What are the Chinese medical treatment ideas for chronic gastritis as well as gastrointestinal ulcers?

  Superficial gastritis, atrophic gastritis, as well as gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer are more common in the outpatient clinic of digestive tract diseases. Chinese medicine is effective in treating stomach pain, abdominal pain, bloating, acid reflux, vomiting, diarrhea and constipation, which are common in digestive tract diseases. With the right dialectical thinking, most of them can relieve the clinical discomfort of such disorders to varying degrees.  Acupuncture has a better advantage in adjusting the changes of qi, because patients with liver and stomach qi stagnation, liver depression and fire, and liver depression and spleen deficiency mostly have faster clinical results. Acupuncture therapy is also more effective in the treatment of eruption, hiccups, acid reflux, vomiting, diarrhea, and constipation. After one or two courses of treatment, the efficacy is maintained for a more satisfactory period of time. Clinical feedback from patients is moderately satisfactory. In clinical practice, according to the patient’s tongue, pulse and symptoms, the treatment principles of draining the liver and relieving depression, lowering qi and stopping eruption, strengthening the spleen and stomach, broadening the intestines and moving qi, and regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, etc., and according to the patient’s cold and heat deficiency, either tonifying or diarrhea or clearing or warming can often receive better results.  Most patients with digestive tract diseases have depressed or irritable personalities or tendencies, so it is important to regulate liver qi. Doctors in our department may use gentle words to guide and persuade; or use acupuncture to unblock the meridians, calm the mind, and relieve depression and open the heart; or use tonics to internally regulate the five organs and open the heart. We use acupuncture and medicine to treat the mind and body together. When the patient is relieved of the worries, concerns, thoughts and uncertainties in his mind, the physical pain is also relieved or alleviated.  Chronic superficial gastritis is more common with spleen qi deficiency, liver and stomach qi stagnation, and liver and stomach heat stagnation. In duodenal ulcer, weakness of spleen and Yang, cold and heat are more common, and it is still necessary to change the prescription several times before the clinical discomfort of the patient can be regulated.