Gastritis |
Chronic gastritis Introduction:
Chronic gastritis refers to various chronic inflammation of gastric mucus due to different pathogenic factors. According to the pathological changes, chronic gastritis can be divided into superficial, atrophic and hypertrophic types of gastritis. The clinical manifestations are atypical. The main symptoms are recurrent fullness, oppression and pain in the middle and upper abdomen as well as anorexia, dyspepsia, nausea, vomiting and belching. This disease is similar to epigastralgia and abdominal fullness in TCM. Chronic gastritis is usually caused by emotional upsets, improper diet, overstrain and weakness due to prolonged disease that lead to depression of liver and qi stagnation, cold in middle energizer and insufficiency of stomach yin; or by involvement of the collaterals in prolonged disease and stagnation of blood in the collaterals.
Acupuncture and Moxibustion Treatment of Chronic Atrophic Gastritis
Gao X, et al. Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450008, China.
OBJECTIVE: To observe the clinical therapeutic effects of acupuncture and moxibustion in treating chronic atrophic gastritis. METHODS: Patients who met the criteria were randomly divided into the treatment groups consisting of the acupuncture group (30 cases) and the acupuncture-moxibustion group (30 cases), and the control group (28 cases). After two months of treatment, observed were safety and the curative effects, through general physical check ups, routine examinations of blood, urine and feces, and symptoms, pathology and gastrin before, during and after the treatment. RESULTS: (1) The treatment groups showed significant superiorities in the improvement of symptoms, with the acupuncture-moxibustion group showing the best therapeutic effects. (2) The acupuncture-moxibustion group showed marked differences before and after the treatment in the improvement of glandular atrophy and intestinal metaplasia, with a total effective rate of 66.67%. (3) After the treatment, the three groups all showed marked improvement in the level of serum gastrin, with the acupuncture-moxibustion group showing the best effects. CONCLUSION: Acupuncture and moxibustion have definite therapeutic effects for chronic atrophic gastritis, especially in improving the symptoms. Acupuncture or acupuncture combined with moxibustion can provide possibilities in reversing the pathologic changes of glandular atrophy and intestinal metaplasia for patients with chronic atrophic gastritis. Acupuncture-moxibustion is really an effective and safe therapy for chronic atrophic gastritis.
J Tradit Chin Med. 2007 Jun; 27(2):87-91.
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