Upper abdominal discomfort, dull pain, belching, nausea, pantothenic acid, and occasional vomiting. Chronic superficial gastritis is a chronic superficial inflammation of gastric mucosa and a common disease of digestive system, belonging to chronic gastritis.

Etiology and treatment of chronic gastritis

There are more and more people suffering from gastrointestinal diseases, especially chronic gastritis. According to the research report of the World Gastroenterology Organization, the incidence of gastric cancer caused by chronic gastritis with atrophic gastritis is 3%? 4%, chronic gastritis not only affects gastrointestinal function, but also seriously interferes with the autonomic nervous system of human body through nerve reflex, causing patients to have symptoms such as headache, dizziness and fatigue, and fall into neurosis or sub-health state.

Relationship between gastritis and meridians

Chronic gastritis belongs to the category of "epigastric pain" in Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the occurrence of this disease is mostly related to improper diet and emotional imbalance, and the interaction between them causes gastritis. Improper diet, damage to spleen and stomach, combined with injury of # qi, stagnation of liver qi, attacking the stomach and blocking the spleen, leading to disharmony between liver and stomach, stagnation of liver qi and stagnation of liver fire, leading to stagnation of liver and stomach heat, easy consumption of stomach yin, deficiency of stomach yin, loss of appetite, initial illness due to qi, long-term pain in collaterals, damaged veins, disharmony between qi and blood, leading to congestion pain and persistent illness.

Minor ailments can be treated at home.

Chronic gastritis is a common digestive system disease and chronic inflammation of gastric mucosa. Massage and cupping are simple and effective in treating chronic gastritis without side effects. The method is introduced as follows:

Massage zhongwan point

Acupoint knowledge: Zhongwan point is located 4 inches above the center of navel, and the center above the heart socket is the center of navel 1/2.

Massage method: The patient takes supine position, puts his hands and four fingers together, puts his fingertips on Zhongwan point, presses it down with slow breathing, and slowly lifts it after about 10 breaths for 2 minutes, so it is advisable to have a warm feeling in the abdomen.

Efficacy: regulating middle qi, invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis, regulating stomach and descending adverse flow, soothing the liver and calming the heart, and treating stomach pain, vomiting, nausea and acid swallowing, abdominal distension, hiccup, dyspepsia, acute and chronic gastritis, etc.