"Doctor, I suddenly had a stomachache in the past two days, and I have taken several stomach medicines and it has not been relieved, what is going on?" I can always hear such complaints from patients in the outpatient clinic, and after careful consultation and examination, we can find that this is not the "stomach pain" in the patient's mouth, but "bile pain".
Why can't you tell the difference between "bile pain" and "stomach pain"?
This is because the initial symptoms of cholecystitis tend to be similar to the symptoms of "stomach pain", which can manifest as pain in the middle and upper abdomen, and atypical symptoms of cholecystitis can also present with bloating, which is often mistaken for "stomach pain" by patients.
As the disease progresses, it can change to pain in the right upper quadrant or at the lower border of the ribs, especially after the patient has eaten greasy, and at the same time. Doctors can distinguish between them by physical examination, abdominal CT, and ultrasonography during the diagnosis process.
Traditional Chinese medicine has a good way to treat bile pain:
For cholecystitis attacks that do not require emergency surgery, in addition to conventional antibiotic treatment, traditional Chinese medicine can also clear away heat and gallbladder and relieve pain through oral Chinese medicine and acupuncture.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the gallbladder is the intestine of Zhongqing, and the liver is the surface and the inside, and it belongs to the same wood.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this disease is mostly due to craving for food, fat and sweetness, liver stagnation and qi stagnation, which affects the liver's excretion and gallbladder function.
Cholecystitis belongs to the category of "hypochondriac" and "jaundice" in traditional Chinese medicine, and the treatment of traditional Chinese medicine is mainly to relieve pain symptoms, reduce inflammation and relieve, and the site of cholecystitis is in the gallbladder intestines, which is related to bile loss and leakage, gastric loss and decline, and Chinese medicine treats according to different clinical symptoms.
Hepatobiliary qi stagnation: right hypochondriac swelling and discomfort, not thinking about eating, belching and nausea, bitter mouth and dry throat, thin white or slightly yellow tongue coating, pulse strings, you can choose Bupleurum to soothe the liver.
Dampness and heat of the liver and gallbladder: severe pain in the right upper abdomen, chest and abdomen fullness, nausea and nausea, thirst and no desire to drink, yellow urine, sticky stool, red and greasy tongue, and slippery pulse.
Bile depression turns into fire: burning pain in the right flank and refusal to press, bitter mouth and dry throat, cold and hot exchanges, or jaundice, red tongue and yellow dryness, number of pulses, gardenia and dandelion can be selected.