What is stomach cold? What should I do if I feel cold?

In winter, many people feel cold and painful in their stomachs, especially after eating some raw or cold food, the problem becomes more serious. This may be a manifestation of stomach cold. What causes stomach cold and how to prevent it?

There are four major "culprits" for stomach cold

Stomach cold refers to the symptom of yin-cold stagnation in the stomach caused by deficiency of spleen and stomach yang qi, excessive consumption of raw and cold food, or direct attack of cold evil. Common symptoms include stomach pain, which is relieved after the stomach is warmed up; bland mouth and preference for hot drinks, thirst and unwillingness to drink water, and feeling stomach discomfort or vomiting after drinking water. The tongue is pale in color and the tongue coating is white and slippery.

Winter stomach cold is often caused by a variety of reasons:

1. Weather reasons: In order to keep out the cold, a large amount of blood flows throughout the body, which reduces gastrointestinal blood circulation and thus reduces gastrointestinal function.

2. Diet: If you still like to eat raw or cold drinks and food in winter, it will easily damage the yang energy in the stomach.

3. Lifestyle habits: irregular eating, sometimes hungry and sometimes full; in winter, often eating hot pot and drinking iced drinks, alternating between hot and cold food, which will cause stomach cold over time.

4. Clothing: Many women who love beauty still wear clothes that expose their nipples and waists in the winter, which can easily cause the stomach to catch a cold.

The key to preventing stomach cold is to keep warm

As the saying goes, spleen and stomach diseases are 30% treatment and 70% care. The stomach likes warmth and is afraid of cold, so you should pay attention to keeping the stomach warm in winter.

In terms of diet, eat on time and stay away from cold and raw food. At the same time, eat less difficult-to-digest foods such as glutinous rice balls and rice dumplings, and stay away from stimulants such as cigarettes, alcohol, and coffee.

In addition, we should maintain good living habits and combine work with rest. Strengthening exercise can improve gastrointestinal blood circulation, thereby enhancing physical fitness and improving the ability to adapt to climate change. We should also pay attention to adding or removing clothes in time to keep the abdomen warm.