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【胃氣成日脹住】噯氣已成日常習慣？

⭐有噯氣代表胃狀況不佳
⭐嘗試健脾胃改善狀況
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食滯胃氣有臭味
陳生：「平日食飽都會有胃氣走出來，最近更加頻密，而且帶有臭味，是胃病嗎？」

CheckCheckCin：氣從胃中上逆，中醫稱之為「噯氣」，胃氣以降為順，胃氣上逆的話代表「胃失和降」，如果胃氣帶有腐臭味，多為食滯所致，如果進食過量或進食不定時，脾胃未能及時消化，食物渣滓阻塞於胃臟停滯不前，就會容易出現噯氣、胸悶鬱結、食慾不振、大便有酸腐臭味甚至便秘症狀。
遇上食滯情況就需要消食導滯，飲用由穀芽、麥芽、陳皮沖泡的茶療，有助紓緩因飲食不節引起的消化不良及胃脹不適。亦可以按壓中脘穴，有和胃健脾、紓緩胃脹、胃痛的作用。

麥芽穀芽陳皮茶
功效：行氣消滯，紓緩因飲食不節引起的消化不良、胃脹不適等症狀。
材料：麥芽6克、穀芽6克 、陳皮6克
做法：材料洗淨，將陳皮切絲。把所有材料放入茶袋，放入保溫瓶，加入熱開水沖洗茶袋，把水倒掉，再加入熱開水焗20分鐘即可。
注意：麥芽能回乳，哺乳期婦女不宜飲用。

中脘穴
位置：位於腹部，胸骨下端與肚臍連接線中點，肚臍直上約6隻手指位。
功效：和胃健脾，紓緩胃痛、胃脹、腹痛、消化不良等症狀。
注意：不宜於飯後兩小時內進行。

✔推介茶療：山楂烏龍茶
材料：水、山楂、冰糖、白毫烏龍
功效：減肥消脂，行氣活血。適合消化不良、暗啞肌膚、色斑、肥胖。
注意：此茶偏酸，胃酸倒流、容易胃痛不適者不宜空腹飲用。適合月經前飲用；月經期間、孕婦不宜。

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Odor from food stagnancy in stomach
“I tend to burp after each meal, it seems to happen more frequently these days, and the burps have an odor. Do I have some kind of stomach disease?”

CheckCheckCin: From Chinese Traditional Medicine’s understanding, gas from the stomach that moves upwards in the body is belching (‘ai qi’). Stomach gas normally travels downwards, if it moves at the opposite direction, this means you are experiencing a disorder that prohibits the gas from propelling downwards. Gas that has a rancid odor is most probably caused by food stagnation.

If we consume food excessively or have irregular meals, the spleen and stomach are unable to process them on time, food particles can stagnate inside in the stomach and cause people to belch, experience tightness and discomfort in the chest, appetite loss, constipation, and produce foul-smelling stools.

When this happens, we need to clear the stagnation. Use rice sprout, malt, and dried citrus peel to make tea; drinking it can help relieve indigestion and bloating. You can also massage the ‘zhong wan’ acupoint, as it can soothe the stomach and strengthen the spleen, relieve bloating and pain in the stomach.

Millet sprout tea with malt and dried citrus peel

Effects: promotes qi and aids digestion, relieves symptoms of indigestion, bloating and discomfort due to poor eating habits
Ingredients: 6g malt, 6g millet sprout, 6g dried citrus peel
Preparation: Rinse all ingredients thoroughly and place into thermos. Rinse with hot water once. Then add in hot water again and steep for 15-20 minutes. You can re-brew until its flavour weakens. For best results, drink consecutively for 2-3 days for two weeks.
Note: This tea is not suitable for ladies who are breastfeeding as malt can decrease breastmilk supply.

Central Venter (Zhong Wan) Point
Location: located in the abdomen, below the ribs in the midpoint between rib cage and belly button, about 6 finger widths above the belly button
Effects: alleviate symptoms of abdominal pain, poor appetite and digestive system pain
Note: Suggest to press 2 hours after meal

✔Herbal Tea Recommendation: Chinese Hawthorn Tea
Ingredients: Water, Hawthorn, Rock Sugar, Oolong Tea
Effects: Aids weight loss and improves fat-burn, regulates qi to enhance blood flow. Suitable for indigestion, dull complexion, skin discoloration and chubbiness.
Note: This tea is sour in taste so it is not suitable for those with acid reflux or prone to abdominal discomfort. It should not be consumed with empty stomach. Due to its ability to activate blood and relieve stasis, it is also not suitable for pregnant ladies

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【帶著中醫去旅行】旅途上不適可靠食療緩解

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異地旅行如何清熱氣？
夏小姐：「去旅行很開心可以每天同陽光玩遊戲，但試過曬太陽曬到微燒了，而且多吃煎炸食物，旅行時很容易喉嚨痛和硬便便，人在異地可以如何清熱氣？」

CheckCheckCin：人在異地要小心注意照顧自己身體，我們經常教大家食物的寒熱屬性，旅行時就大派用場了！例如曬太陽曬到輕微發燒，不用急於找退燒藥，不如試試飲個新鮮椰青或適量食用西瓜，因為椰青和西瓜均屬性寒涼，有清熱解暑、生津止渴的功效，可以緩解暑熱帶來的不適。不要以為飲「鬼佬涼茶」啤酒可以清熱，效果正好相反，因為啤酒性溫又有活血功效，會令病情加重。同時暫停進食煎炸油膩食物，那麼餘下的行程就不會那麼辛苦了。
如果因為熱氣而引致喉嚨痛和大便偏硬甚至便秘，不妨留意早餐Buffet枱上的水果選擇，適量進食屬性寒涼的水果，例如西瓜、蜜瓜、火龍果、梨子、蓮霧、士多啤梨等，而蘋果和熟香蕉（已出梅花點的）則有潤腸功效，有助紓緩大便問題。又或者朝早沖一杯淡鹽水飲用，因為鹽有清熱、涼血作用，也可紓緩喉嚨痛情況。
如果你是偏熱體質人士，又預知自己旅行會多進食煎炸熱氣食物，不妨帶定「好熱氣」茶療傍身，有備無患。

Ways to clear heat when traveling

“Enjoying the sun when traveling is a great thing. But I have slight sun burn coupled with sore throat and hard stool from all the fried food. How can I clear heat while traveling?”

CheckCheckCin: People should take care of their bodies in different places. We often teach all of you the cold and hot nature of food. It will come in handy! For example, if you are in the sun and have a slight fever, no need to rush to find fever medicine. Try to drink young coconut juice or have some watermelon instead. As young coconut and watermelons are cold in nature, can clear summer heat, promote fluid production and relieve thirst to alleviate the discomfort caused by summer heat. Do not think that drinking beer can clear the heat, the effect is just the opposite, as beer is warm in nature and can promote blood circulation which makes the condition worse. At the same time, stop eating fried and oily food. Then you will feel less uncomfortable.
If you have a sore throat and hard stool or even constipation because of the heat, you may wish to pay attention to the fruit selection on the breakfast buffet table. Eat fruits that cold in nature moderately, such as watermelon, melon, dragon fruit, pear, bell fruit and strawberry. Apples and ripe bananas (with small brown spots on the skin) can loosen the bowels to relieve constipation. Or you can drink a cup of light salt water in the morning as the salt can clear heat and cool the blood, and also relieve your sore throat.
If you have heat-related body condition and you know that you will eat more fried food, you can bring our healing tea “Very Hot (Qi)” to be prepared.

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開往西方的列車 Train to the west

入境烏茲別克的第一晚並沒有在青年旅館住宿，而是直接搭上了一路向西的臥鋪夜車，直奔遠在烏國西部的絲路古鎮希瓦（Khiva）。烏茲別克在地圖上看起來不大，搭個火車從東到西卻也要15小時的車程，如此長距離的移動選擇臥鋪夜車再適合不過——既不浪費白天時間又省下一夜的住宿費。

一上車，時光彷彿倒回了50年，車內的木質裝潢已經顯得相當有年紀，油漆表面也已經有些斑駁，更神奇的是走道旁邊竟然還有著燒煤的熱水爐。三等車廂稍微有些擁擠，裡面的乘客多是老人和小孩，在沒有空調的悶熱空間裡等著火車開動送來涼風。我睡在下鋪，而上舖睡的正好是兩個年紀相仿的烏茲別克青年，其中一人英文還算流利，長輩緣也莫名的好，在他的幫助下我很快就和身邊的老人家們有了互動。

Instead of staying at a hostel, I slept on an overnight train on my first night in Uzbekistan. This country doesn't look big on the map, but a train ride from Tashkent to the ancient Silk Road city Khiva still takes 15 hours, and overnight train is the best option to save daytime and hotel expenses.

The train itself is like a world from 50 years ago. The wooden and painted interior look aged. More surprisingly, the hot water barrel in the car was fueled by coal! Most passengers were seniors or children, waiting in the hot and stuffy car for the train to move and bring in breezes. My up-berth neighbor happened to be two Uzbek young men, and one of them spoke decent English. With his help I was able to interact with other people on the train.

原本以為火車開動之後，大家會早早鋪好床然後馬上就寢，沒想到真正的「夜生活」才剛要開始。首先是對面的老奶奶，開始從身上的大包小包裡拿出了囊餅、水煮蛋、小黃瓜與番茄，接著上舖的年輕人隨即掏出了兩大盒烤牛肉，並且從那個燒煤的熱水爐那邊拿來了熱水泡茶，我也拿出了上車前在超市買的麵包。這些食物擺滿了整個桌子，臥鋪瞬間變成了一場筵席。

車裡的對話當然都是烏茲別克語，我大部分時間也就是和大家分享著食物，努力從這個第一次接觸的語言裡抓出一些規則或韻律，偶爾通過懂英文的年輕人和其他老人有點互動。他們問我，你一個人旅行嗎？我說是的；接著他們又問，沒有人幫你翻譯？我說沒有，他們露出欽佩的眼神。

接著他們又開始說要來交換護照（烏茲別克似乎有規定即使本國人使搭國內火車也要帶著護照）。他們看著我護照上蓋著世界各國的入境章覺得新奇，我則看著對面老奶奶的烏茲別克護照，想像當年她的護照從蘇聯被換成烏茲別克時的光景。

What happened afterward was totally unexpected - instead of quickly falling asleep, people started taking food out and share with others. The old lady in the opposite berth took out bread, eggs, cucumbers and tomatoes, and the young men up-berth brought out two boxes full of grilled steak. They also brought hot water from the coal-fueled barrel mentioned earlier to make tea. I shared the bread I bought before broading as well. Suddenly the sleeper car was returned into a feast!

All the conversation was in Uzbek, which I didn't understand, but I tried to listen carefully and see if I can catch some patterns from this unfamiliar language. They occasionally brought me into the conversation with the help of the English speaking young man. They asked me, are you traveling alone? I said yes, and they followed, no translator with you? I answered no. They were amazed.

Afterward they exchanged their passport with me. (It seems like even Uzbek citizens have to travel with their passport in hand.) They were fascinated by the number of countries I've been to, and I stared at an old lady's Uzbek passport, imaging the day when it replaced her Soviet Union passport.

素未謀面的幾個人，在火車上透過食物很快就打成一片，兩位年輕人還拿出了事先早就準備好了的伏特加，似乎一直在等待氣氛對的時候拿出來。他們用力的向我推銷，我自知酒量不好，堅持只喝一兩口，他們也很貼心的先幫我倒好了一杯可樂，讓我喝完伏特加之後解解辣。

或許是因為時差和酒精的雙重作用，還不到十點，雖然我仍在努力地從烏茲別克與的對話中尋找規律，眼皮卻幾乎已經闔上；他們大概也看出我是真的累了，很體貼的讓我先睡了。火車相當平穩，規律的搖晃彷彿像搖籃一般有助於入眠，我在烏茲別克的第一個晚上竟然就這樣睡好睡滿了八個小時。

隔天早上醒來，火車在一望無際的不毛之地繼續奔馳著；昨天一起開趴的鄰居們也一一起來，昨夜的剩菜便順理成章的成了早餐；此時的車上除了乘客，還多了來回穿梭的小販，賣的東西無奇不有，從食物、衣服、玩具到飾品無所不包。

這趟意外豐盛（無論是就食物或是人際互動而言）的火車旅程，挽回了我前一天在塔什干留下不太好的印象——原來火車可以不只是交通工具或住宿場所，還可以是和當地人交流認識的地方；我心裡也默默決定，接下來旅程中還有16個要睡火車的晚上，我一定會在上車前準備好食物，用它們還和身邊的鄰居們搏感情。

Strangers got along quickly on the train. The two young men then brought out one bottle of vodka - I guess they'd been waiting for a right timing to do that. Although not a alcohol person, I compromised and agreed to take a little. They seemed to understand that, and were kind enough to prepare a full cup of coke on the side, to let me alleviate the spiciness after taking the vodka.

While still striving to learn something from their Uzbek conversation, jet lag in combination with the alcohol made me really sleepy prior to 10pm. They understood that and let me sleep while everyone else was still having fun. The train was very smooth, and its slight movements helped my sleep. I got a wonderful 8-hour uninterrupted sleep on the train!

The feast continued next morning with the leftover from the previous night. The train was still running in an uninhabited desert. What's different during the daytime is, many vendors went back and forth between cars, selling various items from food, clothes, toys to apparels.

This train trip made my time in Uzbekistan (even before getting to any destination) - train here is more than a vehicle or a lodge. It's a good place to build friendships with locals. There are still another 16 overnight train rides on my trip, and I now know what to do: I will always get food before boarding, and make friends with the food.