What should I do if I have stomach pain?

Stomach and epigastric pain may be caused by spleen and stomach deficiency and cold (spleen and stomach weakness and cold), stomach yin deficiency, stagnation of blood stasis, etc. It is necessary to consult a doctor and take medication according to the cause of the disease, as well as other treatments under the doctor’s guidance. 1. Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold (Spleen and Stomach Weakness and Cold): For stomach and epigastric pain caused by Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold, you can use medicines such as Radix Rehmanniae Pills and Xiao Jianzhong Pellets under the guidance of a doctor. Some patients can also be relieved by acupuncture at the foot-sanli point, guanyuan point, life gate point, stomach point, and the middle stomach point. 2. Stomach yin deficiency: If stomach yin deficiency leads to gastric pain, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to use drugs such as gastric relief capsules, yin deficiency stomach pain granules. In addition, the patient can also be acupuncture Zhangmen point, stomach point, spleen point, Sanyinjiao point, the middle epigastric point and other points, or massage foot Taiyin point, Yangming meridian points and other points to relieve stomach pain. 3. Liver qi stagnation (poor transportation of qi and blood in the liver, emotional depression): When stomach pain is caused by liver qi stagnation, the patient needs to use medicines such as Chai Hu Shu Liver Pills and Liver Relief (treating depression by unblocking the qi in the liver) capsules under the guidance of a doctor. In addition, massaging the patient’s Tai Chong point, Liver Yu point, Xing Ma point, Tai Chong point and other acupoints can have the effect of easing the liver and relieving depression. Gastric pain can also be caused by blood stasis, food accumulation (indigestion of food and stagnation in the stomach), stomach yang deficiency and so on. It is recommended that patients with gastric pain need to consult a doctor in a timely manner, and can follow the doctor’s instructions to choose the appropriate measures for treatment. In addition, patients need to develop regular dietary habits, and eat less cold or spicy food, such as ice cream, chili peppers and so on.