Patient's question:
My husband has superficial gastritis, often accompanied by coldness, dry retching, clear water or acidic fluid, occasional pain in the stomach, edema, chaos, bloating, difficulty swallowing during dinner, belching, and being slim. It has been 3 years already, and he has taken some medication without any effect. We are very distressed.Doctor's answer:
1. Ginseng Stewed Pork Tripe 1 pork tripe, 15g of ginseng, 6g of dried ginger, 7 stalks of scallions, 150g of glutinous rice. Wash the pork tripe, remove the scallions' and cut them into segments, wash the glutinous rice, and place them all into the tripe. Tie the tripe closed with thread. Add water to a sand pot, place the tripe in the pot, first boil with high heat, skim off the foam on the surface of the soup, then switch to low heat and cook until extremely tender. Eat warm on an empty stomach. It can treat stomach deficiency-cold syndromes, cold pain in the stomach, poor appetite, and loose stools.2. Lotus Seed Congee 50g of lotus seeds, 50g of glutinous rice, 1 teaspoon of brown sugar. Soak the lotus seeds in boiling water until they expand, peel them and remove the hearts, then pour them into a pot. Add water and cook on low heat for half an hour. Then wash the glutinous rice, add it to the pot, and cook on high heat for 10 minutes. Add the lotus seeds and their broth, add sugar, and cook on low heat for another half hour. Serve as breakfast or a snack in the afternoon.