Which gastrointestinal conditions can be treated with acupuncture?

Chronic gastritis

[Main points]Spleen Yu and Foot Sanli points.

[Supporting points] For liver qi offending the stomach, add Neiguan, Zhongkou and Taichong points; for spleen and stomach weakness, add Zhangmen and Stomach Yu points.

[Practice] For weak spleen and stomach, use tonic method, Zhangmen and Ashansanli can be added with moxibustion; if liver qi offends the stomach, use flat tonic and flat diarrhea method. Treatment once a day or every other day, 10 times for a course of treatment, the interval between courses of 3 to 5 days.

Duodenitis

[Main Points] Spleen Yu, Stomach Yu, Liver Yu.

[Supporting acupoint] For Qi stagnation, add Taichong; for water-dampness retention, add Fenglong.

[Practice] Use diarrhea or flat tonic and diarrhea for solid cases; use tonic for deficiency cases, and moxibustion for deficiency-cold cases. Depending on the condition of 1 to 2 times a day or every other day treatment once, each time to stay in the needle 15 to 30 minutes, can be intermittent transportation needle 1 to 2 times, 4 weeks for a course of treatment, the interval between the course of treatment 7 days.

Gastric and duodenal ulcers

[Main points] Neiguan, Zhongkou, and Shusanli.

[Supporting points] For severe pain, add Liangqiu; for acid reflux, add Stomach Yu and Liangmen; for dystocia, add Hengmen and Yanglingquan; for acid vomiting, add Gongsun and Taichong; for gastric cold, add Spleen Yu and Gastric Yu (both moxibustion); for bleeding, add Blood Sea.

[practice]The solid evidence with diarrhea or flat tonic flat diarrhea method; deficiency with tonic, cold with moxibustion treatment. Depending on the condition of l ~ 2 times a day or every other day treatment once, each time to stay in the needle 15 ~ 30 minutes, can be intermittent transportation of the needle 1 ~ 2 times, 4 weeks for a course of treatment, the interval between the course of treatment 5 days.

Stomach ptosis

[Main points] Zhongkou, Neiguan, Taichong, Gongsun.

[Supporting points] For severe pain, add Liangqiu and Shusanli; for constipation, add Daxiang and Zhigou; for vomiting, add Neitian; for acid reflux, add Liver Yu and Dudu; for loss of appetite, add Shusanli.

[Practice] The tonic method can be used with moxibustion. Depending on the condition of 1 to 2 times a day or every other day treatment once, each time to stay in the needle 15 to 30 minutes, can be intermittent transportation of the needle l to 2 times, 5 weeks for a course of treatment, the interval between the course of treatment 5 days.