Hello friends, have you ever encountered this situation
I haven't eaten anything particularly spicy, stimulating, or overly hot, but I still feel a vague, uncomfortable pain in my stomach. Sometimes it feels like needles pricking or stabbing me. I feel hungry but have no appetite, and nothing looks appealing. After eating, I often experience bloating and burping. I've also become unusually tired, with a yellowish complexion. My bowel movements are either loose and shapeless or dry and difficult to pass. Sometimes I even feel a dry, bitter taste in my mouth, and it always feels sticky and unpleasant.
In fact, these may be signs that "atrophic gastritis" has quietly arrived.
In traditional Chinese medicine, it is often classified asEpigastric Pain, FullnessThe core pathogenesis is often a deficiency in the root and excess in the manifestation—spleen and stomach weakness is the root, while qi stagnation, damp-heat, and blood stasis are the manifestations.
If not discovered and regulated in time, it is likely to develop into intestinal metaplasia or atypical hyperplasia, increasing the risk of cancer.
Atrophic gastritis is difficult to manage because it often involves more than just a single issue, but ratherLiver, spleen, and stomach functional disorders comprehensive manifestations.
Today I will introduce 6 types of Chinese patent medicines that can target different types of atrophic gastritis, provide precise syndrome differentiation, and reverse atrophy. (The following is for educational purposes only; it is recommended to consult a doctor before taking any medication.)
1、Moluodan:Suitable for spleen and stomach weakness, qi stagnation and blood stasis. Many patients with chronic stomach issues have a long course of illness, experiencing both distending pain (qi stagnation) and stabbing pain (blood stasis) in the stomach, accompanied by poor appetite and postprandial abdominal distension.
Morodan is no stranger to patients with gastritis. It is an "old friend" for treating atrophic gastritis. Composed of 18 traditional Chinese medicines such as lily, poria, scrophularia root, and lindera root, it not only strengthens the spleen and relieves bloating but also promotes blood circulation and alleviates pain. It can repair the gastric mucosa while improving gastric microcirculation, making it a commonly used medication in the clinical treatment of atrophic gastritis.
2. Weifuchun Tablets:Spleen deficiency with qi stagnation and stomach collateral stasis If your stomach pain is mainly characterized by dull pain, preference for warmth and pressure, usually feeling cold, and prone to diarrhea, this is a typical case of spleen and stomach deficiency, mixed with qi stagnation and blood stasis.
Weifuchun Tablets mainly consist of red ginseng, rabdosia rubescens, and bitter orange, which can invigorate the spleen and replenish qi, promote blood circulation, and detoxify. It has a good effect on blocking the precancerous lesions of atrophic gastritis, especially suitable for patients with cold stomach, fear of cold in the stomach, and physical weakness.
3. Yang Wei Shu Capsule:Insufficiency of stomach yin and internal disturbance of deficient fire If your stomach pain manifests as a burning sensation, you always feel dry mouth and thirsty, desire to drink water, warm palms, dry stools, red tongue with little coating. This indicates that your stomach yin fluid is insufficient, belonging to stomach yin deficiency.
Yangwei Shu Capsule is composed of Codonopsis pilosula, Chinese yam, Scrophularia ningpoensis, etc. It can nourish yin and stomach, strengthen the body's resistance and consolidate the constitution. It is like watering dry land, which can nourish the gastric mucosa and relieve the burning sensation and discomfort in the stomach.
4. Qi Stagnation Stomach Pain Granules:Liver-Stomach disharmony, Qi stagnationIf your stomach distension and pain are very obvious, and this pain changes with your emotional fluctuations—when you are angry, anxious, or under stress, your stomach hurts severely, and you often sigh or belch. This belongs to Liver-Stomach disharmony, Qi stagnation.
Qi Zhi Wei Tong Granules, with Bupleurum as the main ingredient, can soothe the liver, regulate qi, harmonize the stomach, and relieve pain. It is specifically designed for those suffering from stomach bloating and flank pain caused by poor mood and high stress.
5. Sanjiu Weitai Granules:Dampness and Heat in the Spleen and StomachIf you feel a dull pain in your stomach, have a bitter taste and bad breath, experience nausea and acid reflux, have a yellow and greasy tongue coating, and have sticky and uncomfortable bowel movements, it indicates the presence of dampness and heat in your stomach.
Sanjiu Weitai Granules can clear heat, dry dampness, promote qi circulation, activate blood, and soothe the liver to relieve pain. It helps eliminate "damp-heat toxins" from the stomach and is particularly suitable for damp-heat type gastritis caused by irregular diet or excessive consumption of greasy, sweet, and rich foods.
6. Biling Weitong Granules:Qi Stagnation and Blood Stasis If your stomach pain is fixed in location, stabbing like a needle prick, aggravated by pressure, or accompanied by black stools, and your tongue is dark purple with ecchymosis. This indicates that the disease has entered the collaterals, forming blood stasis.
Biling Weitong Granules can promote qi and blood circulation, harmonize the stomach, and relieve pain. It also improves blood circulation in the stomach, resolves blood stasis, and is particularly suitable for patients with chronic stomach conditions where prolonged illness has affected the meridians.
However, finally, I would like to remind everyone that the management of atrophic gastritis is a long-term process. In traditional Chinese medicine, we emphasizeThree parts treatment, seven parts nurturingIn addition to medication, we should minimize the consumption of cold, spicy, and greasy foods, quit smoking, and limit alcohol intake. It is beneficial to eat more foods that strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach, such as millet, Chinese yam, and pumpkin. Most importantly, it is crucial to maintain a cheerful mood, avoid anxiety and staying up late, as staying up late can deplete stomach yin and worsen the condition.
