Below you will find theoretical and clinical applications information related to stomach yin deficiency. We have created associations based on clinical experience that lead to possible treatment approaches with acupuncture points, individual herbs, TCM formulas, and more.

Stomach Yin Deficiency - Basics

Epigastric pain, poor appetite, heat in the 5 palms, constipation, dry mouth a/or throat, thirst w/no desire to drink.

Tongue Diagnosis

Red or peeled in the ST/SP area.

Pulse Diagnosis

Floating, empty.

The following 8 TCM Formulas are empirically related to the treatment of Stomach Yin Deficiency

G

• Gu Ben Wan (Replenish the Root Teapills) Treat Dryness

M

• Ma Zi Ren Wan (Hemp Seed Formula) Drain Downward
• Mai Men Dong Yin Zi Wan (Ophiopogon and Trichosanthes Combination) Treat Dryness

S

• Sha Shen Mai Dong Wan (Glehnia and Ophiopogonis Decoction) Treat Dryness
• Sheng Mai San Wan (Generate the Pulse Pills) Tonify
• Sheng Mai Yin Wan (Replenish Pulse Pills) Tonify

Y

• Yi Guan Jian Wan (Linking Decoction) Tonify
• Yu Quan Wan (Jade Spring Pills) Treat Dryness

The Chinese Medicine treatment of stomach yin deficiency generally involves being certain that this pattern is the proper diagnosis. Each pattern may have multiple conditions and each condition may arise from one or more patterns (see treating the cause and not the symptoms).

The following 9 conditions may arise from stomach yin deficiency . Each condition is listed with other possible patterns to expand diagnostic possibilities.

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