Symptoms
The main symptoms of Stomach Yin Deficiency are:
- General Yin deficiency symptoms such as a feeling of heat in the afternoon, night sweats, dark and scanty urine, an empty floating pulse and a red, peeled tongue.
- No appetite.
- Epigastric pain.
Aetiology
The main aetiologies for Stomach Yin deficiency are:
- A poor diet.
- Eating whilst worried.
- An invasion of External Heat.
Pathology
- The main pathology of Stomach Yin deficiency is one of Body Fluids drying up as the Stomach is the origin of fluids in the body.
- As Body Fluids are a Yin substance any deficiency of Yin will affect Body Fluids.
Treatment principle
The treatment principle for Stomach Yin Xu is to nourish Stomach Yin and Body Fluids.
A point prescription for this treatment principle could be:
- Stomach 36 benefits the Stomach.
- Bladder 21 benefits the Stomach.
- Spleen 3 tonifies the Spleen.
- Kidney 6 nourishes Kidney Yin and clears Empty-Heat.
- Spleen 6 strengthens the Spleen.
