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| Pattern Names |
| Stomach Food Stagnation • 食滞肠胃 • Shí Zhì Cháng Wèi |
| Classification |
| Category: Zang Fu |
Syndrome: Stomach |
| Symptoms |
| Tongue: red with white/ yellow thick greasy coat, thick and sticky coat |
Pulse: slippery/rolling, rapid, deep, excess |
| Indications: Epigastric fullness and distention, Acid reflux, Belching, Poor appetite, Vomiting, Nausea, Foul breath, Loose stools or constipation, Stomach distention pain improves with vomiting [33] • epigastric and abdominal distended pain which is worse with pressure, and relieve after vomit or diarrhea, rotten belching, acid regurgitation, dislike food. Diarrhea, with sticky foul odor stool, or constipation. A thick greasy coating, and slippery or deep excess pulse[32]] • Anorexia [42]
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| Keywords |
| Acid reflux, feels better after vomiting, foul breath[Maciocia] • epigastric and abdominal distended pain
worse with pressure and relieve after vomit, rotten
belching, acid regurgitation. All symptoms after overeat
[Qiao] |
| Treatment |
| clear food stagnation, harmonize Stomach, descend ST Qi |
| Acupuncture |
| KD21, PC 6, REN12, REN13, REN10, SP4, ST21, ST36, ST40, ST44, ST45 |
| Herb |
| Boa He Wan, Zhi Shi Dao Zhi Wan |
| Notes |
| AKA: Retention of Food in the Stomach |
