How to regulate qi and food stagnation

Qi and food stagnation can easily lead to adverse reactions such as decreased appetite, indigestion, physical weakness, etc. Therefore, in order to better ensure your health improvement, you can solve it through some dietary methods, such as white radish, citrus, garlic, ginger, etc. These foods have certain regulatory effects.

1. White radish, citrus, garlic, ginger, fennel, cinnamon, cloves, hawthorn, peach kernel, leek, rice wine, red wine, onion, ginkgo, lemon, grapefruit, kumquat, rose tea, jasmine tea, etc.

2. Peach kernels, rapeseed, and black soybeans have the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis; it is reported that black fungus can remove congestion on the blood vessel walls; a moderate amount of red wine can dilate blood vessels and improve blood circulation; hawthorn or rice vinegar can lower blood lipids and blood viscosity.

3. People with qi stagnation and blood stasis constitution should eat less salt and MSG to avoid increased blood viscosity and aggravated blood stasis.

4. Avoid eating foods that cause bloating, such as sweet potatoes, taro, broad beans, chestnuts, etc.; avoid eating too much fatty meat, cream, eel, crab roe, egg yolk, fish roe, chocolate, fried foods, and sweets to prevent increased blood lipids, blockage of blood vessels, and effects on the circulation of qi and blood; avoid eating cold drinks to avoid effects on the circulation of qi and blood.

5. Qi-moving and blood-activating medicines such as bupleurum, cyperus, curcuma, angelica, ligusticum, safflower, allium macrostemon, aurantium, peach kernel, panax notoginseng, ginkgo leaf, etc., can help improve the constitution of qi stagnation and blood stasis. Famous prescriptions for regulating qi, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, such as Chaihu Shugan San, Xuefu Zhuyu Tang and Shixiao San, should be selected flexibly according to the different locations of qi stagnation and blood stasis.

6. The Chinese patent medicines Musk Heart Pills and Compound Danshen Pills can be used at the onset of cardiovascular obstruction when symptoms such as chest tightness and chest pain appear.

7. For stomach and abdominal bloating and pain, belching, uncomfortable bowel movements or constipation, you can use costus root, tangerine peel, amomum villosum, betel nut, cardamom, magnolia bark, tangerine peel, radish seed, rhubarb, Shenqu, hawthorn, malt, chicken gizzard lining, etc., or use Baohe Pills and costus root and betel nut pills to promote qi circulation, relieve pain, help digestion and promote bowel movements.