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Swift digestion with rapid hungering
消谷善饑 〔消穀善饑〕xiāo gǔ shàn jī
Also increased eating and rapid hungering. Increased appetite with recurrence of hunger sensation shortly after eating. Swift digestion with rapid hungering is the chief sign, but in itself is not necessarily an indication, of center dispersion. If this gives rise to a in increase in food intake, it is called increased eating with rapid hungering.
Biomedical correspondence: observed in diabetes mellitus and hyperthyroidism.
Patterns
Intense stomach fire, (胃火炽盛 wèi huǒ chì shèng) which results from externally contracted dryness-heat or liver depression transforming into fire and invading the stomach, causes swift digestion and rapid hungering with emaciation, thirst, constipation, dry yellow tongue fur, red tongue, and a forceful slippery pulse.
Medicinal therapy: Clear heat and enrich yīn. Use
Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on ST and LI. Select
Point selection according to causes: For externally contracted dryness-heat, add
yáng brightness (yáng míng) blood amassment (太阳蓄血 tài yáng xuè xuè) causes swift digestion and rapid hungering accompanied by heat effusion without aversion to cold, dry throat and mouth, desire to wash the mouth but not to swallow fluids, forgetfulness, hard fullness in the lesser abdomen, uninhibited urination, black stool that is passed easily despite its hardness, dull lips and complexion, red tongue possibly with stasis macules, and a rapid bound sunken pulse.
Medicinal therapy: Expel amassed blood with
Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on ST, SP, and LI. Select
See center dispersion.
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