What kind of medicine is effective in treating digestive disorders?

In fact, there is no universal "best" medicine for digestive disorders. Most people first distinguish their specific symptoms and choose the right medicine, and then cooperate with daily life adjustments to achieve real results. Don't blindly follow the trend and buy Internet celebrity stomach-nourishing medicines.

Last week, my little sister in the same department complained to me. Last month, I ate takeaways that were heavy in oil and salt for half a month during a big promotion project. Either she would sit at her work station and rub her stomach so bloated that she would burp sourly, or she would run to the toilet when the boss urged her to make a plan. The omeprazole I had stockpiled at home had no use after three days, so I went to the community. After seeing a doctor at the district hospital, we found out that she had functional dyspepsia combined with irritable bowel syndrome, a combination of insufficient gastrointestinal motility and disordered intestinal flora. The doctor prescribed Mosapride with probiotics. She took it for five days, and her flatulence and running to the toilet were basically gone. She also told me that she would have known better than to waste money by hoarding medicines.

Think about it, the digestive disorder we often talk about is actually a very broad concept. Everyone's performance is different. Some people have more prominent problems in the upper gastrointestinal tract. For example, they can't get rid of the problem in the chest after eating two mouthfuls, or acid reflux often burns the throat. Most of them are poor gastric motility or too much gastric acid secretion. In this case, Taking some gastric motility boosters such as mosapride and domperidone, or those that neutralize gastric acid such as aluminum magnesium carbonate will be symptomatic. If the acid reflux is particularly severe, you will need to use acid-suppressing drugs such as omeprazole. Don't just take the most powerful ones. On the contrary, it will easily disrupt the secretion rhythm of the stomach itself, which will be more difficult to adjust later.

There are also many people who have more problems with the lower gastrointestinal tract, such as having a rumbling stomach every now and then, having diarrhea every time they eat something cold, or having a bowel movement for several days but still not feeling clean, and having it when they are anxious and stressed. This is mostly due to irritable bowel or dysbacteriosis, unless they are When diarrhea is particularly severe, you need to temporarily use montmorillonite powder to stop diarrhea. Usually, it is recommended to take probiotics such as Bifidobacterium and Bacillus subtilis and adjust slowly. If you have constipation, use mild laxatives such as lactulose, which is much more reliable than taking harsh laxatives to damage the intestinal wall.

Nowadays, there is a lot of debate on the Internet about whether it is better to take Chinese medicine or Western medicine for digestive disorders. I have friends with both situations. Aunt Zhang, who lives downstairs, suffers from bloating all year round. She gets better after taking Western medicine and suffers from it as soon as she stops. Later, she went to a regular Chinese medicine doctor at a tertiary A hospital for syndrome differentiation. She prescribed Xiangsha Liujunzi Decoction and drank it for more than two months. She has not suffered from bloating for more than half a year.； Another student had an acute illness last time with vomiting and diarrhea. He felt that Western medicine had side effects, so he prescribed Chinese medicine. After drinking it for two days, he could not straighten his waist. Finally, he took appropriate Western medicine and salt solution to recover. To put it bluntly, if you want to quickly control the symptoms of an acute attack, it is more effective to choose Western medicine. If you want to treat it slowly and reduce recurrence, it is also useful to seek a regular Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation and prescription. Don’t believe the Sanwu Yangwei Pills that boast of “curing all stomach problems.”

If we really want to cure digestive disorders, how can we rely solely on taking medicine? In the past two years, I also suffered from gastric bloating for a long time because I always changed plans while eating to meet deadlines. The advice given by the doctor at that time was very practical. Don't eat till your throat fills up, don't eat spicy food for several days in a row, and most importantly, don't eat and deal with work at the same time. The stomach will be like a doormat. If you don't concentrate on eating, how can it dare to concentrate on digestion? Later, I deliberately set the work group during lunch time to do not disturb. I chewed each mouthful of rice 20 times and ate for 20 minutes before working. I basically did not eat late-night snacks after 9 o'clock in the evening. I have not suffered from stomach bloating for more than a year.

By the way, I would like to mention one more thing. If you have digestive discomfort for one or two consecutive months and it doesn't get better after taking symptomatic medicine, don't just treat it as a common disorder. Get a gastrointestinal endoscopy as soon as possible to rule out organic problems. Don't delay problems such as ulcers and polyps.