Stomach Yang Deficient and Cold
In traditional theory, this is a deficient-cold Stomach pattern involving weakened warming, receiving, and descending functions. Its conceptual role is to explain epigastric discomfort relieved by warmth, pressure, or food together with poor appetite and clear-fluid vomiting. Study defining presentations and traditional differentiation context in this educational pattern record.
Key reference facts
- Nature
- Empty
- Organ affinity
- Stomach, Spleen
- Defining presentations
- Epigastric pain relieved with pressure or eating; Poor appetite; Preference for warm drinks and foods; Vomiting of clear fluids; No thirst
- Treatment principles
- Warm Stomach yang in theory; Disperse traditional cold from the middle region; Support receiving, transforming, and descending functions; Strengthen qi when deficiency underlies the cold pattern
Related library records
Source reference: Me & Qi - TCM Patterns Database