Effective remedy for stomach ulcers

According to Oriental medicine, gastric and duodenal ulcers are divided into 3 types with different symptoms and treatments.

1. Liver Qi invading the spleen (Qi stagnation)

There are main symptoms such as pain and fullness in the epigastric region, pain spreading to both sides of the ribs, belching, heartburn, pale red tongue, thin tongue coating.

The treatment is to regulate the liver and stomach, clear the air to reduce pain and eliminate pain.

Commonly used traditional medicine

- Cyperus rotundus (processed Cyperus rotundus root) 10g, Chinese clematis root 10g, dried tangerine peel 8g, costus 4g, gardenia fruit 8g, roasted broad bean seeds 12g.

Cook with 750ml of water, reduce to 200ml, divide into 2 doses to drink before meals.

- Wild chrysanthemum (wild chrysanthemum) 30g, white hibiscus 10g. Wash both ingredients, dry in the sun or oven, grind, divide into 2-3 parts. Drink 2-3 times a day, one part of medicine each time, steep with 200 ml of boiling water for about 10 minutes, drink before meals.

Suitable food

- Lean pork soup cooked with white chrysanthemum

Ingredients: 250g lean meat, 12g white chrysanthemum, 4 jujubes.

Wash and chop lean meat, wash herbs, put everything in a pot, add water and simmer for 1.5 hours. Season to taste. Eat hot when hungry.

- Ginseng chicken stew

Ingredients: 100g chicken, 10 - 20g codonopsis, 20 - 30g Chinese yam, 3 pieces of ginger.

Directions: Remove fat from chicken and cut into small pieces. Wash ginseng, ginger, and Chinese yam. Put everything in a pot and simmer for about 90 minutes, season to taste. Serve hot when hungry.

2. Spleen and stomach deficiency and cold

Main symptoms include: Dull pain in the epigastric region, worse at night or in cold weather (if warmed or hot compresses are applied, the pain will be reduced). Fatigue, cold limbs, pale complexion, loose stools, soft, flabby tongue with white coating.

The treatment is to warm the spleen and stomach, strengthen the spleen and stomach and dispel cold.

Commonly used traditional medicine

- 12g of ginseng root, 12g of roasted broad beans, 8g of cardamom, 8g of Magnolia officinalis, 4g of costus root, 6g of tangerine peel, 4g of roasted ginger, 10g of roasted lotus seeds.

Cook with 750ml of water, reduce to 200ml, divide into 2 doses to drink before meals.

- Turmeric powder - galangal: 3-5g turmeric powder (or 20-30g thinly sliced ​​turmeric), 5g galangal powder (or 15g thinly sliced ​​fresh galangal), 5 ml vinegar, 2g rock sugar, 10ml boiled water, let cool, stir well, drink before and after meals.

Suitable food

- Pork spleen and ginseng porridge

Ingredients: 150g pig spleen, 15g codonopsis, 6g tangerine peel, 50g rice, 3 pieces of ginger, 5 onions.

Wash the pork spleen, chop it; wash and chop the onions and tangerine peel; and slice the ginger. Add the rice and codonopsis pilosula to cook. When it boils, add the tangerine peel and simmer. When the rice is soft, add the pork spleen, ginger, and onions. Boil for a while, and season to taste.

Eel soup with ginseng

Ingredients: 1 large eel, 15g ginseng, 15g tangerine peel, 5 red jujubes, a few slices of ginger.

How to make: Clean eel, remove intestines, cut into pieces. Remove seeds from codonopsis and jujube. Wash tangerine peel, put in pot with enough water, bring to a boil then simmer for more than 1 hour, season to taste.

Pig stomach cooked with cardamom (re seeds)

Ingredients: 300g pig stomach, 10g cardamom, chili, pepper powder, onion, ginger.

How to make: Turn the pig stomach inside out, wash thoroughly, wash and crush the cardamom, slice the ginger thinly. Put the cardamom into the pig stomach. Place the pan on the stove, pour in oil and sauté onions until fragrant, add the pig stomach and add water to cook the ingredients until the stomach is soft. Sprinkle with pepper, chili, onion, then remove the pan, take out the cardamom residue, cut the stomach into small pieces to use. Eat hot when hungry.

Crucian carp soup with cardamom

Ingredients: 1 crucian carp, 6g cardamom, 3g tangerine peel, 3g pepper, 4 pieces of ginger.

Directions: Clean and gut the fish; wash and crush the cardamom, then stuff it into the fish's belly. Add to the pot with the tangerine peel, pepper, ginger, and spices.

Add enough water to the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat and simmer for about 1 hour. Eat hot when hungry.

Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus membranaceus, Coix porridge

Ingredients: 12g ginseng, 20g astragalus, 60g coix seed, 4 red jujubes, 60g rice.

How to make: Wash rice, add enough water, and cook with the above ingredients into porridge. Eat hot when hungry.

3. Blood stasis

This is the case of bleeding, vomiting blood or black stools, sharp pain in the upper abdomen like being stabbed, pressing on it makes it more painful, the pain spreads to the chest and back, and there is a lot of sweating.

The treatment is to promote blood circulation, eliminate blood stasis, regulate qi, and harmonize the stomach.

Traditional medicine used

- Buffalo horn powder (ground to get powder) 4-6g, red cotton root 8g, turtle glue 12g (wrapped separately, add when the medicine is almost ready), eclipta prostrata (black-roasted eclipta) 8g, perilla (black-roasted) 6g, cyperus rotundus (processed) 8g, broad beans (roasted) 12g.

Cook with 750ml of water, reduce to 200ml, divide into 2 doses to drink when in pain.

- Thuja leaves (blackened) 12g, Eclipta prostrata (burned black) 12g, Mint leaves (yellowed) 4g, Cyperus rotundus (processed) 8g, Sophora japonica flowers (blackened) 8g, Chinese yam (burned) 12g, glutinous rice (burned) 20g.

Cook with 750 ml of water, reduce to 200 ml, divide into 2 doses to drink when in pain.

Suitable food

- Ginseng, tofu, lotus root porridge

Ingredients: 12g ginseng, 20g turtle glue, 80g lotus root, 60g coix seed, 4 red dates, 60g rice.

How to make: Wash rice, add enough water, and cook the above washed herbs into porridge. Eat when hungry.

According to VnExpress - NT