There will be a case conference held by 台灣中醫病理學醫學會 (Taiwan society of TCM pathology) in my alma mater in Taichung tomorrow, Dec 13,2015.
I will present an easy case. She is a 24 y/o Taiwanese student who suffered from abdominal distension, acid regurgitation with postprandial vomiting for years. The result of panendoscopy (PES) acquired in our hospital showed GERD, LA grade A in 2010. Another PES result showed GERD with superficial gastritis in 2013.
She received drug treatment and the result is not good enough for her and she stopped her medication. She came to my clinic five months ago because her father ,who suffered from constipation and insomnia, is also my patient. I used some herbs to treat her “Liver Qi Stagnation” 肝氣鬱滯 and “Upward Perversion of Stomach Qi” 胃氣上逆.
The frequency of her vomiting reduced from three times a day to less than one time a day after two weeks herbal medicine treatment. We now try to maintain the effect and try to make her sleep better. Sometimes it’s hard for patient to cure since lots of diseases/symptoms are caused by daily life habits. Therefore, it is always very important for us to educate patients how to adjust their way of life so that they could lead a better life with or even without the help of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine.
The effect of Chinese herbal medicine on GERD is pretty good!
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