The Trouble with Stomach Diseases Clinically common spleen and stomach disorders, such as indigestion, bloating and stomach pain, abdominal distension, belching, acid swallowing, diarrhea, constipation, etc., are prone to recurring even though they may get somewhat better after treatment. Many patients always ask: “How many pills can I take to get well? Why can’t we get rid of the root cause of stomach problems?” Such questions are very difficult for me to answer, because the spleen and stomach disease in the spleen and stomach, the cause of spleen and stomach disease, part of the spleen and stomach itself, but a larger part of the liver and gallbladder. Attributes of the five elements, the spleen and stomach is earth, liver and gallbladder is wood; the relationship between birth and death, wood and earth, which is a very normal relationship between restraint, we do not see “grams” on the aversion. Like planting crops, in order to grow good crops, the land needs to be loose, loose in order to hide the water, fertilizer. How can the land be loosened? You need a plow to plow the ground, so that the soil is loose. In the human body, the liver is the “plow”, play the role of excretion. It is because of the liver’s normal “gram” spleen, we have an appetite, to better digest the food we eat, so that the food is fully converted into qi and blood for us to apply. If the liver “plow” works slowly, that is, the liver is not enough, the patient will have dyspepsia, poor appetite, bloating, abdominal distension, constipation, etc.; treatment should be added to help the liver medicine, or tonifying the liver, or detoxification of the liver. If the liver “plow” works too fast, that is, too much excretion, the patient will have stomach and abdominal pain, fast hunger, emaciation, diarrhea, heartburn, etc., the treatment should be added to inhibit the function of the liver medicines, or clear the liver, or cool the liver and so on. The reason why our treatment of spleen and stomach disease is effective is to treat the spleen and stomach while not forgetting to treat the liver and gallbladder. “Liver “work” or less than, or too much, in addition to its own reasons, by the patient’s emotional influence is too big. Among the five organs, liver is in charge of human emotions, in turn, joy, anger, worry, sadness, fear and panic can affect the liver. Western medicine has also proved this point, when the patient is in a bad mood, easy to get angry and angry when the production and secretion of various digestive juices will be inhibited, and then appeared to be poor, bloating, belching, constipation, etc., the treatment will be added to the discretion of the anti-anxiety, antidepressant and other psychotropic drugs, which is also proved by evidence-based medicine in the digestive disease treatment guidelines to give the appropriate recommendations. Modern society is fast-paced, life and work stress, our emotions will inevitably fluctuate, no matter what kind of emotional changes will cause changes in the liver’s “work”, which in turn affects the stomach’s receptivity, the spleen’s transportation. This is the reason why spleen and stomach diseases tend to recur and cannot be eliminated, and also the reason why I cannot tell you how many doses of medicine you can take to get well, because it depends to a certain extent on your own personality and self-adjustment ability. As long as we can adjust our mindset and reduce the influence of negative emotions, we can reduce the occurrence of spleen and stomach disorders, and even get rid of them.