Symptoms and Treatment of Stomach Yin Deficiency

Symptoms of stomach yin deficiency include hidden pain in the stomach and epigastrium, hunger and lack of desire for food, as well as dry mouth and throat, and plumping and burning in the epigastrium (abdomen), which can be treated with medication and acupuncture under the guidance of a physician. 1. Symptoms: Stomach yin deficiency is mostly due to the late stage of fever, stomach yin depletion; or emotional depression, gas depression and fire, burning stomach yin; or vomiting and diarrhea is too much, injuring the fluid and depletion of liquid; or overeating spicy products, excessive use of warm, hot and pungent medicines, resulting in the depletion of the stomach yin. Common symptoms include noisy stomach and epigastric cavity (the stomach has a feeling similar to hunger, emptiness with burning), hunger and no desire to eat, or plumping and burning pain, dry vomiting, dry mouth and pharynx, dry stools, and short urine. 2. Treatment: (1) Drugs: can be taken under the guidance of the physician diagnosis and treatment of beneficial stomach soup, which is mainly composed of sasanqua, maitake, bamboo, rock sugar, etc., can be used to treat gastric yin insufficiency (lack of yin fluid in the stomach) evidence, the adverse effects and contraindications of this formula are not yet clear. (2) Acupuncture: Acupuncture can be performed on the acupoints of Zhongkou, Ashansanli, Quchi, and Shangjiuxu, but it is recommended that the acupuncture operation be carried out by a professional Chinese medicine technician. If the above symptoms occur, it is recommended that the patient actively go to the hospital for consultation, be guided by a TCM physician to identify the symptoms, and follow the doctor’s instructions to use medication, and do not use medication or carry out acupuncture operation arbitrarily, so as not to cause adverse consequences.