Treatment of Chronic Atrophic Gastritis with Anxiety by Relieving Depression Combined with Pricking Collaterals
Patients with chronic atrophic gastritis have an abnormal upward and downward movement of the middle energizer qi,which leads to heart fire flaming upward and harassing the heart,because heart fire has no kidney water restriction in this condition.The engendering and restraining balance between wood and earth becomes abnormal,with earth being deficient and wood overwhelming,or earth being in excess rebelling wood.As a result,liver fails to act freely and the patient becomes moody.If the disease lasts long,it is often accompanied by stomach collateral stagnation,and the heat in the blood collateral upward harasses the mind.Therefore,chronic atrophic gastritis is closely related to anxiety and depression,and should be treated with the principle of relieving depression and unblocking collaterals.However,traditional Chinese herbal medicine for unblocking the meridians often has the disadvantage of causing damage to the stomach,and the spleen and stomach in patients with chronic atrophic gastritis are poor.Therefore,this article demonstrates the connection between the skin,stomach,and intestines,and proposes to use the method of puncturing collaterals instead of collateral unblocking herbal medicines for the treatment of this condition.In clinical practice,oral administration of traditional Chinese medicine using the method of relieving depression can restore qi upward and downward movement,and combined with the method of puncturing collaterals to unblock collaterals and disperse blood stasis,this method can effectively treat chronic atrophic gastritis and improve anxiety and depression.