Aversion to food

1. Absence of appetite and sickness at the thought or sight of food. Aversion to food is most commonly observed when voracious eating and drinking affects the stomach’s function, causing food to stagnate in the stomach. Hence, it is said, Food damage is invariably characterized by aversion to food. If aversion to food occurs with vomiting, absence of menstruation, and a rapid slippery pulse in sexually active women, it is a sign of pregnancy vomiting which arises when an upsurge of thoroughfare vessel qì causes disharmony of stomach qì. Aversion to food differs from poor appetite, which is a reduced feeling of hunger. See poor appetite.

2. Malign obstruction.