What Is the Treatment for an Enlarged Stomach?

Gastric edema is commonly seen in diseases such as gastritis and gastric ulcers, which cause edema due to fluid exudation caused by gastric mucosal irritation, which can cause pain, indigestion, and decreased appetite. ^[1]

Gastric edema

Gastric edema is commonly seen in

Anti-infection and gastric acid suppression drugs are generally used, and recommended

Traditional Chinese medicine has a good effect in treating gastric congestion. Chronic gastric edema mostly belongs to epigastric pain and epigastric syndrome in traditional Chinese medicine. Common 7 types:

a weak type of spleen and stomach: corpus spleen deficiency, or inadequate diet, hunger and hunger, which can cause spleen and stomach injury and weakness, manifested as epigastric fullness and pain, loss of appetite, abdominal distension after eating, fatigue and fatigue, treatment to strengthen the spleen and stomach ;

b. Spleen and stomach deficiency type: Spleen deficiency is severe, spleen-yang is insufficient, or bulimia is cold, which damages spleen-yang, causes yin-cold and internal prosperity, manifested as epigastric pain, warm pressing, reduced pain after meal, fasting pain, Cold limbs, warm the spleen and warm the stomach, relieve pain and anxiety;

c. Liver Qi and Stomach Type: Unhappy mood, depression and anger hurt the liver, Liver Qi and stomach dysfunction, air block, abnormal elevation, manifested as stomach pain, frequent belching, alleviation of belching or exhaust, or accompanied by upset Irritability, chest tightness, too good breath, neck tightness, and foreign body sensation in the throat. Treatment is to relieve liver and qi and relieve stomach pain;

d. Liver fire and stomach type: Liver qi stagnation, burning fire for a long time, Liver fire and stomach, causing burning in the stomach, bitterness, upset, dry stools, and curing diarrhea of liver and stomach;

e. Deficiency of stomach yin type, liver fire burns stomach yin or spicy addiction, consumes stomach fluid, causes gastric pain, hunger, hunger, dry mouth, dry stool. Treatment to nourish yin and stomach;

f. Blood stasis and gastric collateral type: liver stagnation, qi stagnation or spleen qi deficiency, which causes blood flow to be impaired for a long time, and stasis stops on the stomach, resulting in epigastric stinging or cutting pain, pain in a fixed place, refusal of pressing, dark tongue or There are dark spots. It can be used for dissipating laughter, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain, and cooperating with warming stomach qi;

g. Mixed type of cold and heat: it has symptoms of stomach heat such as bitter mouth, dry mouth, bad breath, burning in the stomach, want to eat cold food, dry stool, etc., but also the stomach is afraid of cold, eating cold diet or cold caused by cold Stomach discomfort, stomach pain, bloating and other symptoms of spleen cold. ^[2]