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Diseases of the Stomach
Hippocrates first said "All Disease begins in the Stomach". In all Traditions, great importance is placed on the Stomach as the seat of "First Digestion".
Signs of Stomach dysfunction include Nausea, Loss of Appetite, Acid Regurgitation and Stomach Pain. The Stomach is prone to the following main disorders:
Disorders of the Stomach more than any other require attention to diet.
Signs of Stomach dysfunction include Nausea, Loss of Appetite, Acid Regurgitation and Stomach Pain. The Stomach is prone to the following main disorders:
- Stomach Heat: excess Appetite, always hungry, desire for Cold food and drink, red tongue, strong pulse
- Stomach Cold: poor appetite, desire for warm food and drink, weak pulse, feels cold, abdominal pain relieved by warmth, pale tongue with white coat
- Stomach Dry / Yin Deficiency: dry mouth, desire for lots of liquid, cracked tongue
- Stomach Moist / Damp: loss of appetite, nausea, excess saliva, usually not thirsty, wet tongue with moist coating
- Stomach Weakness: Spleen Qi Deficiency in TCM; poor appetite, nausea, indigestion, low energy, low pulse
Disorders of the Stomach more than any other require attention to diet.
Hiccup
Hiccups, although not really a disease of the Stomach, are closely related to Acid Reflux as the primary pathogenisis of both are rising Stomach Qi.
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Western Tradition
1. 'Take Hot water and put your hands into it, and hold them there a good while, and the hicket [hiccup] will cease, it has been proved and found true'. (The Secrets of Alexis, 1615)
2. 'In many case sneezing will put an end to Hiccups' (Syrian 'Book of Medicine', Budge, 1913) 3. A spoonful of Vinegar of Squill 4. Rue or Rue seed taken in wine 5. Parsley seed, Cumin, Aniseed 6. Betel nut (as much as a Chickpea) given in wine. 7. Galangal, Cyperus, Clove, Wormwood, Mint 8. Costus, Rose, Mastic, Spikenard Powder to Warm the Belly (Rondeletius) Powder of Aloeswood (Mesue) Powder of Galangal Compound (Diagalanga) (Mesue) Powder of Cumin Greater (Nicholas) Electuary of Quince Compound Electuary of Cumin (Diacyminum) Mesue Philonium Romanum Galenii |
TCM Classification
Stomach Deficiency and Cold
Ding Xiang Shi Di Tang Stomach Qi Stagnation: Ban Xia Hou Po Tang Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San/Shui Liver heat with rising Stomach Qi Zuo Jin Wan Damp-Heat Hao Qin Qing Dan Tang Spleen weakness with rising Stomach Qi Ju Pi Zhu Ru Tang Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San/Shui Liver Qi Stagnation Chai Hu Shu Gan San Ban Xia Hou Po Tang Spleen weakness, Liver Qi stagnation, rising Stomach Qi Ban Xia Hou Po Tang Stubborn hiccup with blood stasis Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang |