Treating stomach pain with ditches helps to improve symptoms of indigestion, flatulence, heartburn, … caused by stomach pain. This method has been handed down in folklore and applied by many people.
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The effect of ditches to treat stomach pain
Ditch is very familiar to everyone. This is a vegetable that is used as medicine and eaten every day. Local people such as Lao Cai, Quang Ninh, Tay Nguyen … often use ditches to treat stomach upset. This herb is about 25 – 50 cm high, has an erect stem, small flowers are white, no stalks.
According to Oriental medicine, ditches have a sweet taste, cool properties, help clear the heat, detoxify, stop bleeding, pepper swelling, and consume, … This herb is usually harvested in the summer, dried and used gradually. Ditches also help support the treatment of stomach upset , improve the symptoms caused by the disease. Especially intestinal diseases.
Many patients with early-onset stomach upset use the herbal remedy for stomach pain. For mild cases, the patient can perform this treatment, but if the disease has turned severe, the patient should not apply. Besides, if you drink too much medicine from vegetables, the patient’s stomach can be seriously affected, causing severe ulcers.
Currently, there is not any research to prove the remarkable effect of ditches in treating stomach pain. The effectiveness of the method of treating stomach ache with ditches depends on many factors such as the patient’s health, the degree of disease, … During the treatment of gastric pain with ditches if there is no signs of remission, the patient should stop using and conduct examination and treatment early.
How to cure stomach pain with vegetables
Most parts of the raceway plant (stem, branches, roots, flowers, leaves, and fruits) can be used for medicinal processing. This is a very familiar tree and is easy to find around the garden. For patients suffering from stomach ache, the patient can apply the following herbal remedies for stomach pain by folk herbs.
1. Drink water from vegetables and ditches
Preparation of raw materials:
- Dried ditch leaves (60g) or fresh ditch leaves
- Purified water (1.5 liter)
+ How to do it as follows:
# Method 1: Dry ditch leaves
- Put dried leaves of ditches and washed in a kettle and cook with 1.5 liters of water
- You simmer until the water is gone, only half left, then turn off the heat.
- Divide this water into 2-3 times to drink and drink before meals about 20-30 minutes
- With this method, you need to be persistent in doing about 10 – 15 days to achieve the desired effect.
# Method 2: Fresh ditch leaves
- Put fresh leaves in a saucepan so that it is golden for about 15 – 20 minutes.
- Let the leaves of the ditch are yellowed into a cloth
- Wait for the leaves to cool, use the decoction to drink as the method applied to dried leaves.
- Divide the pill to drink daily to improve symptoms caused by stomach upset.
2. Processing dishes (Stir-fried vegetables with meat)
Preparation of raw materials:
- Young vegetables (100 – 200g)
- Lean pork (50g)
+ How to do it as follows:
- Wash the vegetables and ditches and drain, cut into 2 – 3 cm pieces
- Pork washed, chopped and seasoned
- Add cooking oil to the pot and not fragrant the onion
- Then you add the minced meat and stir well.
- Finally, add the young vegetables and stir-fry, season to taste
- With this dish, you eat it with rice to help support the improvement of stomach pain.
3. Vegetables and ditches + Sugar
Preparation of raw materials:
- Ditch leaves and stems (60 – 100g)
- Sugar (2 tablespoons)
+ How to do it as follows:
- Take leaves and stems of vegetables and ditches to wash and drain
- Next, you put this ingredient in the mortar to get water
- Use this water mixed with sugar to drink
- Patients with stomach ache drink 20-30 minutes before meals, in about 10-15 days will quickly reduce their symptoms.
Note treatment of stomach pain with vegetables
Treating stomach pain with ditches is a method that many people apply today. However, this treatment has yet to be proven. The effectiveness of treatment depends on each patient. When treating stomach pain with ditches, patients need to pay attention to the following issues.
- Absolutely do not abuse the treatment of stomach pain with vegetables
- Do not arbitrarily treat stomach pain with vegetables without consulting a specialist doctor
- Avoid leaving stomach ache-medicine with ditches in direct sunlight because it will lose the effect of the medicine
- Patients can be poisoned from vegetables if they do not clean the plants before using them because this herb usually grows in ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, …
- Do not use ditches soaked in alcohol for drinking because it is easy to cause restorative effects and affect your health
- Develop a scientific diet, do not eat acidic foods that increase stomach acid. Provide the body with green vegetables and fruits every day.
- Drink enough 2 liters of water a day, supplement the body with other smoothies
- Do not worry, too much stress affects the treatment of stomach pain
- Break up meals and eat several meals a day with a moderate amount of food
- Don’t eat too much or let your stomach get too hungry
- Limit the use of stimulants such as alcohol, beer, cigarettes, …
- Regular exercise and sports to increase the body’s resistance
- Do not work too hard, stay up too late
- Absolutely not buy drugs to treat stomach pain without any advice from a specialist.
Hopefully the above information will help readers know how to cure stomach pain with ditches. Because this treatment method has not been scientifically validated, the patient should be cautious and not arbitrarily apply it. Ideally, if you find yourself having symptoms of stomach upset, the patient should visit the hospital early. Depending on the severity of the disease, the doctor will prescribe the most appropriate treatment.
