Stomach cold can cause symptoms

Stomach cold is a term in traditional Chinese medicine. It mainly refers to the lack of internal yang energy and the influence of external wind and cold. It is very likely caused by catching a cold, or it may be caused by eating too raw and cold food. This often leads to stomach pain and bloating, and often leads to indigestion. From a clinical point of view, chronic gastritis, duodenal ulcer and other diseases are also manifestations of epigastric pain in traditional Chinese medicine.

Clinical manifestations

The common clinical manifestations of stomach cold are: pain often caused by cold weather, cold food and cold food. The pain is accompanied by a cold feeling in the stomach, and the symptoms are relieved when warm. Many patients with stomach problems dare not eat cold food. When the temperature drops, they will experience stomach pain, diarrhea, etc.

Clinically, it is mainly divided into two types: stomach deficiency cold (stomach yang deficiency) and stomach excess cold. The former is mostly caused by deficiency of spleen and stomach yang qi. Stomach cold is mostly caused by cold evil damaging the stomach.

Causes

The main cause of stomach cold is related to eating habits, such as irregular diet and preference for eating raw and cold food. Frequently eating hot and cold foods together, eating at irregular times, or not eating at equal times of hunger and fullness will cause stomach cold over time. In addition, modern people's fast pace of life, mental stress, and irregular diet have caused the incidence of spleen and stomach diseases to become increasingly high. According to traditional Chinese medicine, the main causes of this syndrome are: deficiency of spleen and stomach yang qi; cold abdomen; excessive consumption of raw and cold food; fatigue and injury to the middle stomach, combined with exposure to cold pathogens, which lead to stagnation of yin and cold in the stomach.

The main pathogenic factors of stomach cold can be summarized into four aspects:

1. Diet

Patients with stomach cold often suffer from irritation of the mucous membrane due to stimulation by raw and cold food or water.

2. Lifestyle

Often not eating on time, alternating between hot and cold food, and eating one meal and skipping the next will cause stomach cold over time.

3. Mental factors

Fast pace of life, mental stress and irregular diet are also important reasons for the aggravation of stomach cold symptoms.

4. Weather reasons

Patients with cold stomach are often afraid of cold weather, and often suffer from stomach pain, abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc. due to cold weather.

Treat according to syndrome differentiation

1. Stomach deficiency and coldness (stomach yang deficiency)

Symptoms: Cold pain in the stomach, persistent, intermittent, prefers warmth and pressure, relieved after meals, vomiting of clear water or undigested food, poor appetite, abdominal distension, bland mouth without thirst, fatigue, chills and cold limbs, pale, plump and tender tongue, and deep, slow and weak pulse. Treatment principle: Warm the middle and strengthen the stomach. Main prescription: Lizhong Decoction. You can also use Xiao Jianzhong Decoction, Lizhong Decoction, Xiangsha Liujunzi Decoction, and Xiangsha Yangwei Pills. Prescription: Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, cinnamon twig, dried ginger, galangal, cubeb, Bletilla striata, and cuttlebone.

2. Stomach cold

Symptoms: Cold pain in the stomach, the pain is acute, aggravated by cold and relieved by warmth, abdominal distension, nausea and vomiting, pain relieved after vomiting, bland taste in the mouth without thirst, clear water in the mouth, watery sound in the abdomen, white and slippery tongue coating, and stringy or deep and tight pulse. Treatment principle: Warm the stomach, dispel cold and relieve pain. Main prescription: Houpu Wenzhong Decoction. Prescription: Magnolia bark, tangerine peel, licorice, costus root, dried ginger, poria cocos, and cardamom.