Stomach Yin Deficiency

Stomach Yin Deficiency TCM Pattern Connections

Below you will find various relationships to the concept of and potential approaches for stomach yin deficiency.

Content Related to Stomach Yin Deficiency

Stomach Yin Deficiency is one of many possible underlying factors from a TCM perspective for health issues such as coronary artery disease, diabetes type ii, gastritis, gingivitis, heat stroke, nausea, peptic ulcer, systemic lupus erythematosus (sle), and/or vomiting.

The above issues are common examples. In clinical situations, however, there are any number of other possibilities. Many times there will be a layered combination of issues intermixed from a variety of causal patterns in TCM terms. While initially complex, this is illustrative of the the web of relationships that Chinese Medicine is designed to approach.

General TCM Diagnostic Signs

Tongue: Red or peeled in the ST/SP area.
Pulse: Floating, empty.

Treatment approaches are often akin to unravelling an onion, with the goal of resolving the root factor involved in the constellation of resulting issues. The current and historical array of issues and signs must be taken into consideration as well as the timing of the onset of each individual aspect.

Related Acupuncture Protocols

When developing an acupuncture protocol a practitioner is very often focusing on the causal diagnoses in Chinese Medicine terms, not on the condition itself. To guide you towards treatment potentials, stomach yin deficiency is referenced in the following acupuncture protocol sections: