various diets or food prohibitions on account of intolerances.
Stomach-Yin Deficiency
Clinical Manifestations
Dull epigastric pain, dry mouth, desire to sip liquids, dry throat, dry stools, slight nausea.
Tongue: normal colour, dry, no coating, scattered cracks or a central wide Stomach-type crack
(Figure 12.3(379)).
Pulse: Floating-Empty in the right Middle position.
If, in addition to Stomach-Yin deficiency, there is some Empty-Heat, there may be the following
manifestations: feeling of heat, night sweating, malar flush, mental restlessness. The tongue
would be Red (it may be Red only in the centre) and the pulse would be Rapid.
The Stomach's activity of "rotting and ripening" food produces a normal tongue coating. A lack
of coating always reflects a deficiency of Stomach-Yin. Since the Stomach is the origin of body
fluids, a Stomach-Yin deficiency implies a lack of body fluids. This causes a dry mouth and
throat, dry tongue and dry stools. When Stomach-Yin is deficient Stomach-Qi fails to descend
and this causes a slight nausea but not usually vomiting.
Treatment Principle
Nourish Yin, benefit the Stomach, stop pain.
Acupuncture
General Prescription
Ren-12 Zhongwan, ST-36 Zusanli, SP-6 Sanyinjiao. Reinforcing method.
Explanation
- Ren-12, ST-36 and SP-6 nourish Stomach-Yin.
Herbal Treatment
Prescriptions
Yi Guan Jian and Bai Shao Gan Cao Tang
(One Linking Decoction and Paeonia-Glycyrrhiza Decoction)