The difference between stomach yin deficiency and stomach yang deficiency

With the increase of life pressure, many people have irregular diets, which leads to gastrointestinal bloating, pain, indigestion, hiccups, belching and other symptoms. In fact, the appearance of these symptoms may very well be the symptoms of stomach yin deficiency and stomach yang deficiency as described in traditional Chinese medicine. So, do you know how to distinguish between stomach yin deficiency and stomach yang deficiency? We will give you a detailed introduction below and hope it will be helpful to you.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the function of the stomach is to digest and rot food, and among the five elements, liver qi is more likely to "bully" stomach qi. In Western medicine, stomach pain can be caused by a variety of stomach diseases. In traditional Chinese medicine, stomach pain is caused by three reasons: gas pain, cold pain and weakness pain. The distinction between stomach yin deficiency and stomach yang deficiency mainly starts with the symptoms.

First of all, stomach pain due to deficiency includes stomach yang deficiency, stomach yin deficiency, and stomach qi deficiency.

1. Deficiency of stomach yang

It usually manifests as dull pain in the epigastric area, which means the pain is not very severe. It is easily flared up when exposed to cold. When it hurts, the patient likes to stay quiet for a while or cover himself with something warm. On a daily basis, he prefers hot food, is easily fatigued, has cold limbs, and has loose stools or stools mixed with indigestible food.

2. Stomach Yin Deficiency

This type of patient usually feels hungry but does not want to eat, has dry mouth and throat, dry stool, and a red, dull tongue. Like people with stomach yang deficiency, most people with stomach yin deficiency also have the characteristics of yin deficiency. They are often easily angered, which is mostly caused by liver fire attacking the stomach or excessive stomach heat, as well as excessive use of dry and hot drugs, which damage stomach yin.

3. Deficiency of stomach qi

Stomach Qi deficiency is mostly caused by improper medication, unhealthy diet, or other diseases that damage the stomach Qi. Patients often show symptoms such as eating less, not wanting to eat, stomach discomfort, pale complexion, feeling of insufficient Qi, sleepiness in the limbs, and sometimes nausea and regurgitation. The epigastric pain is mild.

There is also gas pain.

1. Diet causes gastric qi stagnation

It is mostly due to improper diet and overeating. Symptoms include bloating and pain in the epigastric area, which may be slightly relieved by belching, feeling of chest tightness and stomach blockage, abdominal distension, constipation, or difficulty in defecation. You can walk more, eat some hawthorn, and rub your abdomen in a clockwise direction from right to left to promote digestion and eliminate qi stagnation.

2. Liver Qi attacks the stomach

Some melodramas not only show people vomiting blood and fainting due to anger, but also show old mothers getting so angry that they suffer from stomachaches and cannot eat. This type of people usually have weak spleen and stomach. When they are angry, excessive liver qi will be generated and affect the spleen and stomach.

Such patients generally feel fullness in the flank area. This type of people should focus on soothing the liver, strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach. Only when the liver qi is unobstructed and the spleen and stomach are strong, can stomach pain be cured from the root. You should also keep your mood happy and avoid getting angry.

Stomach cold can also cause stomach discomfort.

In life, people often say that they are afraid of cold. They like to drink hot water, eat hot meals, and avoid cold drinks. They get stomachaches when they catch a cold. In traditional Chinese medicine, stomach cold mainly refers to deficiency of stomach yang and cold air in the stomach.

Stomach yang is equivalent to sunlight. It cannot warm the stomach, and there is cold wind in the stomach, so of course it will feel uncomfortable. This type of patients like to hold stomach pain with hot objects, and the pain will be relieved by drinking hot water. Those with more severe coldness are often accompanied by vomiting of clear water or cold saliva, and have a white and moist tongue coating. If the patient has cold and damp stomach, the tongue coating will be white and thick, not easy to scrape off and very sticky. Most of these patients had stomach yang deficiency because they used to be fond of cold drinks and drank alcohol frequently.

Many people around me don’t eat breakfast, either they are too busy to eat, or they are just too lazy to eat. Due to the fast pace of life, many people ignore breakfast. He doesn't drink water during work hours, likes cold drinks on weekdays, wears thin clothes, easily catches a cold in his stomach, and often eats barbecued food. These are bad habits that damage the spleen and stomach, and must be corrected in time!