The intestines tend to suffer first from fullness. Long-term full-heat consumes yin.
Causes
- Late phase of a febrile disease
- Inadequate diet: if we have previously experienced prolonged fullness from spicy foods, condiments, very hot foods, alcohol.
- Emotions that transform into fire (over time they transform into Stomach-Qi Deficiency)
- Eating late and in large quantities as a habit
- Spleen/Stomach weak by constitution
Symptoms
- Loss of appetite or poor appetite
- Hunger without desire to eat
- Dry mouth and throat
- Dry stools
- Xin fan (restlessness nervousness distress)
- Low-grade fever or sensation of heat (normally in the late afternoon)
- Red tongue with scanty or no coating. The typical presentation has a peeled coating in the center of the tongue. May have cracks.
- Fine and rapid pulse
Normally thin people
Treatment
Tonify the Yin of the Stomach. Nourish the fluids. Correct the cause (if it is a poor dietary habit).