What is the best medicine to treat digestive disorders?

First of all, let’s be honest. There is no universal “best” medicine for digestive disorders. All medicines have to be targeted at your specific triggers and core symptoms. If someone else uses a miracle medicine, it may cause more trouble when given to you.

A while ago, two friends of mine were diagnosed with digestive disorders and took completely different medicines: one was a young girl who had just graduated. She had to eat iced milk tea with midnight snacks every day for a week. Her main symptoms were bloating after eating, acid reflux, and belching. The doctor prescribed domperidone plus compound digestive enzymes, and she felt much better after two days of taking it.； The other is a senior in his forties who travels for business all year round and eats irregularly. His main problem is abdominal pain and diarrhea when he is nervous. The doctor prescribed pinaverium bromide plus a specific strain of probiotics. It took him less than half a month to stabilize his condition. If the two of them took different medicines, let alone relief, the little girl might have worse diarrhea and the senior's abdominal distension would be more serious.

When it comes to probiotics, there is actually no unified conclusion in the industry. Some studies believe that for mild to moderate disorders caused by bacterial imbalance, supplementing probiotics of corresponding strains can indeed help adjust the intestinal environment. However, many gastroenterologists believe that most people’s disorders are caused by probiotics. It is transient. As long as you adjust your work, rest and diet, the intestinal flora can be restored to balance. Taking additional probiotics may make the intestines "inert" and slowly lose the ability to regulate the flora. Therefore, it is not recommended that you buy probiotics when you feel uncomfortable.

I met a patient before. I checked and found out that a certain Internet-famous Chinese patent medicine is good for regulating the stomach and intestines. After taking it for more than half a month, he suffered from severe internal heat and constipation. Only when he went to see a Chinese medicine doctor did he find out that he has a strong stomach-fire constitution. The medicine was for spleen and stomach deficiency and was completely inappropriate. You see, even Chinese patent medicines with few side effects must be used based on syndrome differentiation. There is no such thing as "best".

In fact, our digestive system is like a small continuous processing workshop. Sometimes it is because the feed is too much and too complicated, sometimes it is because the conveyor belt is too slow and jammed, sometimes it is because the circuit is affected by emotions and jumps randomly. The problems are different, and the repair methods are of course different. How can there be any universal repair tool?

If you only occasionally experience bloating and indigestion due to eating too much or eating groceries, try taking a walk first and rubbing your belly clockwise. If you really feel uncomfortable, just take some digestive medicine.； If you have recurring abdominal bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhea and constipation for two or three weeks in a row, don’t rush to find the “best medicine” on your own. Go for a checkup first to rule out organic problems, and then follow the doctor’s advice on taking medicine. If we really want to say that the "good recipe" for conditioning that is useful to most people is not medicine - stay up less late, eat less heavy meals, and don't sit for a whole day, it is more effective than any expensive conditioning medicine.