During the Spring Festival, a rich and diverse diet, as well as an increase in greasy foods and snacks, can exacerbate the burden on the spleen and stomach. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are the source of qi and blood biochemistry. How to prevent spleen and stomach diseases? Not long ago, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine held a press conference, inviting traditional Chinese medicine experts to provide advice on caring for spleen and stomach health. Tang Xudong, director of the Spleen and Stomach Disease Research Institute at Xiyuan Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, suggests eating slowly and starting with vegetables; Pay attention to pairing during meals, such as taking a bite of greasy food with a few bites of refreshing vegetables; It is not advisable to drink a large amount of alcohol or consume a large amount of fried, dry, and hard food; Pay attention to the balance of cold and heat in food; After meals, you can take a walk, massage your abdomen, brew digestive tea drinks, and other ways to digest food. Exercise is a good way to regulate the spleen and stomach. Liu Zhen, secretary of the Party Committee of Guang'anmen Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that Baduanjin can dredge the meridians, harmonize qi and blood, and enhance medium qi in general. Among them, "regulating the spleen and stomach requires single lifting", which can promote the digestive function of the spleen and stomach, but exercise should be based on micro sweat and should not be exercised immediately after meals. In order to prevent too much greasy or salty food from hurting the spleen and stomach, Li Junxiang, president of the Digestive Disease Research Institute of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, suggested that these foods should be "tasted only a little". At the same time, you can eat light food such as millet gruel to balance, or eat sour food such as hawthorn to help digestion. When cooking, you should also pay attention to reducing salt and removing oil. Dumplings are a must eat delicacy during the Chinese New Year, but overeating can also increase the pressure on the spleen and stomach. Li Junxiang said that adding water chestnuts to dumpling filling can reduce greasiness, and ingredients such as white radish, shiitake mushrooms, and yam that are good for digestion and digestion can also be used as filling. The seasoning should be light; When eating, chew carefully and swallow slowly. After finishing, drink some dumpling soup to help digestion. Is there a mild and safe external treatment method in traditional Chinese medicine to help regulate children with weak spleen and stomach, such as indigestion and anorexia? Tang Xudong reminds that traditional Chinese medicine believes that children often have insufficient spleen function, and their gastrointestinal function is already weak. If they eat too much or too much during festivals, it can easily lead to food accumulation. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes that the regulation of children's spleen and stomach should follow the principle of "three parts treatment and seven parts nourishment", and should be treated according to age stratification, with gentleness and safety as the key. If there is accumulated food, immediately stop eating greasy food, dried fruit, sweet food, etc., and replace the staple food with soup, Congee, rotten noodles and other liquid or semi liquid food that is easy to digest; Infants and young children under one year old can be treated with abdominal massage, tuina, and other methods; Children over two years old can use methods such as dietary therapy and patches. During holidays, it is inevitable for family and friends to have a few drinks together, but in traditional Chinese medicine, excessive drinking can cause dampness and heat, affecting the digestive function of the spleen and stomach. Experts suggest that before drinking, you can drink milk, soybean milk, or eat Mantou and kudzu powder of hair noodles. While drinking, you should pay attention to drinking water and eating winter melon, cucumber and other foods to expel damp heat or relieve discomfort. Patients with chronic gastritis and gastric ulcers and other spleen and stomach diseases need to pay special attention to a healthy diet during the Spring Festival. Liu Zhen said that this group of people should strictly avoid spicy and stimulating foods, and avoid consuming excessively hot, cold, high acid foods, sweets, and rough foods such as nuts; It is not advisable to drink a large amount of soup or water while eating; Choose warm, easily digestible foods and chew them thoroughly; You can also carry medicines that strengthen the spleen and regulate qi with you. How should traditional Chinese medicine be used to deal with gastrointestinal problems during the Spring Festival? Experts suggest that in case of diarrhea, vomiting, etc., one should fast for four to six hours, and use the corresponding traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations through simple syndrome differentiation of tongue coating and excreta. Patients with viral gastroenteritis should first distinguish between "cold dampness syndrome" or "damp heat syndrome" in the early stages of onset, and then choose drugs such as Huoxiang Zhengqi Oral Liquid and Gegen Qinlian Pill for treatment; During the recovery period, the spleen and stomach can be regulated by Shenling Baizhu Pill or Yami Congee. (New Society)