Chinese patent medicine Liangfu Pill is a commonly used medication for soothing the liver, regulating qi, and invigorating the spleen. It can be used to treat symptoms such as liver qi stagnation, chest stuffiness, bloating, and poor digestion. Now let's learn about the method of using Liangfu Pill to treat chronic gastritis!
[Ingredients of Liangfu Pill]
Ingredients: Prepared Aconite Root, Cyperus Rhizome, Galangal;
Indications: Liver qi stagnation, cold stomach pain, chest discomfort, preference for warmth and pressure.
Usage: Cook with rice soup and add 1 teaspoon of ginger juice and a pinch of salt to form pills. Take the pills to get instant relief.
Preparation:
Prepared Aconite Root: Rescues yang, supplements fire, disperses cold, and eliminates dampness. It is used to treat conditions such as excessive yin suppressing yang, loss of yang due to excessive sweating, vomiting, diarrhea, coldness and pain in the abdomen, etc.
[Contraindications of Liangfu Pill]
Although Liangfu Pill can be used cautiously in pregnant women with stomach pain caused by qi stagnation and cold congealing, it should be used with caution to avoid the dispersing of qi and cold, which may harm the fetus. There have been reports of using this formula with modifications to treat stomach pain leading to miscarriage in one case. It is not suitable for use in cases of deficiency-cold type stomach pain or fire-accumulation type stomach pain.
[Treatment of Chronic Gastritis with Liangfu Pill]
Liangfu Pill is suitable for the treatment of chronic gastritis.
Chronic gastritis can be divided into chronic superficial gastritis and chronic atrophic gastritis. The causes include:
1. Infection with Helicobacter pylori is the main cause. The bacteria, with flagella and strong ability to penetrate the gastric mucosa, secrete vacuolating cytotoxin A, causing intense inflammatory reactions. The bacterial cell wall acts as an antigen to induce immune reactions, thus jointly causing chronic inflammation of the gastric mucosa.
2. Dietary and environmental factors, such as high-salt diet and lack of fruits and vegetables, increase the susceptibility to gastritis.
3. Autoimmunity, with the presence of parietal cell antibodies in the patient's blood, attacks the parietal cells and leads to gastric mucosal lesions.
4. Other factors such as reflux of duodenal fluid containing bile and pancreatic juice into the stomach, alcohol abuse, and stimulation from certain foods can individually or synergistically cause gastric mucosal lesions with Helicobacter pylori. The main pathological changes of chronic gastritis are inflammation, atrophy, and intestinal metaplasia. The main clinical manifestations are upper abdominal pain, abdominal distension, and other gastrointestinal symptoms.
