What are the symptoms of insufficient stomach yin?

Insufficient stomach yin is caused by eating too spicy and strong-tasting food on a daily basis, which leads to heat accumulation in the body, or it can be caused by a bad mood, damage to body fluids after a fever, and other reasons, which lead to symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and dry mouth. In daily life, you should pay more attention to your diet and regulate your stomach.

Key points of syndrome differentiation

If the stomach heat cannot be cleared, the stomach yin will be damaged, resulting in the loss of nourishment to the stomach and the failure of harmony and descent of qi, so there will be short burps, or repeated attacks of vomiting, or fullness in the abdomen, nausea and belching; the body fluids cannot be transported upward, so there will be dryness in the mouth and throat, and dry and hard stools; the red tongue and thin and rapid pulse are signs of loss of body fluids and heat in the deficiency.

Vomiting due to deficiency of stomach yin

Clinical manifestations: repeated episodes of vomiting, or occasional dry heaving, seeming hungry but not wanting to eat, dry mouth and throat, red tongue with little fluid, and a weak pulse.

Treatment method: nourish stomach yin, reduce adverse effects and stop vomiting.

Prescription: Modified Ophiopogon Decoction.

Hiccup due to deficiency of stomach yin

Clinical manifestations: hiccups are short and uninterrupted, dry mouth and throat, irritability, loss of appetite, or fullness after eating, dry and hard stools, red tongue, less and dry coating, and a thin and rapid pulse.

Treatment method: Nourish the stomach and produce body fluid, reduce adverse effects and stop vomiting.

Prescription: Yiwei Decoction combined with Tangerine Peel and Bamboo Shavings Decoction with modifications.

Prevention and care

1. Keep your spirits happy and avoid negative emotional stimulation such as anger and excessive joy.

2. Pay attention to the appropriate temperature to avoid invasion of external pathogens.

3. The diet should be light, avoid raw, cold, spicy, and greasy foods, avoid irregular hunger and fullness, and eat easily digestible food during an attack.