What causes nausea and vomiting?

There are many reasons that can cause nausea and vomiting, so in order to solve it, you have to find the source, such as food poisoning, encephalitis, brain tumors, or gastric neurosis, all of which may cause such symptoms.

1. Nausea and vomiting are two common symptoms, and these two symptoms are more dependent on each other than separated. There are many causes of nausea and vomiting. Generally, you can self-diagnose based on the symptoms and take appropriate measures.

First there is nausea, followed by vomiting, and after vomiting, the stomach feels relaxed, which is mostly gastric vomiting. If this kind of nausea and vomiting is accompanied by bloating, hiccups, and sour and rancid gas, it is mostly indigestion caused by overeating. You only need to control your diet and rest, and no special treatment is needed. If it is accompanied by stomach pain, it is mostly an emergency.

If it is caused by chronic or chronic gastritis, it can be treated with Chinese medicine for regulating the spleen and stomach and antibiotics. If accompanied by severe abdominal pain and diarrhea, food poisoning should be considered and the patient should be sent to the hospital for treatment.

2. Vomiting without nausea , the vomiting is jet-like, the stomach contents are ejected rapidly and forcefully, the attack is stubborn, and the stomach does not feel relieved after vomiting. It is mostly caused by central nervous system diseases that lead to increased intracranial pressure. This type of vomiting is common in diseases such as encephalitis, meningitis, brain tumors, and cerebral hemorrhage. Persistent high fever can also cause this type of vomiting. Patients with this type of vomiting should go to the hospital for diagnosis and then find out the cause and treat it. Do not simply take antiemetics on your own.

Frequent attacks of nausea, with occasional vomiting, bile mixed in the vomitus, and no relief after vomiting, or even retching after the stomach is empty, are reflex vomiting. This type of vomiting is common in acute inflammation of abdominal organs, such as cholecystitis, pancreatitis and viral hepatitis. This sudden acute onset of vomiting should not be taken lightly and should be sent to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time.

If the symptoms occur frequently and the nausea and vomiting are not severe, it is mostly caused by chronic inflammation. You can take Huoxiang Zhengqi Water to temporarily stop vomiting, and then treat the disease according to the cause of vomiting.

3. Repeated vomiting without nausea, the vomitus is not sour and the amount is not large, and vomiting does not affect the eater, which is related to mental factors. This type of vomiting is common in gastric neurosis. For this type of vomiting, the focus is on psychological adjustment so that patients have a correct understanding of vomiting. Deep breathing can be used to stop vomiting. In terms of treatment, neurotrophic agents such as oryzanol, vitamin B1, and vitamin B6 should be used as the main therapy, supplemented by sedatives such as diazepam. It is also effective to take 10 grams each of Chinese medicine tangerine peel, perilla leaf, loquat leaf and ginger, decocted in water and taken orally.

In addition, nausea and vomiting accompanied by dizziness are mostly caused by motion sickness or Meniere's disease. Generally, sedatives and belladonna drugs can be taken until the dizziness disappears and the vomiting stops. It is reported that the Chinese medicine Gastrodia elata, Atractylodes macrocephala, Pinellia ternata, Codonopsis pilosula, and Poria cocos, 15 grams each, and 10 grams of ginger, decocted in water and taken orally has a good effect.