In summer, high temperature and high humidity provide favorable environment for bacteria propagation, which may pose the risk of food contamination and can cause food-borne illness. Furthermore, as the large amount of water we drink due to heavy sweating will dilute our stomach acid that has antibacterial property, we are more vulnerable to food poisoning.
Therefore, it is especially important to practice safe food handling during the summer months. However, if precautions unfortunately seem fail and you suspect you might have food poisoning given the food has been eaten within two hours, you can use the following approaches advised by Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners when professional medical care is not around:
Vomiting Induction
- Add 20 grams salt into 200ml hot water. Drink the water all at once after it cooled down. Repeat one to two more times if vomiting doesn’t take place.
- Similarly, you can smash 100 grams ginger, use the juice to mix with 200ml warm water and drink it.
Both approaches should be able to provoke vomiting to remove the poison from the stomach before it gets digested.
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