Treatment of cold and dry stomach

If the nature of the stomach is cold and dry, then use against coldness in the same way as you use against dryness, but since you can only use warming agents against coldness, then avoid means that increase dryness with their dissolving effect or strong astringent property; All kinds of compresses do harm here, not help. Strong and rapid heating should be avoided, as it dries out and increases dryness. On the contrary, it should be warmed little by little, and moistened in between, increasing the substance of the innate heat, and not the fieryness. Medicines that act in this way include slightly diluted wine, as well as milk or barley water mixed with a small amount of honey, from which the foam has been skimmed so that the water is more nutritious and produces little excess. It is well suited for such patients. Rubbing fragrant oils into the stomach area that moisturize and at the same time warm, for example, sumbul and spikenard oils and mastic oil, works well. Sometimes balsam oil is added to them, and sometimes they are limited to just balsam oil; it brings benefits. It is best to mix a little wax into it so that it sticks better to the stomach area.

One of the most beneficial remedies is to heat the mastic, mix it with spikenard oil and place it on the stomach area. Mastix choose the fattest one. If the coldness is very strong, then it is necessary to lubricate the stomach area, for example, with Zift. It is applied daily and removed before it hardens; This is often done twice a day, because zift attracts nutritious blood to the stomach. You should learn the method of obtaining zift from what is said in the chapter on zift. A great, great benefit is obtained in this case if a child with a healthy nature is held in the arms: he transfers innate warmth to the stomach, and the stomach digests food well. If there is no child, then they take a fat puppy or a fat male kitten or another similar animal. A child who is held in an embrace should not sweat, because sweat cools down and cools the stomach; You can lubricate the child’s stomach with some substance that prevents evaporation. Such patients should not be given too much cold water, because this is the most harmful thing for them.