As the saying goes, health is the foundation of everything; a healthy digestive system is essential for good appetite and overall well-being! What should you do if you have digestive issues? Here are some simple methods for maintaining your digestive health.

What should I do if I have a sensitive stomach?

1. First, it is essential to correct unhealthy eating habits. Eat more light, bland foods and less fatty, sweet, and spicy foods, such as those containing alcohol and spices. Avoid foods that are excessively sour, sweet, salty, bitter, or spicy; do not have an unbalanced preference for any of the five flavors. Patients who smoke should quit.

2. Eat regularly and in appropriate portions. Patients with chronic stomach pain should eat three meals a day or have snacks at regular times, with reasonable intervals. Patients with acute stomach pain should eat smaller, more frequent meals and should eat less or no snacks to reduce the burden on their stomach.

3. Pay attention to nutritional balance. Your daily diet should include foods rich in vitamins to help protect the gastric mucosa, enhance its defense capabilities, and promote the repair of local lesions.

4. Food should be soft, warm, and comfortably warm. Cooking methods should include steaming, boiling, stewing, and braising; avoid hard and rough foods. Eat slowly and calmly, chewing food thoroughly in your mouth to mix with saliva before swallowing. This aids digestion and recovery. Pay attention to adjusting food temperature according to the seasons. Those with weak spleen and stomach should especially avoid raw and cold foods, and those with liver qi stagnation should avoid eating immediately after becoming angry.

Home remedies for poor digestion:

Steamed lotus seeds with rock sugar

Ingredients: 300g dried lotus seeds, 150g rock sugar, 1 sheet of pig caul fat (approximately 200 square centimeters), 1 sheet of cotton paper.

practice:

1. Pour hot water into an aluminum pot (enough to cover the lotus seeds), add 12 grams of alkali, place over medium heat, add the lotus seeds, and scrub them repeatedly with a brush until the lotus skin is completely removed. Quickly remove from heat, rinse with warm water, cut off both ends, and use a toothpick to remove the lotus heart.

2. Place the processed lotus seeds in a steaming dish, add an appropriate amount of water, and steam over high heat for 1 hour. In a separate bowl, line it with pork caul fat, arrange the lotus seeds neatly on the caul fat, crush the rock sugar and sprinkle it on top, seal the bowl with parchment paper, and steam until the lotus seeds are thoroughly cooked.

3. Remove the container from which the lotus seeds were placed, peel off the cotton paper, drain the original juice, add honey, pour in the lotus seeds, and dip them in the juice to serve.

Mushroom and potato balls

Ingredients: 700g potatoes, 2 rehydrated dried shiitake mushrooms, 1 sprig of cilantro, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon salt, 1/3 tablespoon chicken powder, 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch, 1/4 cup chicken broth.

practice:

1. Wash the potatoes, cut them into chunks, and soak them in water. Wash and chop the cilantro.

2. Bring the water in the pot to a boil, add 1 tablespoon of salt, add the potato chunks, cover and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes.

3. Remove the potatoes from the water, drain them, and let them cool. Place them in a plastic bag and mash them by hand.

4. Squeeze out the water from the soaked dried shiitake mushrooms, remove the stems, and chop them into fine pieces.

5. Place the mashed potatoes in a large bowl, add the chopped shiitake mushrooms, 1 tablespoon of salt, 1/3 tablespoon of chicken powder, 1 tablespoon of butter, 1/2 tablespoon of cornstarch and 1/4 cup of chicken broth, and mix well.

6. Take an appropriate amount of mashed potatoes, roll them into balls of uniform size by hand, arrange them on a plate, and cover them with plastic wrap.

7. Bring the water in the pot to a boil, put in the potato balls, cover and steam over high heat for 5 minutes.

8. Remove the potato balls, peel off the plastic wrap, sprinkle with chopped cilantro, and serve.

9. Add finely shredded young ginger, chopped green onions, and white pepper for seasoning.