Traditional Chinese medicine thinks: excessive intake of spicy food is more harmful to the spleen and stomach health

2018-01-30 People's Daily online - life times

According to the 2017 annual food consumption report released by the Chinese cuisine association, Chinese food is dominant in the national catering industry, with the highest market share, accounting for 57%. The most popular Chinese meal is hot pot. According to the report, in 2017, many new hotpot dishes are favored by young people, and sichuan taste is the first choice for consumers.

In the winter, the hot pot restaurant business is very popular, especially some of the hot pot restaurant, crowded. Many diners say they feel more comfortable eating hot, spicy food. Combine traditional Chinese and western medicine hospital of nanjing TCM doctor remind jun-lan wang, deputy director of the department of gynaecology the cold season, hot pot and eat too much spicy food, not health drive not only cold, can also by consumed body fluid and kidney Yin, pay particular attention to female friends.

The doctor of traditional Chinese medicine thinks, hot pot of chili, pepper, garlic, Onions and other spices have XinWenXiang dispersion effect, can promote blood circulation, good for the cold, but spicy food to the spleen and stomach and intestinal stimulation is very big, especially for the elderly and women spleen and stomach weak, too much spicy stimulate more disadvantageous to spleen and stomach health food.

Chafing dish is a kind of spicy food, often eating can damage the human stomach Yin, cause the stomach Yin deficiency, also known as the stomach Yin deficiency, usually is caused by the stomach heat, the fire in the stomach, or the temperature and heat sickness consumption of the stomach. Common symptoms include dry mouth dry lips, dry vomiting, reduced diet, adverse swallowing, disinfection of the chest after eating, dry stool, and dry tongue.

Wang said that the above symptoms should pay attention to nourishing Yin and stomach. It is recommended to choose food with nourishing stomach Yin, such as wheat, milk, eggs, pork, duck and so on. There are nourishing and nourishing food, such as tremella, bird's nest, loquat, pear, apple, tomato, plum, bean curd, etc.

In addition, women are prone to lack of kidney water and excessive liver fire. Hot pot eats too much can damage human body fluid and kidney Yin, induces pelvic inflammation, mammary gland disease, menstruation does not adjust and so on gynecology disease. Even hot pot with Chinese medicinal ingredients should be careful to avoid confusion and counter-productive. The kidney Yin belongs to "water", which has the effect of nourishing and moistening organs and organs. If kidney Yin deficiency and decline, the viscera tissue loses nourishment, causes a series of diseases. Main clinical symptoms include dizziness tinnitus, lumbar genu ache, five upset hot, hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, dry throat zygomatic red, teeth loose hair and form thin, less urine short yellow or stool stem node, red tongue jin, man and see persistent erection of penis is easy to lift, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation; Women also see little or close, collapse and so on.

Needing those who remind everybody is, oral cavity and gastrointestinal tolerance for food temperature there is a limit, in addition to eat less spicy hot pot, also pay attention to the temperature, such as esophageal mucosa normal temperature 40 ℃ to 50 ℃, beyond this range is likely to cause damage, decay and other mechanical damage. Although the mucosal epithelium has hyperplasia and repair function, it will recover spontaneously after injury, but long-term repeated stimulation can lead to chronic mucosal injury, which may induce upper gastrointestinal bleeding and even cancer.

Many people feel that the temperature of food is not good, but the method is simple: when you feel the food in your mouth is hot, you must not swallow it. Because of the gastric mucosa is more sensitive than oral mucosa, sensitive to temperature and everyone is often eat into his mouth felt very hot, then busy swallow, actually has caused damage to upper gastrointestinal tract, the passage of time can lead to upper gastrointestinal disorders.

Wang also reminded that many people are prone to emotional problems in winter, and when the psychological pressure is too high, they will show symptoms of qi deficiency and blood stagnation, which can lead to poor circulation and cold. Above all, the most suitable way of cold by the TCM diagnosis, to justify taking paste, fundamentally solve the problem of the cold, and not recommend blindly eat spicy "hot" food cold stimulation, so as not to do more harm than good.