Gastroscopy is the safest and most effective method to find gastritis, ulcers, precancerous lesions and tumors. The observation object of gastroscope is gastric mucosa, and the observation object of spleen-stomach mirror is tongue. The changes of gastric mucosa caused by spleen-stomach disease will also be prompted on the tongue. Therefore, we can find the hidden dangers of the spleen and stomach by observing the tongue picture.
Gastroscopy is the safest and most effective method to find gastritis, ulcers, precancerous lesions and tumors, but after all, this detection method is inconvenient.
In recent years, many doctors have been studying the relationship between tongue picture and gastroscope, and found that superficial gastritis, atrophic gastritis and even precancerous lesions of gastric cancer will have tongue picture tips.
Therefore, according to the tongue picture, combined with the patient's age, medical history, symptoms, family history and other information, we can judge who needs gastroscopy as soon as possible.
Superficial gastritis can be seen under gastroscope: the gastric mucosa has some erythema, patchy congestion, strip congestion and even erosion.
Tongue image of superficial gastritis
The common tongue images of superficial gastritis are red tongue, thin white tongue coating and a little red tongue tip.
Spleen deficiency: there are tooth marks on the edge of the tongue, which are fat; The color of gastric mucosa is pale.
Stomach heat: red tongue, thin yellow fur; There is erosion of gastric mucosa.
If you have stomach upset, if you are young, have no family history of gastric cancer, your tongue picture is basically normal, or your tongue picture with spleen deficiency and damp heat basically suggests superficial gastritis, you can take medicine under the guidance of a doctor.
1 conditioning of superficial gastritis
Today, experts brought a tea substitute suitable for patients with superficial gastritis, aiming at the most common syndrome in superficial gastritis-disharmony between liver and stomach.
Manifestations of disharmony between liver and stomach: When you are angry or nervous, you will feel stomach pain, abdominal distension, stomach discomfort and loss of appetite.
Shugan Liqi Tea
Composition: 3 grams of rose, 3 grams of tortoise shell flower, 6 grams of dried tangerine peel and 6 grams of citron.
Roses soothe the liver and regulate qi, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, especially suitable for ladies; Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae regulates qi and middle energizer, and eliminates dampness and phlegm; Tortoise shell flower and citron soothe the liver, regulate qi and stomach.
Efficacy: Soothing liver and regulating qi, regulating stomach and descending adverse flow, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
Taboo: For those with yin deficiency and fire flourishing, use less roses and dried tangerine peel, and use tortoise shell flower and citron instead.
Atrophic gastritis is further developed on the basis of superficial gastritis. It is stimulated by inflammation for a long time, and Helicobacter pylori is one of the causes of atrophic gastritis.
Atrophic gastritis can be seen under gastroscope: the gastric mucosa is thin, white and uneven. Patients diagnosed with atrophic gastritis should undergo gastroscopy once a year.
Tongue image of atrophic gastritis
The tongue picture of atrophic gastritis is dark with some petechiae.
The core pathogenesis of atrophic gastritis is spleen deficiency and blood stasis. Emotional disharmony, improper diet, invasion of exogenous pathogens, stomach injury caused by drugs, insufficient congenital endowment, and acquired malnutrition lead to spleen loss of health, qi stagnation and blood stasis, and indigestion blocking dampness.
2. Conditioning of atrophic gastritis
Shenqi tea
Ingredients: Radix Astragali10g, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae10g.
Although there are only two drugs, Astragalus and Salvia miltiorrhiza, they are both effective in regulating atrophic gastritis.
Efficacy: invigorating qi and promoting blood circulation.
The further development of chronic atrophic gastritis will lead to intestinal metaplasia, and then dysplasia belongs to precancerous lesions, only one step away from gastric cancer! Must pay attention to, every three months (no more than half a year) to do a gastroscopy.
Under gastroscope, atrophic gastritis with dysplasia can be seen: intestinal metaplasia of gastric mucosa is patchy and whitish. Need pathological diagnosis.
Tongue image of atrophic gastritis with dysplasia
The tongue picture of atrophic gastritis with dysplasia is that the tongue color is dim and the tongue coating falls off. As the illness worsened, the color of the tongue became darker and darker. If you have this tongue picture, you must have a gastroscopy as soon as possible!
The pathogenesis of atrophic gastritis with dysplasia is not only spleen deficiency and blood stasis, but also turbidity and toxin accumulation.
3 atrophic gastritis with dysplasia conditioning
Treatment of dysplasia by supplementing qi and detoxicating
Comprises Radix Astragali, Rhizoma Curcumae, Herba Hedyotidis Diffusae, Radix Scrophulariae, Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii and Concha Ostreae.
Functions: invigorating spleen and stomach, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, removing toxic substances and resolving hard mass.
Reminder: dysplasia belongs to precancerous lesions and needs to be treated under the guidance of a doctor.
Besides prescription, you can also drink yam and barley porridge to nourish your stomach, and healthy people may also drink it.
Yam and barley porridge
Composition: yam 60g, coix seed 30g, rice 30g, notoginseng 3g.
Efficacy: nourishing spleen and stomach, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
Reminder: You can eat occasionally to nourish the spleen and stomach. It is not recommended to drink porridge for a long time, which will lead to gastric peristalsis and decreased grinding function.