What Chinese medicine is best for treating gastritis?

Gastritis is mainly divided into acute gastritis and chronic gastritis. If gastritis is not treated well, or if good health care is not paid attention to in daily life, it will often turn into chronic gastritis. At this time, it can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine has the effect of treating both the symptoms and the root causes, and the effect in treatment is relatively good. There are also many medicines in this regard, such as tangerine peel, amomum villosum, bergamot slices, and suzan root.

What Chinese medicine is best for treating gastritis?

In clinical practice, patients with gastritis often experience symptoms such as dull pain and fullness in the stomach, a burning sensation in the stomach, frequent belching, acid reflux, and bad breath. During gastroscopy, it can be found that the gastric mucosa of patients with this disease will be congested, swollen or eroded. Patients with a long course of the disease will experience atrophy of the gastric mucosa, accompanied by intestinal metaplasia (or small intestinal metaplasia, or large intestinal metaplasia). Medical research has confirmed that the root cause of gastritis is Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection. However, after antibacterial treatment, the Helicobacter pylori in many gastritis patients has changed from positive to negative, but symptoms such as bloating, belching, nausea, and greasy tongue coating still exist or recur. This is mostly due to the patient's body's heat not being cleared away and stomach disharmony.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "the stomach will be harmonious if it is descended" and "all vomiting of acid is caused by heat". Therefore, in treating common symptoms of gastritis such as belching and acid reflux, we should adhere to the principles of clearing away heat and dampness, regulating qi and descending counterflow. It is appropriate to use light and flowing medicines, and avoid using sticky, salty and stagnant medicines to prevent dampness from hindering the stomach. Here are some traditional Chinese medicines commonly used in clinical treatment of gastritis:

Su Geng, Buddha's Hand Slices:

These two Chinese medicines are the first choice for treating gastritis. Both have the effect of promoting qi and harmonizing the stomach, and can eliminate symptoms such as bloating and belching in patients. If the patient's tongue coating is greasy, you can add Houttuynia cordata to enhance the effect of removing dampness. In addition, the combination of Houttuynia cordata and Sophora flavescens has antibacterial effects.

Amomum villosum, tangerine peel:

These two Chinese medicines have the effect of eliminating dampness and regulating qi. Amomum villosum is an aromatic stomachic medicine. When used together with tangerine peel, it can not only enhance the patient's gastrointestinal function, but also has antibacterial and anti-ulcer effects.