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Gastrointestinal qì stagnation
胃肠气滞 〔胃腸氣滯〕wèi cháng zhàng zhì
Also qì stagnating in the stomach bowel. A pattern marked by distension and scurrying pain in the stomach duct and possibly also the rib-side; reduced eating or torpid intake; belching, hiccup, nausea, and vomiting; rumbling intestines; in some cases, the symptoms may be relieved by good moods or by belching or passing of flatus. It is the result of the following factors:
- anger and frustration, which cause liver qì to become depressed and invade the stomach and impair the harmony and downbearing of stomach qì;
- dietary irregularities;
- prolonged recumbency and lack of exercise;
- cold qì entering the stomach.
Treatment
Medicinal therapy: Rectify qì and harmonize the stomach using Bupleurum Liver-Coursing Powder (
Acumoxatherapy:
Comparison:
- Gastrointestinal qì stagnation bears similarities to cold stagnating in the stomach duct and intestines and to liver-stomach disharmony.
- Stomach repletion cold (cold stagnating in the stomach and intestines), like the present pattern, involves qì stagnation. Both patterns manifest in glomus, distension, and pain in the stomach duct and abdomen, and vomiting and diarrhea. However, cold stagnating in the stomach and intestines involves cold evil (exposure to cold), hence it is also marked by cold pain that likes warmth, aversion to cold, cold limbs, and a tight pulse. By contrast, gastrointestinal qì stagnation is principally characterized by qì stagnation, and hence the main signs are belching, rumbling intestines, and passing of flatus.
- Liver-stomach disharmony is caused only by depressed liver qì. Gastrointestinal qì stagnation can result from other factors and hence is not necessarily associated with affect-mind disturbances and distending pain in the rib-side. However, there is a clear overlap.