Hiccup, a gastrointestinal disease, is characterized by upward reversal of gastric qi and impact on the diaphragm, which is manifested as frequent hiccups, short and frequent, and difficult for patients to control themselves. The main symptoms include repeated hiccups, and are common in cases of increased cold sensation, discomfort with cold drinks, preference for hot soup, and lack of thirst. Sometimes it may be accompanied by symptoms such as bad breath, polydipsia, dry stools, and shortness of urine. In severe cases, symptoms such as bowel sounds, nausea, dizziness, and stomach discomfort may occur. In some cases of severe illness, the patient is pale, has warm hands and feet, has a loss of appetite, and frequently vomits water. Other people have a dry mouth, mild polydipsia, and not drinking much water.
Common hiccups** include poor diet, mood swings, weakness of the spleen and stomach, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the pathogenesis of hiccups mainly lies in the loss of gastric harmony and the reversal of the diaphragm by stomach qi. The stomach is located under the diaphragm, the lungs are located on the diaphragm, and the diaphragm is located between the lungs and stomach, and the lungs and stomach have meridians connected to the diaphragm. The meridians of the hand Taiyin and lungs also follow the appetite, upper diaphragm, and penetrate the lungs, so that the stomach, diaphragm, and lungs are closely connected. The diaphragm is located between the lungs and the stomach, if the lungs are not suppressed or the stomach qi is reversed, it can cause the diaphragm to be unsmooth. In addition, the harmony and decline of the qi of the lungs and stomach depends on the intake of the kidney qi, if the kidney is sick for a long time, and the kidney is not absorbed, the qi of the lungs and stomach cannot descend smoothly, and it can go up against the diaphragm and cause hiccups. If the liver qi is stagnant and lost in the tiaoda, the stomach will be reversed, and the qi will be reversed and the diaphragm will also become hiccups. Frequent hiccups or severe hiccups may be caused by a major reversal of qi, or a great loss of vitality in the spleen and kidneys.
For the care of hiccups, TCM makes the following suggestions:
First, the active primary disease.
Second, eat modestly, we should correct bad dietary habits, eat three meals regularly and quantitatively, avoid eating cold, spicy, fried, fatty, sweet and thick flavors and alcohol, and avoid hunger and satiety.
Third, have a regular daily life and maintain a regular life.
Fourth, regulate emotions and adjust emotions through traditional Chinese medicine methods, such as meditation and yoga to relieve stress.