TCM Syndrome Differentiation of Abdominal Pain

Abdominal pain is a common disease among people. The causes of the symptoms are relatively complex. For example, it is often closely related to people’s eyes. Irregular diet and frequent overeating can easily cause abdominal pain, stomach pain and other diseases. There are many ways to treat abdominal pain. Depending on the condition of the disease, you can take oral medications, and of course you can also choose traditional Chinese medicine for treatment. What is the TCM dialectical classification of abdominal pain?

1. TCM Syndrome Differentiation of Abdominal Pain

1. Differentiate between cold, heat, deficiency and excess: abdominal pain that is stiff, cold, painful, sudden, uninterrupted, with a bloated abdomen, rumbling and sharp pain in the intestines, aggravated by cold and relieved by heat is cold pain. Abdominal pain that is burning, sometimes light, sometimes heavy, with bloating and constipation, and relieved by cooling is heat pain. Pain that is continuous, relieved by rubbing and pressing, sometimes slow, sometimes urgent, painful but invisible, aggravated by hunger and relieved by eating is deficiency pain. Pain that is acute, refuses to be pressed, is visible, persists and becomes worse by eating is excess pain.

2. If there is qi or blood in the abdomen, the pain is distending and full, and it is sometimes light and sometimes heavy. The pain is in an uncertain location and is relieved by warm air and exhalation, it is qi stagnation pain. If there is stabbing pain in the abdomen, the pain never stops, the pain does not move, the pain is not relieved by pressure, and it is worse at night, it is blood stasis pain.

3. Differentiate between acute and chronic abdominal pain: sudden onset, severe abdominal pain, and obvious accompanying symptoms, caused by invasion of external evil or dietary injury, is acute abdominal pain; slow onset, prolonged course, continuous abdominal pain, and mild pain, mostly caused by internal injury, emotions, weak internal organs, and insufficient qi and blood, is chronic abdominal pain.

4. It is often not difficult to diagnose abdominal pain by identifying its location. When making a diagnosis, the main thing to do is to clarify the relationship between the abdominal pain and the internal organs. Abdominal pain is mostly caused by diseases of the spleen, stomach, large and small intestines. Pain in the flanks and lower abdomen is mostly caused by diseases of the Jueyin liver meridian and large intestine. Pain in the lower abdomen is mostly caused by diseases of the kidneys and bladder. Pain around the navel is mostly caused by worm diseases.

2. Folk remedies for auxiliary treatment of abdominal pain

1. Astragalus Maltose Porridge

Take about 10 grams of Astragalus, add appropriate amount of water and boil to extract the juice, then add 50 grams of white rice and cook into thick porridge. Add 15 grams of maltose when taking it, and take it once each in the morning and evening while warm. Suitable for abdominal pain caused by spleen and stomach qi deficiency.

2. Lentil and yam porridge

20 grams of dried lentils, 20 grams of yam (100 grams of fresh yam), 30 grams of polished rice, simmer until thick, add a little brown sugar when eating. Suitable for abdominal pain caused by weak spleen and stomach.

3. Fennel and brown sugar water

Boil 10 grams of fennel in water to extract the juice, add appropriate amount of brown sugar and drink it. Suitable for abdominal pain caused by qi stagnation.