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December
2009
December
2009
Gnawing Hunger0
胃嘈雜：似痛非痛，似飢非飢，心中懊「心農」，脘部脹滿。
(from Maciocia, Diagnosis in Chinese medicine: a comprehensive guide)
‘Gnawing hunger’ is a translation of the Chinese term cao za, which literally means ‘noisy’, but the symptoms of this condition do not actually involve a gurgling noise. Chinese books usually explain that this condition is characterized by an uncomfortable sensation of the epigastrium that mimics pain but is not actually pain and mimics hunger but is not actually hunger; it also includes a vexed sensation felt in the epigastrium and a feeling of stuffiness of the epigastrium. This condition may also be accompanied by belching and sour regurgitation.