Digestive disorders treatment methods

There is no magic formula to cure digestive disorders. The core conditioning logic is to "first rule out organic problems such as ulcers, Helicobacter pylori infection, polyps, etc., and then adjust according to your own situation from the four dimensions of diet, work and rest, mood, and microecology. The most effective plan is the one that suits you."

You must have had this experience: After working on a project for several long nights, you ate three meals of takeaways that were heavy in oil and salt. In the afternoon, your stomach was as bloated as a rubber ball while you were sitting at work. You couldn’t burp, and you were embarrassed to fart. Rubbing your stomach for a long time didn’t work. You went to the hospital for a gastrointestinal endoscopy and a blood test, but there were no problems. The doctor dismissed it with a dismissive “digestive disorder.”

I have met several patients like this before, the most exaggerated one is a 27-year-old Internet operator. I checked the guide on the Internet and found out that after three months of drinking probiotics and millet porridge, my face turned green, but I still had bloating in the afternoon. Later, I did a food intolerance test and found out that I was lactose intolerant. I stopped drinking ice milk every morning, and within two weeks, most of the bloating problem disappeared.

Currently, regarding this problem, there is actually a big difference between the conditioning ideas of Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, and no one is absolutely better. Western medicine prefers to conduct investigations first. After excluding organic diseases, they usually prescribe gastric motility drugs, specific probiotics, or drugs to regulate intestinal sensitivity. The results are quick, but if your living habits do not change, it is easy to relapse. ； Traditional Chinese medicine is based on syndrome differentiation and conditioning based on syndrome types such as spleen deficiency, liver qi stagnation, and gastrointestinal dampness and heat. Many people report that the condition is more stable after conditioning. However, the prerequisite is to find a traditional Chinese medicine doctor in a regular hospital to check the pulse. Don't blindly buy Chinese patent medicines based on the symptoms online. I have met a patient with a damp-heat constitution before who took Buzhong Yiqi Pills by himself, and his constipation became more serious.

Don’t believe what is said on the Internet that everyone should eat lightly and eat small meals frequently. It really differs from person to person. I met a young man before who ate plain porridge with vegetables for a month in order to regulate his stomach. As a result, his acid reflux became more severe and he would suffer from diarrhea frequently. Later I found out that he had a weak spleen and stomach. He ate cold food without oil and water every day, which actually increased the burden on his stomach. For patients with reflux esophagitis, eating small meals frequently will continue to secrete gastric acid and aggravate reflux symptoms. On the contrary, it is more effective to eat three meals honestly, and eat seven times full at each meal. To be honest, there is no need to completely avoid food. It’s okay to eat hot pot and barbecue if you are craving for it occasionally. Don’t feel guilty after eating it. On the contrary, the emotional impact will be much greater than that hot pot meal.

After talking about food, let’s talk about the impact of work and rest that many people don’t pay attention to. In fact, the role of this aspect is really underestimated. Many people think that as long as I sleep for 8 hours, it will be fine if I stay up until 3 a.m., but the peristaltic rhythm of the gastrointestinal tract follows natural light. The secretion of digestive enzymes will drop significantly after 11 o'clock. Eating late night snacks at this time will basically add meaningless burden to the gastrointestinal tract. I used to have a programmer friend who went to bed at 2 a.m. every day and would eat a bowl of instant noodles with sausage before going to bed. Later, I asked him not to eat 3 hours before going to bed even if he stayed up late, so he changed this habit and the flatulence was reduced by more than half.

Many people have adjusted their diet and sleep schedule for a long time, but still have not improved. It is most likely that they have missed their mood. I once had a student who was taking the postgraduate entrance examination. He had a stomachache every day at meal time. He took stomach medicine for more than half a month, but it didn't work. Later, he didn't take any medicine after the exam, and he got better. This is what is now known in mind-body medicine as the "brain-gut axis". Your emotional changes will be directly transmitted to the gastrointestinal tract. When you are anxious, nervous, or stressed, the efficiency of gastrointestinal motility will be directly reduced by 30%, and of course the food you eat will not be digested. In this case, no matter how much probiotics or stomach medicine you take, it will be useless. Instead, run 3 kilometers two or three times a week, or do 10 minutes of mindful breathing before going to bed. The effect will come much faster.

By the way, don’t believe in the so-called “colon cleansing and detoxification” folk remedies, such as homemade enzymes and Internet celebrity laxative teas, most of which are added with stimulant laxatives. If you take them for a long time, you will get black bowel disease, and it will destroy the automatic peristalsis function of the intestines and stomach. I have met several people who drank laxative tea indiscriminately and couldn’t live without it. It took more than half a year of conditioning to slowly recover. Probiotics are not an IQ tax, but they are not a panacea. If you have a flora disorder caused by taking too many antibiotics, taking some bifidobacterium triplet is indeed useful. But if you are lactose intolerant or eat too much spicy food, it will be useless no matter how much ordinary probiotics you take. It is a waste of money.

To be honest, digestive dysfunction is a "lifestyle disease". There is no need to be too anxious, and don't always think that taking some special medicine will cure it. First go to a regular hospital for a basic check-up to rule out organic problems. The rest is to slowly check your gastrointestinal and temperament: some people are fine if they drink ice but have diarrhea if they drink milk, so just avoid milk. ； Some people get bloated after staying up late, so try not to eat after 1 o'clock. After all, the intestines and stomach are organs that follow you for your whole life. Being more accommodating to its temper will be more effective than any expensive prescription.