Introduction: The stomach is one of the most important and busiest organs in the human body. At the same time, it is quite delicate. If we don't take proper care of it for a moment, it is very likely to cause some discomfort and pain. Excessive stomach fire, also known as stomach heat, is a common stomach ailment that many friends may have experienced similar symptoms. So, if you find yourself with excessive stomach fire, how should you adjust your daily diet? What foods are better to eat? Let's take a look at some foods suitable for people with excessive stomach fire.
1. Sugarcane
As a common fruit, sugarcane has a different side—we only take its sweet juice. Sugarcane juice is rich in water, sugar, organic acids, calcium, iron, and other nutrients. At the same time, it is sweet in taste and cool in nature, which has a remarkable effect on relieving lung and stomach heat. Friends who feel their stomach fire is flourishing should have a juicy stalk of sugarcane. If you find it troublesome, you can also use a juicer to extract the juice. A glass a day can effectively relieve symptoms of stomach heat.
2. Mung Bean Porridge
Ancient texts record that mung beans are sweet in taste and cold in nature, entering the heart and stomach meridians, reducing swelling, promoting downward qi, suppressing heat, and detoxifying. On scorching summer days, people like to cook a pot of mung bean porridge in the evening and eat it after it has cooled. It is cooling and heat-relieving, making people feel much more comfortable even during the hottest "dog days." Friends who feel a great deal of stomach fire might as well cook a bowl of sweet and cool mung bean porridge for themselves. An upgraded version of mung bean porridge includes mung bean and lotus leaf porridge, and mung bean and coix seed porridge, all of which are cold-natured foods and very helpful for reducing stomach fire.
Rice and Mung Bean Porridge
3. White Radish
As the most common root vegetable, white radish is grown and consumed everywhere. It can be eaten raw or cooked, with a slightly spicy taste. Traditional Chinese medicine, which has been passed down for a long time in our country, has long pointed out that drinking white radish juice can relieve stomach fire. However, it should be noted that it is not suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach. Therefore, if you want to use white radish juice to relieve stomach heat, please consult a doctor first to understand your own spleen and stomach type. If you don't like raw radish juice, you can also boil white radish into a soup and drink it.
4. Pomegranate
The sweet taste of pomegranate enters the stomach meridian, with the effects of nourishing stomach yin, clearing stomach heat, promoting the generation of nutrient qi, and improving brain function. Pomegranate fruit is rich in nutrients, and its vitamin C content is one to two times higher than that of apples and pears. Pomegranate juice contains various amino acids and trace elements, and has multiple functions such as aiding digestion, preventing gastric ulcers, softening blood vessels, lowering blood lipids and glucose, and reducing cholesterol.
Pomegranate Juice
5. Olive
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that olives are sweet and sour in taste, and neutral in nature, entering the spleen, stomach, and lung meridians. They have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, moistening the throat and resolving phlegm, promoting the production of body fluids to quench thirst, and relieving irritability and alcohol effects. They are suitable for sore throat, vexation and thirst, and coughing with blood. Since ancient times, olives have been a "good medicine" for sobering up, clearing stomach heat, and stimulating appetite, and can effectively improve the symptom of loss of appetite after drinking. They can be eaten directly or stewed with rock sugar.
6. Tofu
When eaten raw, tofu is sweet in taste and cool in nature, and can clear stomach heat, produce body fluids, and resolve phlegm and promote downward qi. Tofu contains gypsum, which has the function of lowering stomach fire. Tofu is a cold-natured food, so people with a cold stomach, bloating, or a weak spleen should not eat too much of it. Moreover, tofu is rich in plant estrogens, which has a good effect on preventing and treating osteoporosis. It also has the function of inhibiting breast cancer, prostate cancer, and leukemia. The sterols and soy sterols in tofu are all effective anti-cancer components.
Homemade Tofu Pudding
Homemade yogurt
Porridge
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