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Pattern脏腑辨证

肝胃不和证

Gān Wèi Bù Hé Zhèng

Liver-Stomach Disharmony Pattern

Treatment Principle

疏肝和胃

Course the Liver and harmonize the Stomach

Cardinal Symptoms · 主症

epigastric distension, fullness, and pain
belching and acid regurgitation
distending pain in the hypochondrium
emotional frustration

Secondary Symptoms · 次症

hiccup
nausea and vomiting
noisy stomach

Etiology · 病因

Emotional frustration; Liver qi invading the Stomach horizontally.

Pathomechanism · 病机

Liver qi invades the Stomach; the Stomach loses its harmonizing and descending function.

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@misc{bencaodian-gan-wei-bu-he,
  author       = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
  title        = {Gān Wèi Bù Hé Zhèng 肝胃不和证 (Liver-Stomach Disharmony Pattern)},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
  url          = {https://bencaodian.org/en/patterns/gan-wei-bu-he},
  urldate      = {2026-04-17},
  note         = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}

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