Too much acid in the stomach?

About Acid reflex(胃 液還 流 )

Many American are having a condition called Acid Reflex. The stomach acid bubbles up into the esophagus(食 道 ) and causes a burning sensation- so called heart burn. Oriental people seemed to suffer less of such condition. Excessive acid produced in the stomach is suspected.

In truth, the acid production is not to blame. The real culprit is the inability of the stomach to empty its content into the intestines腸 . This can happen when the pyloric sphincter 幽 門 is misbehaving. Or, things in the intestinal area are not moving down.

Often the problem is the result of stress in life or a chronic pain in the abdominal area. So, learn to reduce the stress, keep the bowel movement regular. Regular massaging the area is most helpful, warm treatment is good, avoid staying on sitting position for prolonged time.

Acu-Moxa therapy(灸 )﹐ herbal treatment 草藥  are all effective as well. The acupu point He Gu (合 谷) is the best point to help such condition-(massage or acupuncture.)

Health Benifit of alkaline foods- 酸性鹼性的食 物

酸性鹼性的食 物 說 法 我 是 不 支 持 的 。 不 但 科 學 上 沒 根
據 ﹐ 古 人 也 沒 觀 察 到 。
有人 說蔬菜是鹼性﹐蛋白質是 酸性的。不對。 蛋白質是氨基酸合成﹐有酸性有鹼性。在腸子裡﹐多 半蔬菜的成份是 不被 消 化 ﹐不吸收。能吸收的﹐消 化了後﹐大半成 了 身 體 裡 的 碳 “ 酸 ”。當然是酸性的。

蔬菜的優點﹐就是多 半 不 消 化 ﹐不吸收。不太增加體重。在物質豐富的的地區﹐很好。如果是身體虛弱的人﹐那就不能吃太多.

Too much of good thing?- drinking water

According to UPI news , a young woman in California died shortly after entering drinking contest.

http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_9055-Woman-Dies-After-Water-Drinking-Contest.html

It is a tragic event that should not have happened.

Water drinking has become a fad in health industry. It is being promoted as a necessary step in maintaining a good health. Water bottling industry has prospered so fast in the last few years. Is there any medical study done to support it? I don’t think so, because it is bound to fail.

As we drink in water, immediately, our blood volume increase. The concentration of all components in the blood is diluted. Notes that we have about 4-5 liters of blood in the entire body. If we drink one liter of water, our blood will be diluted 1/4 to 1/5 in less than half an hour. The concentration of every components of blood, like electrolytes, blood cells all would be diluted. We will be very sick if we don’t get rid of it within this period of time.

This is what happened to this poor woman.

(Update: This was first written in 2007. There was a new study about drinking lots of water in reputable medical journal recently, 2011 which totally debunked the myth of benefit of drinking too much water.  Jan 2012)

喝多水, 行嗎﹖

身體健康的人﹐多喝水﹐馬上(20-30分)﹐水就從尿道排出。我們的身

體是沒辦法貯藏多餘水的。

上吐下泄時﹐排出的是電解質-鈉﹐鉀等。只喝白開水﹐會稀釋血中

的電解質﹐造成紊亂。會有休克的危險。

昨天在美國就有一個年輕女人比喝水。只喝了四瓶(32 once)。幾個小

時後就死亡了。