What causes vomiting and diarrhea?

Many people often experience vomiting and diarrhea in their daily lives, which can cause some adverse conditions in our bodies. If not treated in time, the impact will be relatively large. Generally, after vomiting and diarrhea occur, the patient's condition is relatively acute, and most of them will have abdominal discomfort, which is related to improper diet and indigestion.

1. Common symptoms are:

1. Nausea and vomiting: The onset is rapid, with abdominal discomfort at the beginning, followed by nausea and vomiting.

2. Abdominal pain and diarrhea: Paroxysmal abdominal colic and diarrhea, several to dozens of times a day, watery stools, yellow or yellow-green, containing a small amount of mucus.

3. May be accompanied by varying degrees of fever, chills, headache, etc.

4. In a few cases, frequent vomiting and diarrhea may lead to dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, acidosis, and shock.

2. Commonly used Chinese patent medicines

This disease belongs to the category of vomiting, diarrhea and cholera in traditional Chinese medicine and can be divided into the following four types for syndrome differentiation and treatment.

1. The cold-damp type is often seen in summer when people overeat raw and cold food. Symptoms include nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, intestinal rumbling, diarrhea, clear and thin stools that are not very smelly, chest tightness, or aversion to cold, dispelling cold and dampness, and clearing turbidity with fragrance. You can take: Huoxiang Zhengqi Pills, Liuhe Dingzhong Pills, etc.

2. Symptoms of summer-dampness type include frequent vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal distension and nausea, diarrhea with abdominal pain, burning sensation in the anus, sour, rancid and foul smell in vomiting and diarrhea, yellowish-brown urine, short and red urine, irritability and thirst, which may be accompanied by fever, yellow and tender tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse. Ze Yu: Clears away heat and dampness, regulates the stomach and intestines. You can take Shushi Zhengqi Pills, Zhou's Huisheng Pills, etc.

3. The stagnation type is mostly caused by overeating, with symptoms including sour and rotten vomiting, belching and fullness, abdominal pain and diarrhea, foul-smelling feces, pain relief after diarrhea, abdominal distension and loss of appetite, thick and greasy tongue coating, and a stringy and slippery pulse. Treatment: Digest food, relieve stagnation and harmonize the stomach. You can take: Baohe Pills for treatment.

4. The deficiency-cold type is more common in people with weak spleen and stomach. Symptoms include frequent vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal pain that is easier to press, pale complexion, sweating and cold limbs, no thirst, pale tongue with thick coating, and slow or thin pulse. Treatment: Warm the middle and dispel cold, nourish the spleen and stomach. You can take: Fuzi Lizhong Pills, Shenling Bingshu Powder, etc.