Gastric ulcer belongs to the category of “gastric epigastric pain” in Chinese medicine, there is no complete treatment of gastric epigastric pain in Chinese medicine, commonly used medicines for gastric epigastric pain include hawthorn, lycopodium, peony, chuanxiong, etc., depending on the condition of the disease to identify the use of medicines. Gastric pain is mainly caused by dietary injury to the stomach, external evils, spleen and stomach deficiency, emotional upset, etc., resulting in gastric dysphagia (obstruction of the stomach’s function of ventilation and descending), and stagnation of gastric qi, which causes pain in the epigastric and gastrointestinal areas near the heart’s fossa. Clinically, there is no traditional Chinese medicine that can completely eradicate gastric ulcers, and the treatment is mainly based on regulating qi and stomach, and the traditional Chinese medicines chosen are different according to the identification of the condition. 1. Cold evil guest stomach: stomach pain evil cold (fear of cold) like warm, cold aggravation, get warm pain reduction, commonly used Chinese medicine are galangal, incense, Chen Pi and so on. 2. Dietary injury to the stomach: pain in the stomach and epigastric region, not thinking of food, belching and swallowing acid (swallowing acid water in the stomach upward to the mouth and throat), distension and refusal to press, commonly used Chinese medicines include Shenqu, hawthorn, forsythia, and so on. 3. Liver qi offending the stomach: chest tightness and belching (hiccups), stomach and epigastric distension, pain in case of trouble, pain even in the two sides, commonly used traditional Chinese medicines include Chai Hu and Licorice. 4. Blood stasis in the stomach: pain in the stomach and epigastric region like pins and needles, pain in a fixed place, especially at night, commonly used traditional Chinese medicines include Salvia divinorum and Radix et Rhizoma Gastrodiae. 5. Stomach yin loss and depletion: hidden burning pain in the stomach and epigastric region, five heart-heat (the heart of the two hands and the heart of the two feet fever, and consciously feel irritable and stuffy heat in the heart and chest), dry mouth and throat, dry bowels, commonly used traditional Chinese medicines are maitake, goji berries, neem seeds, licorice. Stomach pain should be medicated under the identification of TCM practitioners, and should not be self-medicated to avoid adverse consequences.
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