Stomach Fire
胃火wèi huǒ · fire (fullness)
Tongue
red, with a dry yellow coating
Pulse
rapid and full, sometimes slippery
Description
Excess heat blazes in the Stomach, quickening hunger, scorching the fluids and driving the Stomach Qi upward.
Symptoms
burning pain in the epigastrium constant hunger, excessive appetite thirst for cold drinks bad breath; swollen, painful or bleeding gums; mouth ulcers nausea or vomiting soon after eating constipation, dry stools
Treatment principle
clear and drain Stomach Fire
Recommended formulas
白虎汤
Points
Neiting
Quchi
Zusanli
Zhongwan
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