Chinese medicine prescription for chronic atrophic gastritis1

  Chronic atrophic gastritis is a common chronic digestive disease, which is called “gastric pain”, “fullness” and “gastric gangrene” in Chinese medicine. Early detection, early diagnosis, early treatment, long-term follow-up, and adherence to daily care and regular review are advocated.  Gastric yin deficiency is one of the most common TCM symptoms of chronic atrophic gastritis, mainly manifested as: stuffiness, burning pain, noisy, hunger, dry mouth, dry stools, low food intake, thin shape, red tongue with little fluid and moss, thin pulse, etc. Daily care needs to focus on the following aspects: a. Diet 1, it is advisable to benefit the stomach to produce food and acid sweet Yin food, such as watermelon, tomatoes, fungus, silver fungus, lily, pear, hawthorn, plum, orange, etc..  2, avoid hot and spicy dry products, such as mutton, curry, etc., do not drink alcohol, strong tea and coffee.  3, diet should be: chew slowly, eat less and more meals; light nutrition, hygiene and freshness; do not love tobacco and alcohol, strong tea; coffee less, the spleen and stomach to be safe.  Second, the mood, life Keep a relaxed mood, emotional stability, to avoid worry, irritation and mental overstrain; can listen to some soothing music to relieve stress. Regular life, ensure sufficient sleep, develop the habit of daily bowel movement, appropriate physical exercise, such as walking, jogging, tai chi, swimming, cycling, excursions, etc.. Patients with this evidence should not steam sauna, hot springs, stay up late, sweat too much to avoid depletion of Qi and injury to Yin.  Third, health care 1, medicine meal “hawthorn porridge”: hawthorn 50g, 100g of round-grained rice cooked together, put 10g of sugar after cooking.  2, dendrobium, maitake decoction drink as tea, stomach acid deficiency can eat a small amount of hawthorn after meals to acid sweet to help transport.  3, ginseng and silver fungus porridge: 10g ginseng, 10g silver fungus, 100g japonica rice, add the right amount of water to cook the porridge, with the effect of benefitting the stomach.  4, acupressure: foot three miles (located in the outer knee eye straight down about 4 horizontal fingers, pressed with a soreness and swelling), Nei Guan (located in the midpoint of the transverse wrist line straight up about 3 horizontal fingers) daily pressure for 10 minutes to help strengthen the body.