion. Saliva also contains a large amount of amylase and epidermal growth factor from the submandibular glands. Amylases are specialized in digesting starch, converting it into smaller molecules of monosaccharides (such as glucose) and oligosaccharides (such as sucrose). Increasing saliva also increases the body's ability to digest. Epidermal growth factor (EPF) is a protein that stimulates and accelerates the growth of epidermal cells. We often see animals often lick their calves to heal themselves after being injured, because the components in saliva can kill bacteria, and the epidermal growth factor in it can also promote the repair of body wounds and accelerate wound healing. "The method is in the service of the purpose". If you feel that chewing gum is a bit of a waste of money, you can replace it with a zero-cost healing method called "mouth gargling" and "percussion", because gargling and percussion can also achieve the purpose of making saliva. The so-called mouth gargle, in which the mouth is repeatedly agitated on both sides of the cheeks, is similar to the scene when rinsing the mouth with water. The so-called percussion, that is, the upper and lower teeth gently percussion. If you Xi this movement repeatedly, you will find that in just a few hours, a large amount of saliva will be secreted in your mouth, and the effect is no less than chewing gum.
2.Xi qigong and regulate emotions
Some Japanese scholars vividly refer to the stomach as "the second face of man", because the stomach is the most susceptible to mental, emotional, and psychological influences among all organs. We must try our best to make it smile and smile constantly, so as to ensure that the stomach obediently serves our health.
According to research statistics, patients with gastric and duodenal ulcers are more likely to be depressed. Bad mood will cause the cerebral cortex dysfunction of gastric and duodenal ulcer patients, cause autonomic nervous system dysfunction, cause gastric wall and blood vessel spasm, tissue nutritional disorders, mucosal resistance decreased and ulcer disease is produced. For those with digestive disorders, such as loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, stomach pain, chronic gastritis. Peptic ulcer, colon allergies, abdominal pain and diarrhea, etc., due to poor mood accounted for 70% and 80% of the patients
In fact, as early as the last century, a doctor named Orff discovered that almost every minute the function of the stomach can be affected by emotions. He reported a typical example of a 9-year-old boy named Tom who was forced to open his abdominal wall and pass food through a funnel into his stomach due to a severe burn to his esophagus, a scar that contracted and blocked his esophagus. With the help of an instrument, he observed the effects of his emotions on his stomach. It was found that when Tom was angry, the gastric mucosa was congested and red, the movement of the stomach was strengthened, and the secretion of gastric acid increasedWhen Tom was grieving, the stomach mucosa became pale, the movement of the stomach weakened, and the secretion of the stomach decreased.
The physiological reason why the stomach produces excess acid is quite plausible, because when the body is aware of some external threat, it will secrete excessive stomach acid to ensure that the food in the stomach is quickly ready for digestion, so that the food can be converted into blood sugar as soon as possible**, ready for "battle", and respond to external threats in a way that the body knows. In fact, it is also a manifestation of the functioning of the body's self-healing system.
Unfortunately, when we are stressed or angry, even when we are in a safe situation, the body will mistakenly think that the body needs to fight and continue to secrete a lot of stomach acid (this is a manifestation of the overreaction of the healing system). Once the acid begins to invade the stomach lining, the body shows stomach pain and discomfort associated with indigestion, gastritis, and other stomach problems. It can be seen that by regulating the self-healing of emotions** and changing the destructive power of excess stomach acid to the body, it can effectively relieve stomach discomfort.
3.Twist the waist and blow the abdomen
The waist twisting exercise not only moves the waist to touch the epidermis of the abdomen, but also squeezes and massages the stomach and intestines in the abdominal cavity to promote gastrointestinal peristalsis. The purpose of pounding the abdomen is to further stimulate and massage the stomach and intestines, enhance the peristalsis function and immune function of the stomach and intestines, and once these functions are enhanced, the body's self-healing ability will also be enhanced. Twisting the waist and hitting the abdomen can not only effectively increase appetite, enhance the function of the digestive system, make stomach pain, hiccups, bloating, and gastric acid symptoms disappear, but also effectively prevent and treat low back pain and bone hyperplasia below the waist, and can also defecate quickly, reducing the risk of rectal cancer.
Let's explain in detail the details of the waist twist and belly blow.
Step 1: Twist your waist
Relax your whole body, spread your feet shoulder-width apart, place your palms in front of your abdomen, and bend your fingers slightly opposite each other.
Collect. Then, relax your waist and twist your waist 30 times from left to right and 30 times from right to leftNext, use your waist to bring your upper body, bend as far to the left as you can, and return to your uprightness. Repeat this 30 times. When you're done, switch to the right side of the bend. The number of movements is the same as on the left;Then use your waist to drive your upper body to lean forward as much as possible and return to uprightness. Repeat 30 times.
Step 2: Abdominal strokes
Make fists with both hands and gently pound the upper abdomen with the center of your fist, moving from left to right, then right to left, and gradually moving downward.
to the lower abdomen, and then move up from the lower abdomen, repeatedly hammering more than 100 times. Next, press your hands on the belly button of your abdomen, put your left hand under you, and place your right hand on the back of your left hand, and rub your abdomen 30 times in a circular motion. Then change to the right hand on the bottom and the left hand on the top, and rub it in a circle from large to small for 30 times.
When practicing this exercise, Xi pay attention to the following: two hours after eating;The whole body, especially the waist and abdomen, should be relaxed;Breathe naturally and put your mind on counting;The twisting speed should be at medium speed;Meals must be eaten every half an hour after the exercise;It is best to practice in the morning, 10 to 15 minutes each time.
Temperature affects the digestive function of the stomach.
There are many examples of how temperature affects the digestive function of the stomach. To give a graphic example, scientists once put a small frog in the stomach of a dog, and the frog disappeared after 6 hours. But when the stomach is cold or the stomach acid is diluted, the stomach is like a machine malfunctioning, and the digestion ability is greatly reduced.
In order to confirm this, the scientists put a small frog into the dog's stomach, and then irrigated the dog's stomach with cold water, until the temperature of the dog's stomach was reduced to about 10 degrees Celsius, and after 36 hours, the little frog was taken out.
4.Move your toes
A recent study by Japanese medical scientists has found that regular movement of the toes can strengthen the stomach. According to the meridian theory, the meridians of the stomach pass between the second and third toes of the foot, and the original acupoint of the stomach meridian is also at the joint of the toe. People with strong gastrointestinal function have thick and elastic second and third toes of their feet, and their toes have a firm grip when standing. People with weak gastrointestinal function can spare 10 to 15 minutes a day to practice Xi clamping things with two and three toes. Or consciously move the toes when sitting and lying down, dredge the stomach meridian, promote the circulation of qi and blood in the body, and make the body self-regulate to a better level in our "invisible places". As long as we continue to practice Xi, the gastrointestinal function will gradually increase.
5.Increase the temperature
The blood contains nutrients, oxygen, water, white blood cells, and immune substances, which circulate throughout the body. Then, if you are in a cold place, you will get sick. The stomach, intestines, lungs, bronchi, bladder, gallbladder and other lumen organs are easy to get cold because they are empty in the middle, causing various diseases. For patients with stomach problems, it is advisable to raise the temperature, it is best to eat more warm food, and eat less ice cream, ice cream and other cold foods. Otherwise, the digestive function of the stomach will be weaker, and it will be prone to indigestion, triggering other gastrointestinal diseases.
6.Wonderful use of salt water and honey
Documenting my romantic life, especially during the winter months. Drinking a glass of light salt water on an empty stomach after getting up in the morning is conducive to reducing fire and benefiting the kidneys, keeping the stool smooth, and improving the digestion and absorption function of the stomach and intestines. And take 10 20 ml of honey every day before going to bed and take it with warm boiled water, which can not only strengthen the spleen and stomach, nourish qi and blood, but also have the effects of calming, calming the nerves and removing annoyance.