What should I do if I have long-term gastritis

The most common disease in our lives now is gastritis. No matter men, women, old or young, they are all troubled by this disease. As we all know, the occurrence of gastritis is basically due to not paying enough attention to one's diet. This means that the best way to treat gastritis is through some Chinese medicine or dietary conditioning. However, some patients do not know what to do with long-term gastritis, which still causes great problems to their bodies. So here’s what to do with long-term gastritis?

The treatment of gastritis includes general treatment and drug therapy. General treatment is usually to quit smoking and drinking. Patients should pay special attention to avoid using drugs that damage the gastric mucosa, eat regularly, and avoid eating irritating foods. Drug treatment mainly depends on the type of gastritis. Patients with bacterial infection can take antibiotics. Patients with gastritis caused by non-bacterial infection can take drugs to protect the gastric mucosa, drugs to adjust gastrointestinal motility, antacids, etc. If the pain is unbearable, painkillers can be taken moderately. Chronic gastritis can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine, the most common ones include Xiangsha Liujun Pills, Huoxiang Zhengqi Powder, Lizhong Pills, etc. When various treatments fail, gastrectomy may be considered. Most of them belong to the categories of epigastric pain, stomach distension, vomiting and other diseases in traditional Chinese medicine. Treatment is based on the cause of gastritis, clinical symptoms, and tongue and pulse findings.

1. Patients with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold type: Distension and discomfort in the stomach, loss of appetite, vomiting of acid water, dull pain, aggravated by cold and relieved by warmth, severe pain when hungry, slightly reduced food intake, loose stools, fatigue, pale, distended tongue with teeth marks on the edges, thin white tongue coating, and deep, thin and weak pulse or floating, large and weak pulse. The syndrome is characterized by insufficient middle qi and cold spleen and stomach. It is advisable to tonify the middle qi, strengthen the spleen and warm the stomach. The medicinal ingredients include 30 grams of roasted Astragalus, 15 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 12 grams each of Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, yam, lentil, cuttlebone, and calcined Corrugated Iron Seed, 10 grams each of dried tangerine peel, galangal, Cyperus rotundus, Evodia rutaecarpa, and roasted licorice. Take one dose daily, decocted in water.

2. Patients with stomach yin deficiency: burning pain in the stomach, noisy discomfort, poor appetite even when hungry, dry mouth, thirst, difficult bowel movements, red tongue with cracks, thin or peeled tongue coating, and a stringy, fine pulse. The syndrome is liver-spleen disharmony and stomach yin deficiency. It is advisable to soothe the liver and strengthen the spleen, and nourish the yin and stomach. Take 30 grams each of medicinal dandelion and Houttuynia cordata, 15 grams each of Northern Adenophora, Polygonatum odoratum, White Peony Root, and Trichosanthes kirilowii, 12 grams each of Ophiopogon japonicus, pollen, Cassia tora, Dendrobium officinale, and Crataegus pinnatifida, 10 grams each of Toosendan fruit and vinegar-soaked Corydalis, and 6 grams of licorice. Take one dose daily, decocted in water.

3. Patients with stasis and stomach damage: stabbing or sharp pain in the stomach, the painful area is resistant to pressure, sometimes there is a burning and noisy feeling in the stomach, poor appetite, dark purple tongue with ecchymosis, thin yellow tongue coating, and sluggish pulse. The syndrome is qi stagnation, blood stasis, and stagnation of heat that damages the stomach. It is good for promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, promoting qi and regulating the stomach. The medicinal ingredients include 30 grams each of Salvia miltiorrhiza and Taraxacum mongolicum, 20 grams each of Hedyotis diffusa and Scutellaria barbata, 12 grams each of Cyperus rotundus and Corydalis yanhusuo, 10 grams each of Trillium, Curcuma zedoaria, Atractylodes macrocephala, Pollen Typhae, Toosendan fruit and Linderae scutellariae, and 6 grams of Amomum villosum. Take one dose daily, decocted in water.

4. Patients with liver-fire attacking the stomach type: Due to long-term illness, spleen and stomach qi are deficient, emotional discomfort, depression turns into fire, resulting in fullness and dull pain in the stomach, pain aggravated after eating, frequent heartburn and acid reflux, bitter and sticky mouth, loose stools, pale red tongue, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and thin and rapid pulse. The syndrome is a mixture of deficiency and excess, and liver fire invading the stomach. The treatment is to soothe the liver and regulate qi, clear away heat and regulate the stomach. The medicinal ingredients include 15 grams each of Codonopsis pilosula, Bupleurum chinense, and Poria cocos, 10 grams each of Pinellia ternata, Scutellaria baicalensis, Gardenia jasminoides, Costusroot, Citron, and malt, and 6 grams each of Coptis chinensis, Evodia rutaecarpa, and Licorice. Take one dose daily, decocted in water.

It is necessary to start from the diet and lifestyle habits of gastritis patients themselves in order to achieve good results in gastric medicine treatment. Develop good eating habits and maintain a regular lifestyle. Choose non-irritating and easily digestible foods for every meal, and avoid taking medications that are harmful to the gastric mucosa. Then, take some medicine appropriately according to the different symptoms of acute gastritis and chronic gastritis.

We have already given a detailed introduction in the above article about what to do with long-term gastritis. The most important thing is that we hope everyone can pay attention to their eating habits and avoid drinking to reduce the burden on the stomach. Then, we can use some Chinese medicine to regulate the stomach. I believe that you will recover your health as soon as possible.