What are the types of stomach diseases in traditional Chinese medicine?

Gastric disease has become a very common disease. Many people now suffer from this disease. This has a lot to do with our daily living habits. Unreasonable diet structure, always not eating on time, unreasonable eating, sometimes stress and bad mood can easily cause gastric disease. It must be treated in time. Today we will introduce some types of gastric disease in Chinese medicine.

1. Cold evil invading the stomach

This type of stomachache comes on very quickly, especially in a relatively cold and humid environment. The pain is unbearable when it occurs. However, if you can keep warm in time, or drink some hot water to warm the stomach and dispel the cold, the pain will soon be relieved. Patients can also take Liangfu Pills for treatment.

2. Stagnation type

When this type of stomach disease occurs, the stomach often feels bloated and the pain is fixed in a fixed area. The pain is like a knife cut or stabbing, and the painful area cannot be massaged. The pain will worsen if you get angry and at night. Sometimes there will be symptoms such as vomiting blood, black stools, purple tongue, and sluggish pulse. This type of stomach disease requires blood circulation and numbness removal, and can be treated by taking Shixiao Powder combined with Danshen Tan.

3. Stomach Yin Deficiency

The mouth is coal-black and the tongue is red and dry, with little moisture, feeling hot and irritable, feeling thirsty and hungry, but with loss of appetite, weakness in the limbs, constipation, and rapid weight loss. This type of stomach disease requires nourishing yin and strengthening the stomach, and relieving pain. Taking Jiantai Shaoyao Gucao Decoction is effective.

4. Medium resistance to moisture and heat

Pain in the stomach, with a burning sensation, fever, dizziness, dry and bitter mouth, red tongue, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse; feeling extremely thirsty, but not wanting to drink water, and vomiting if drinking too much water; dry stool, or discomfort when standing, and yellow and red urine. This type of stomach disease requires clearing away heat and dampness, regulating qi and harmonizing the stomach, and can be treated with Qingzhong Decoction.

5. Stagnation in diet

Pain in the stomach, feeling of bloating, inability to massage the painful area, thick and greasy tongue coating, slippery and rapid pulse, constant fever, acid reflux, or vomiting of undigested food with a foul taste.

We all need to know more about the types of stomach problems in traditional Chinese medicine. Don’t underestimate stomach problems. If you don’t receive timely symptomatic treatment, allowing stomach problems to develop will cause serious harm to our health. I hope everyone can develop scientific eating habits in daily life to prevent the occurrence of stomach problems.