What are the methods of traditional Chinese medicine to treat stomach problems?

　　As the pressure in life continues to increase, people want to enjoy life better for themselves and their families, because they are working hard to earn more money at work. But when you change cups and drink wine, can your stomach really bear it? When you mess around with three meals a day, do you care about your stomach? If you don't pay more attention to it, it will cause your stomach to get sick. Let’s take a look at traditional Chinese medicine’s methods of treating stomach problems!

　　1. Soothe the liver and harmonize the stomach

　　Clinically seen epigastric pain is most common when liver qi invades the stomach. Other syndrome types are also more or less accompanied by symptoms of qi stagnation, so this type is listed first. "Clinical Guidelines and Medical Records" states: "The liver is the source of the disease, and the stomach is the place where the disease is transmitted. ”Experts attach great importance to the role of the liver and gallbladder in regulating spleen and stomach diseases. He also concluded from long-term clinical practice that diseases of the spleen and stomach are mostly caused by depression, and sixty-seven out of ten are caused by the liver. The liver, spleen and stomach interact with each other physiologically, as stated in "Su Wen·Bao Ming Quan Sha Lun": "Earth reaches wood. ”"Seeking Truth in Medicine" further points out: "Shaoyang is between half the outside and half the inside. It is the hub of the middle qi. The pivot movement allows the middle qi to move. ”The liver governs the function of dispersing and regulating qi. The rise and release of liver qi regulates the rise and fall of the spleen and stomach. If the liver qi is normal, the spleen will rise and the stomach qi will fall. The rise and fall are coordinated to complete the digestion and absorption of food. The liver and the spleen and stomach also interact with each other pathologically. If the emotions are not relaxed, liver qi is stagnate, and the stomach is disturbed, resulting in disharmony of stomach qi and loss of qi, epigastric distension and pain, pain in both ribs, pain or severe pain when trouble occurs, pantothenic acid, belching, and sagittal qi will be relieved. As stagnation of liver qi lasts for a long time, qi stagnation turns into fire, which can be seen. Burning in the epigastrium and noisy acid swallowing; stagnation of heat damaging yin and loss of nourishment in the stomach will cause symptoms such as dull stomach pain, hunger and loss of food, retching and hiccups, dry mouth and throat, dry stools and other symptoms; if the liver qi is transverse and invades the spleen, causing the spleen to lose its health, abdominal pain, borborygmus, anorexia, loose stools and other symptoms of liver stagnation and spleen deficiency will occur. The liver likes to be in full swing, and stagnation of the seven emotions is most likely to damage the liver and spleen. Adjusting the flow of qi and being open-minded can make the spleen and stomach qi rise and fall regularly. Main symptoms: epigastric distension and pain, mainly bloating, or attack on both sides of the body, or epigastric fullness, attack or aggravation of anger and anger, belching with relief, chest tightness and sighing, anorexia, abdominal distension, poor defecation, thin white or yellow tongue coating, stringy pulse. The method of soothing the liver and harmonizing the stomach is the most basic method to eliminate stomach pain and is an important method among all methods for treating stomach pain. Medicinal Bupleurum, white peony root, angelica, bergamot, citron, cyperus, tangerine peel, citrus aurantium, licorice, etc.

　　2. Method of nourishing yin and benefiting the stomach

　　The stomach is divided into yin and yang. For stomach yin, the body fluid of the stomach is also the foundation of the stomach. The acceptance and ripening of the stomach must depend on the moistening of the stomach yin. Regarding the type of deficiency of stomach yin, the clinical causes can be roughly summarized as follows: the body's stomach yin is deficient, and the spleen cannot move the body fluids to the stomach; suffering from febrile venereal disease, high fever consumes body fluids and hurts the yin; suffering from ulcer disease, after subtotal gastrectomy, the gastric juice cannot be produced; women suffer from blood and body fluid damage after childbirth; diabetic patients, body fluids are depleted. Due to insufficient stomach yin and lack of nourishment of the stomach, symptoms include dull or burning pain in the epigastrium, noisy, belching, dry mouth and throat, dry stool, red tongue with little fluid or peeling coating, little coating, small cracks on the tongue surface, and stringy or thready pulse. Treat it by nourishing yin and benefiting the stomach. The stomach is a yang soil, which likes moisturizing and hates dryness. Therefore, when treating symptoms of stomach yin deficiency, sweet, cool, soft and moist should be the main method. As Ye said: "It is better to use sweet medicine to nourish the yin in the stomach." ”("Unprinted Edition of Ye's Medical Records") "It is sweet and cool to benefit the stomach yin to control the dragon phase, and the stomach yin will stand on its own. ”("Clinical Guidelines for Medical Records") The "Syndrome-like Treatment" further summarizes on the basis of Ye's work: "To treat stomach yin deficiency and prevent hunger and indigestion, use Qingtong, such as Ophiopogon japonicus, Adenophora adenophora, Polygonatum odoratum, almond, white peony root, dendrobium, Poria god, japonica rice, hemp seeds, and lentil seeds. ”Therefore, medicinal Adenophora, Ophiopogon japonicus, Rehmannia glutinosa, Polygonatum odoratum, Dendrobium, Trichosanthin, White Peony, Licorice, etc. are used.

　　3. Methods of strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach

　　Improper diet can damage the spleen and stomach, weaken the Yang Qi, cause cold due to Yang deficiency, lose the temperature of the stomach collaterals, or cause stomach pain due to spleen and stomach deficiency. Symptoms include dull pain in the epigastrium, a preference for pressing, loss of appetite, hiccups and belching, distension of the epigastrium and abdomen, a dull complexion, weakness in the limbs, weight loss over time, loose stools, cold hands and feet, chills, pale tongue, white and greasy tongue coating, and a weak and weak pulse. Treat with warming the stomach and strengthening the spleen. Medicinal roasted astragalus, cassia twig, white peony root, dangshen, atractylodes, poria, tangerine peel, pinellia, licorice, dried ginger, galangal, etc.

　　4. Method of resolving stagnation and appetizing

　　"Suwen Bi Lun" says: "If you eat more than you eat, your intestines and stomach will be injured. ”Improper diet, craving for fat and sweet food, damage to the spleen and stomach, poor transportation and transformation, stagnant food accumulation, and imbalance of ascending and descending, leading to epigastric fullness, pain, rancidity, and lack of desire to eat. Improper diet is the first of all causes. Overeating, polydipsia, and stagnant eating lead to gas blockage in the stomach. Symptoms include epigastric distension and pain, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, pain relief after vomiting or discomfort during defecation, thick and greasy tongue coating, and stringy and slippery pulse. It is treated with digestion, stagnation, appetizing and pain relieving. Medicinal hawthorn, Shenqu, pinellia, tangerine peel, poria, forsythia, radish seed, etc.

　　5. Method to relieve heat and clear stomach

　　The stomach is a yang-fu organ, belonging to the yangming meridian. It has excessive qi and blood, and is easily transformed by heat. Regardless of external evil qi or internal stagnation, it is easy to transform heat, so there is a saying that "reality leads to yangming". Secondly, with the continuous improvement of the living standards of our country's residents, great changes have taken place in eating habits and structure, and the intake of high-protein, high-fat and other calorie-rich foods has increased. A craving for fat and sweet foods can easily transform heat into fire. Symptoms include burning pain in the epigastrium, irritability, noisy pantothenic acid, dry mouth, bitter mouth, stringy and rapid pulse, etc. Treatment should follow the "Huangdi Neijing" "Heat is treated with cold", and the method of clearing the stomach and purging fire should be used. Experts believe that it is not advisable to use large doses of bitter and cold medicines such as skullcap and coptis for stomach fire, otherwise the bitter cold will weaken the stomach and only damage the middle qi, making it difficult to heal. Instead, it is advisable to use dandelion, diffusa and other heat-clearing and antiseptic products on the basis of strengthening the spleen and replenishing qi to dispel evil without damaging the qi. For stomach pain caused by liver qi stagnation, heat dissipation over time, and evil heat invading the stomach, it can be treated by clearing the stomach, soothing the liver, and expelling heat. For medicinal purposes, green peel, tangerine peel, paeonol bark, gardenia, etc. can be used.

　　This is where I introduce the traditional Chinese medicine for stomach problems, hoping to attract your attention. In daily life, you must take good care of your stomach. Don’t cause stomach problems due to your own carelessness. After all, it’s better to cure it than to take care of it!