Question 1: What is gastric ptosis? Gastric ptosis refers to the lower edge of the stomach reaches the pelvis when standing, the lowest point of the arc of the lesser curvature of the stomach drops below the line of the iliac crest, and the anatomical position of the stomach is lower than the normal position. The occurrence of this disease is mostly due to insufficient suspensory force of the diaphragm, hepatic-gastric and phrenic-gastric ligaments become loose due to hypoplasia, intra-abdominal pressure decreases and abdominal muscle relaxation, etc., coupled with factors such as body shape or physique, the stomach is in the form of a fish structure with a very low bottom and low opening, i.e., the atonic type of the stomach as seen in gastric ptosis. This disease is a part of visceral prolapse, mostly seen in long, thin and weak body type people, the chronically ill and frail people, women who have been pregnant, people with incisional hernia in multiple abdominal surgeries, and people who have been bedridden for a long time and have little movement. A barium meal examination of the digestive tract is usually sufficient to confirm the diagnosis. Question 2: How to treat gastroptosis? Gastric ptosis itself is not a “disease”, it is only a name for the change of the shape and position of the stomach. However, functional dyspepsia occurs when gastric function is abnormal due to gastric ptosis, such as bloating, stomach pain and other symptoms of poor gastrointestinal dynamics and dyspepsia, and it needs to be treated at this time. As the multiple symptoms of gastric ptosis torment the patient for a long time, it makes his mental burden too heavy, thus producing insomnia, headache, dizziness, sluggishness, depression and other neuropsychiatric symptoms, and there can be low blood pressure, palpitations, and standing fainting and other manifestations. In fact, there are not a few people who have gastroptosis, some of them have no symptoms to maintain good habits, and those who have symptoms to go to the hospital for treatment, Chinese medicine believes that the cause of gastroptosis is “the sinking of the central qi”, you can use the method of replenishing the central qi to treat it. Oral medicine can be used to replenish the central qi soup or replenish the central qi pills, and if you can cooperate with acupuncture, you can use the Baihui point to achieve the elevation of yang and the Yang. If it can be combined with acupuncture and moxibustion to achieve the effect of raising Yang Qi and lifting the sun to lift the pituitary, it can also play a therapeutic role. Chinese medicine treatment of gastroptosis is not to restore the position of the stomach to a normal state, but through acupuncture, moxibustion, these methods, the use of Chinese medicine theory, the human body’s “stomach qi” to enhance gastrointestinal function, alleviate the symptoms, and then achieve the purpose of treatment of the disease. In addition, patients with gastroptosis, there is a habit to pay special attention to, in the three meals, it is best to lie down immediately in bed or lie down for half an hour before carrying out other activities, so as to avoid eating food because of the role of the earth’s gravity and aggravate the degree of gastroptosis, to avoid the discomfort of the symptoms.