How to treat chronic atrophic gastritis with traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that chronic atrophic gastritis is caused by feeling exogenous pathogens, improper diet, emotional imbalance and weakness of the spleen and stomach. Spleen and stomach are in charge of diet digestion and nutrient absorption, and play a role in maintaining human respiration. When the spleen and stomach are weak, there will be a series of symptoms of atrophic gastritis such as loss of appetite and qi stagnation.

Treatment based on syndrome differentiation is a characteristic of Chinese medicine, that is, different treatment methods are selected according to the individualized situation of patients:

1 If the patient has symptoms such as dull pain in the upper abdomen, distending pain, feeling warm and pressing, listlessness, loss of appetite, abdominal distension after eating, diarrhea, pale tongue, teeth marks on the edge of the tongue, thin and white tongue coating, and thready pulse, it is judged as weakness of the spleen and stomach, and the method of invigorating qi and strengthening the spleen can be adopted.

Edible prescriptions: Liujunzi Decoction and Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction.

If the patient has symptoms such as epigastric pain (both sides are connected), chest tightness, frequent belching, sighing, etc., the onset and aggravation of symptoms are obviously related to emotions, and the tongue coating is thin and white, and the pulse is string. It is judged that the liver and stomach are not harmonious, and the method of soothing the liver and regulating the stomach can be used for treatment.

Edible prescription: Chaihu Shugan Powder.

If the patient has dull pain or burning pain in the upper abdomen, frequent attacks due to a long medical history, hunger, thirst, dry stool, red tongue with little body fluid, cracks, coating or bright red without coating, rapid pulse and other symptoms, it is judged that the stomach yin is insufficient, and the method of nourishing yin and benefiting the stomach can be used for treatment.

Prescriptions that can be taken: Yiwei decoction and Guan Yi decoction.

If the patient has symptoms such as upper abdominal burning, distending pain, fullness, no appetite, thirst, no desire to drink water, bitter and sticky mouth, unpleasant stool, red tongue, yellow and greasy fur, and slippery pulse, it is judged as damp-heat syndrome of spleen and stomach, which can clear away heat and eliminate dampness.