Flatulence is a very common disease in life, which will bring many adverse effects on the health of the elderly. Due to the lack of digestive system capacity and lack of exercise, the elderly will easily get flatulence, so what's good for the elderly? What are the daily life precautions for the elderly?
1. What does the old man eat when he has a bloated stomach
(1) Jujube and orange peel porridge
100g of Japonica rice, 50g of tangerine peel, 50g of dried jujube, 20g of ginger and 15g of honey. Wash the rice and soak it in water for half an hour. Wash the red dates and remove the kernels. Peel the ginger and take the juice. Boil the rice and add the red dates, tangerine peel and ginger juice until it is cooked soft. When it is warm, add honey and mix well before eating.
Functions: jujube nourishes the middle and Qi, nourishes the blood and calms the nerves, strengthens the spleen and warms the stomach; tangerine peel strengthens the spleen, dries the dampness and phlegm, reduces the stress and stops the vomiting; ginger promotes the appetite, reduces the vomiting, promotes the blood circulation and dispels the cold; this porridge can mildly stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, promote the secretion of digestive fluid, eliminate the accumulation of Qi in the intestine, and has the effect of promoting the blood circulation and dispelling the cold.
（2） Pumpkin millet porridge
100g millet, 300g pumpkin, peel pumpkin, cut into pieces, wash millet, soak in water for 20 minutes, pour materials into electric rice cooker, add proper amount of water, press the porridge button, stir with spoon before serving.
Function: millet is very easy to be digested and absorbed by the human body, with the functions of strengthening the spleen and the middle, benefiting the kidney qi, clearing the deficiency heat, promoting urination, and curing thirst; pumpkin protects the gastric mucosa, helps digestion, and has a good absorbability, which can stick and eliminate bacterial toxins and other harmful substances in the body, and plays an detoxification role. This porridge is very suitable for the elderly with weak spleen and stomach, weak body and poor appetite.
(3) Lotus seed and yam porridge
Lotus seed 30g, Huai yam 30g, japonica rice 150g, yam, lotus seed, white rice wash, put together in the electric cooker, add water to boil into porridge, when eating, add some sugar to eat.
Functions: Chinese yam invigorates the spleen and the lungs, the stomach and the kidney, the kidney and the essence, the mind and the mind, and the life; lotus seed nourishes the spleen and the stomach, astringent the intestines and the essence, and nourishes the heart and the mind. This porridge can not only strengthen the spleen and stomach, promote digestion, but also help to reduce blood pressure, effectively prevent the deposition of blood lipids in the blood vessel wall, prevent heart and blood diseases, and achieve the effect of benefiting the mind, tranquilizing the mind and prolonging life.
(4) Barley pumpkin porridge
150g barley, 200g pumpkin and 15g dried jujube. After barley and rice are washed, soak in warm water for 2 hours. Peel and dice the pumpkin. Wash and core the jujube. Put the material into the electric rice cooker, add water and cook until it is soft. Add a little sugar.
Functions: barley helps digestion, calms stomach and quenches thirst and heat; pumpkin detoxifies, protects gastric mucosa, helps digestion, prevents diabetes, lowers blood sugar, etc.; jujube has the functions of improving human immunity, preventing osteoporosis and anemia, softening blood vessels, calming nerves, etc.
What to do with the old man's bloated stomach
1. Pay attention to the temperature
As the saying goes, "ten stomach diseases and nine colds". When the climate is changeable, people with stomach ache due to deficiency cold should pay special attention to keep warm and avoid being stimulated by cold. People with diarrhea due to spleen deficiency can paste warm navel plaster in their umbilicus. Meanwhile, they should avoid raw and cold food.
2. Overcome bad emotions
Anxiety, worry, sadness, depression and other bad emotions may weaken the digestive function, or stimulate excessive gastric acid secretion, resulting in increased stomach gas, aggravating flatulence, especially in the elderly, good mood is the basic element of longevity.
3. Eat less gas producing food
Especially in the evening, don't eat too greasy, and don't eat too much food. It's better to be full at seven or eight points per meal. Eat less gas producing food, such as various beans. The oligosaccharides contained in them are fermented by intestinal bacteria, which can decompose and produce some gases, causing hiccups, bowel sounds, abdominal distention, abdominal pain and other symptoms.
4. Remember to chew slowly
If you eat too fast, you will not be able to chew properly, which will cause the digestive fluid and food cannot be fully mixed, so you cannot fully digest and decompose, causing damage to the intestines. The elderly should pay special attention to it. When you eat, remember to remind yourself to chew more.
5. Keep the stool unobstructed
Too little drinking water or too little cellulose food will cause constipation and flatulence. In normal diet, you should eat high fiber food, such as fern, cauliflower, spinach, leek, various coarse grains, etc., which is conducive to promoting defecation, but you should not overdo it, otherwise it is easy to produce a large amount of gas in the gastrointestinal tract, causing flatulence.
6. Take a walk after dinner
Exercise is conducive to the promotion of gastrointestinal peristalsis and the elimination of flatulence. Due to the physical problems of the elderly, the intensity of exercise should not be too large, and the exercise time should not be too long, but some mild physical activities should be properly carried out, such as one hour after eating, taking a walk after the meeting, or playing Taiji at ordinary times, doing exercises, etc.
7. Regular life and rest
The life of the elderly should be orderly and eat on time, so as not to cause the intestine to be too hungry or too full, which will lead to the abnormal movement of the intestine. At that point, they should sleep well, and they must keep a regular life schedule when they are old.