If the pulse appears slow and gentle, it indicates that the earth energy is not yet depleted.
The stomach is small and cannot hold substances, stools are dry like sheep's feces, and bowel movements occur every three to four days, indicating a decline in the functions of the spleen and stomach, often associated with chronic atrophic gastritis. Moreover, chronic atrophic gastritis presents various symptoms and is mostly more difficult to treat than ulcers.
As You Zaijing says: "The symptom is Yin deficiency, fluid depletion, and blockage."
What does it mean?
This sentence refers to the deficiency of fluids in the stomach, which cannot moisten the grains, and the ingested food is not digested but instead vomited.
