Functional Dyspepsia
- Spleen Qi Deficiency with Qi Stagnation Pattern
- Liver-Stomach Disharmony Pattern
- Spleen-Stomach Damp-Heat Pattern
- Spleen-Stomach Yang Deficiency Pattern
- Intermingled Cold and Heat Pattern
|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
胃脘胀满或疼痛，餐后明显，胸脘不舒，反复发作，时轻时重，呃逆嗳气，气短乏力，大便稀溏，舌淡胖，苔白，脉弦细
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Bloating or pain in the upper abdomen, which becomes more noticeable after eating.
- Discomfort in the chest and upper abdomen that recurs, with symptoms varying from mild to severe.
- Hiccups and belching may occur.
- May experience shortness of breath and overall fatigue and weakness.
- Stools tend to be loose and unformed.
- The tongue appears pale and slightly enlarged or puffy.
- The tongue coating is white.
- The pulse feels wiry and thin, like a taut string.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
健脾和胃，理气消胀
Plain-Language Explanation:
- It aims to regulate the spleen’s transportation and transformation functions and nourish stomach qi, helping to promote stronger and smoother digestion.
- It may help regulate qi flow, smooth the qi mechanism, and relieve bloating and discomfort.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
胃脘胀满或疼痛，痞塞不舒，纳少，心烦易怒，两胁作胀，善太息，舌苔薄白，脉弦
Plain-Language Explanation:
- Bloating or pain in the upper abdomen, with a noticeable feeling of being blocked or stuffed in the stomach area.
- A sensation of blockage and stagnation, with discomfort in the stomach, as if it were stuffed.
- Reduced appetite, eating less than usual, often feeling full and unwilling to continue after a few bites.
- Tendency to irritability and a quick temper, with emotions more easily provoked than usual.
- Fullness and distention under both rib cages, feeling uncomfortable pressure on both sides.
- Frequent sighing, often needing to take a deep breath to feel slightly better.
- The tongue coating is thin and white.
- The pulse feels wiry and tight.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
理气解郁，和胃降逆
Plain-Language Explanation:
- It may help regulate qi and resolve stagnation, promoting a smoother flow of qi.
- It may help harmonize stomach function and direct stomach qi downward, reducing discomfort such as upward reflux.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
胃脘痞满，食少纳呆，口干不欲饮，口苦心烦，身重困倦，大便不爽，小便赤黄，舌红，苔黄腻，脉滑数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- The upper abdomen feels stuffy and bloated as if blocked, causing noticeable discomfort.
- Reduced appetite, eating less than usual, often lacking appetite.
- Dry mouth but no desire to drink, even feeling reluctant to drink water.
- Bitter taste in the mouth, accompanied by irritability and restlessness.
- Heaviness in the body, with fatigue and lack of energy.
- Incomplete bowel movements, feeling that the bowels are not fully evacuated and still uncomfortable.
- Urine appears yellow and darker than usual.
- The tongue appears red.
- The tongue coating is yellow and greasy, looking sticky.
- The pulse feels slippery and rapid.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
清热化湿，理气和中
Plain-Language Explanation:
- It may help clear heat and resolve dampness, helping the body feel more refreshed and balanced.
- It may help regulate qi and harmonize the spleen and stomach, promoting comfort in the abdominal area.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
胃脘痞满或隐痛，喜温喜按，食后加重，畏寒肢冷，食少纳呆，神疲乏力，肠鸣便溏，遇冷加重，舌淡胖，苔白，脉沉迟
Plain-Language Explanation:
- The upper abdomen feels stuffy, as if blocked, or experiences dull pain.
- Applying warmth or pressure brings relief and makes the person feel somewhat better.
- Symptoms worsen after eating, becoming more noticeable than before meals.
- Aversion to cold, with cold hands and feet; exposure to cold aggravates the discomfort.
- Reduced appetite and low desire to eat.
- Tendency to mental fatigue and physical weakness, often lacking motivation to do things.
- Borborygmi (gurgling sounds) in the abdomen, with loose, unformed stools.
- Symptoms worsen with cold exposure, and episodes become more pronounced.
- The tongue appears pale and slightly enlarged or puffy.
- The tongue coating is white.
- The pulse feels deep and slow.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
健脾和胃，温中散寒
Plain-Language Explanation:
- It aims to regulate the spleen’s transportation and transformation functions and nourish stomach qi, helping to promote stronger and smoother digestion.
- It may help warm the spleen and stomach, dispel internal cold, and promote a warmer sensation in the body.
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|Common Symptoms
Clinical Description:
胃脘痞满，灼热不舒，喜进冷饮，嘈杂反酸，口干口苦，心烦燥热，畏寒肢冷，肠鸣便溏，舌淡，苔黄，脉沉细数
Plain-Language Explanation:
- The upper abdomen feels stuffy and bloated as if blocked, causing noticeable discomfort.
- Along with a burning sensation, the scorching feeling makes the stomach area even more uncomfortable.
- Preference for cold drinks, feeling more comfortable with cooler beverages.
- Frequent sensation of churning and rising in the stomach, with acid reflux.
- Dry and bitter taste in the mouth, feeling both dry and bitter.
- Tendency to irritability, along with sensation of heat or feverishness in the body.
- Aversion to cold, with cold hands and feet; exposure to cold aggravates the discomfort.
- Borborygmi in the abdomen, with loose, unformed stools.
- The tongue color is pale, looking light in general.
- The tongue coating is yellow.
- The pulse feels deep, thin, and rapid.
|TCM Approach
Clinical Description:
寒热并用，和中消痞
Plain-Language Explanation:
- It may combine warming and cooling methods to help balance cold and heat within the body.
- It may help harmonize the spleen and stomach’s digestive functions, reducing the stuffy, blocked sensation in the upper abdomen.
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