Stomach Meridian Introduction

Physically responsible for

· He is responsible for food intake, processing and distribution
· Strengthens the middle, the Qi is downside
· Gastric meridian touches the maxillary sinuses, cecum, palate tonsils, mouth, thighs, face, female breast, thyroid, ovaries

Mentally responsible for

· Have a sense of proportion, distribute it correctly in terms of time and quantity
· Accept opposites, foreign
· Take over, overcharge yourself, overstrain yourself
· Avoiding intolerable circumstances without looking at them without finding a solution without digesting them

· Accumulate storage room, repressed, hidden, unfinished feelings, carry around with oneself (eg guilt feelings, guilty conscience),

· always mentally swallowed up, can not fulfill excessive demands, carry around hidden unprocessed problems,

· does not clear up misunderstandings,
· Hardly feel security and trust, have no patience, feeling of lack of security
· Have no sense of proportion, can not cope with problems with temporal and quantitative classification
· Irritability to new impressions, unable to break from early ties
· Old things can not be “yesterday’s snow”
· Time pressure as a pretext to turn off feelings unprocessed
· Irregular life without rest breaks

Typical complaints

Fatigue, slight fatigue, weak arms and legs, low taste, loss of appetite, unpleasant sensation in the upper abdomen.

The stomach qi can rise in the wrong direction, namely upwards, in case of a fault. This can cause heartburn, belching, nausea, stomach upset, bloated stomach, cramped facial muscles, sore throat muscles.

Abdominal, heart, rib pain, over-excitability, pain in contact, much hunger, restlessness before eating, dry lips, gum pain, yellow or white tongue coating aggravation after eating or in heat, extraverted, needs a lot of affection, has many affairs, greedy, oral Behavior “love goes through the stomach”, either rather lean, few muscles or more overweight, gastritis, cold legs and feet, swollen stomach, can not decide to get involved, burping, fullness after eating, exacerbation of cold and moisture, clinging into relationships, can accept sympathy badly

Common complaints and their treatment

Typical complaints are stomach qi deficiency, stomach yang deficiency, stomach yin deficiency:

Stomach Qi deficiency

Fatigue as the main symptom, weak legs and arms, uncomfortable feeling in the upper abdomen, soft stools, no taste sensation, pale tongue

Points: St36 for strengthening the stomach, CV12 tonifies stomach and spleen, B21 especially in extreme tiredness, CV6 especially in soft stools

Stomach yang deficiency

Preference for hot drinks, unpleasant feeling in the upper abdomen, which is better by eating, as well as pressure, loss of appetite, soft stools, cold legs, feet arms, hands or fingers, soft stools
Points: St36, CV12, B20 (for spleen qi), B21 (for stomach qi), CV6 (general qi strengthening)

Stomach yin deficiency

Constipation, afternoon heat, thirst without desire, something to drink, fullness after eating, tongue red and no lining in the center
Points: CV12, St36, Sp6, Sp3 (nourishes juices)

Stomach – fire (burning pain with cravings for cold drinks, ongoing hunger), Sudden coldness (sudden pain, preference for warm drinks, by much cold food and drinks), rebellious stomach – Qi (nausea, belching, hiccups, vomiting, often through emotional blockages), eating behavior (loss of appetite, fullness, tension in the upper abdomen, nausea, knotty food, eating too much at once) are other disorders with a rather short-term character.