Exploration of"gallbladder and stomach comorbidity"
Both gallbladder and stomach belong to the six fu-organs,located in the middle energizer,and they are closely related to each other in physiology and pathology.Disharmony between gallbladder and stomach can cause stomach-Qi to reverse,producing vomiting.According to Qi of Four Seasons of Miraculous Pivot,the pathogenesis of"gallbladder bile vomiting"is the abnormal discharge of bile fluid and the inverse of stomach-Qi,that is,gallbladder and stomach co-morbidity.This study explores the etiology and pathogenesis of gallbladder bile vomiting from the the physiology,pathology and the relationship between the meridians of gallbladder and stomach,and compares it with typhoid Shaoyang disease and liver-gallbladder comorbidity.Gallbladder bile vomiting is highly similar to bile reflux gastritis in modern medicine.The treatment of gallbladder bile vomiting with traditional Chinese medicine is based on Qi,heat and toxicity,which provides therapeutic ideas and methods for clinical treatment of bile reflux gastritis.Future research will focus on improving the TCM syndrome differentiation and exploring the pathogenesis and treatment mechanism to improve the clinical efficacy.
bile reflux gastritisShaoyang diseasepromoting the discharge of gallbladder to harmonize the stomachgallbladder bile vomiting