{"id":25748,"date":"2025-07-07T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T02:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vstcm.com\/reflux-heart-burnt\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:59:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T08:59:21","slug":"reflux-heart-burnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vstcm.com\/en\/reflux-heart-burnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflux &amp; Heart Burnt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25386\" src=\"https:\/\/vstcm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/00-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"264\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Patient: Male, 19 years <\/strong><strong>old<br \/>\nDate : 7th April 2024 first visit<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Main issue: Reflux &amp; Heart Burnt for a year plus <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">18 years old patient was accompanied by his father to enter the diagnosis room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">Caught with a glimpse, the outlook of the patient was tall and slim. He looked shy when entering the room.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cHi! May I know what is your problem?\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cHi TCM Practitioner, I have a reflux and heart burnt. I have bloated stomach too.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cHow long had it been there?\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cA year plus.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cI see. When did it happen?\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cAlmost daily early in the morning after I woke up, the reflux started. My mouth is bitterness. When I brushed my teeth, I have an urge to vomit.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25389\" src=\"https:\/\/vstcm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"272\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cDo you take your meal regularly?\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cYes.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cDo you see any other symptoms?\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cRecently, I encountered stress due to my studies. I was lying on the bed at 10pm, somehow I kept tossing and turning on the bed for 2 hours plus then only managed to fall asleep. Later, about 2-3 hours later, I woke up again. Sometimes I had nightmare.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25392\" src=\"https:\/\/vstcm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"197\"><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\"><strong>14th <\/strong><strong>April <\/strong><strong>2024 <\/strong><strong>second visit: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">The patient revisit a week later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cHi, how are you boy?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cHi, TCM Practitioner, I feel good. For past one week, the reflux and heart burn sensation rarely appear. But my mouth could still feel bitterness. Sometimes if reflux happened, i could still sense the bitterness and urge of vomiting. My appetite improved much.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25395\" src=\"https:\/\/vstcm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/03-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"321\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cHow is your sleep now?\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cThe time duration to fall asleep reduced. The mid night woke up reduced as well.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cGreat! Don\u2019t give up ya!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\"><strong>28th <\/strong><strong>April <\/strong><strong>2024 <\/strong><strong>third visit : <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">During the third visit, the patient has felt his symptoms alleviated much. He has better appetite and could eat in a speedy manner compare to last time. His emotional feeling also changed, he felt better compare to last time. We emphasized to the patient to maintain a good diet habit, with no cold or iced drink. Besides, we also asked him to cut down spicy and fried food.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">Through an in depth conversation, we found that the patient was humble and felt unconfident about his own weight. He dare not see the result when he stood on the weighing tool because always hinted himself as an underweight person. We highly recommended him to do some exercises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25399\" src=\"https:\/\/vstcm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/04-1024x891.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"298\"><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\"><strong>26th <\/strong><strong>May <\/strong><strong>2024<\/strong><strong>fourth visit: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">The patient\u2019s symptoms improved and he has continued the medication remedy. We planned to monitor the outcome in the upcoming time frame.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\"><strong>30th <\/strong><strong>June <\/strong><strong>2024 <\/strong><strong>fifth visit: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">The patient\u2019s symptoms improved and he has continued the medication remedy. We planned to monitor the outcome in the upcoming time frame.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\"><strong>4th <\/strong><strong>August <\/strong><strong>2024 <\/strong><strong>sixth visit: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">After few months\u2019 treatments, the problem of reflux and heart burnt has almost recovered. His appetite improved much. His bloated stomach only occurred when he was affected by emotion feeling or he felt tensed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25402\" src=\"https:\/\/vstcm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"211\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">The patient\u2019s lifestyle has changed and become self-disciplined. He has been doing the push up exercise 20 times per day, and 15 push up counts per time. His character changed to be more confident and pleasant nowadays.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\"><strong>4th <\/strong><strong>January <\/strong><strong>2025 <\/strong><strong>seventh visit:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">After 5 months of self-disciplined training habits, the patient\u2019s outlook changed pretty much. He has become more confident and the body strengthened and become muscular. He entered the room with a pleasant face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25405\" src=\"https:\/\/vstcm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"198\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cHi TCM Practitioner, how are you? \u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cHi boy! You gained weight ya!\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cDo you still do the push up exercises persistently? \u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cYup!!\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cGreat! Do you still feel cold?\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cNo more cold. Now I feel hot easily compare to last visit. Last time, my body was sensitive to both cold and hot temperature.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cWhen I touch your hand and feet, I feel your body cold ya!\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cCold as usual, TCM Practitioner.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cHow was your sleep?\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">\u201cCompare to last time, my sleep quality improved. Sometimes i still encountered nightmare.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">The patient\u2019s weight has risen from 52.3kg to 53.9kg. He is on a good direction to maintain the health and his confident gained as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\"><strong>Case study analysis:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-25408\" src=\"https:\/\/vstcm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/07-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"204\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">The patient\u2019s main issue was reflux and heart burnt for a year plus when he turned up at the first visit on 07.04.2024. Almost daily early in the morning after woke up, the reflux started. His mouth is bitterness. When he brushed his teeth, he kept vomiting. This indicated the heatiness of liver. Even though he has a regular diet time, due to stress of the studies, he could hardly sleep well. He got up to bed at 10pm, and take 2 hours to toss and turn before fall asleep. Then some time later, he would wake up at about 2-3am. Luckily, he could fall asleep quickly. Sometimes, he has nightmare. He did sweat if performed exercises. He felt dry mouth and always has urge to drink water. After each meal, he could stand for shorter hours and get hungry easily. He felt bloated stomach before sleep. We advised him to cut down spicy and fried food.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">After the oral prescription for a week, he found that his problem improved when he turned up for the second visit. But he could still feel reflux cum bitterness mouth as well as urge of vomiting. Due to the obvious improvement, he has become more confident to get well with the herbal medicine remedy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">At the third visit, the patient felt his major improvement. He got better appetite. He could eat in a speedy time frame compare to last time. His emotion changed and become merrier than last time. We emphasized to maintain a good diet habit, with no cold or iced drink. Besides, he was asked to cut down spicy and fried food too. Through an in depth conversation, we found that the patient was humble and felt unconfident about his own weight. He dare not see the result when he stood on the weighing tool because always thinking himself an underweight person. We highly recommended him to do exercise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">Few months later after the treatments, we observed that the patient\u2019s digestive system has changed a lot obviously. The patient\u2019s lifestyle has become more self-disciplined. He used to perform a regular push up exercises. His character changed to become more pleasant too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">After 5 months later, he turned up again in Jan of 2025 with a confident and pleasant outlook. He has become muscular and managed to gain weight from 52.3kg to 53.9kg.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\"><strong>Tips for daily care:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">1. Healthy Dietary maintenance.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">We emphasized to maintain a good diet habit, with no cold food or iced drink. Any cold food from fridge such as salad, iced-cream, chilled fruits are inhibited. Due to the coldness will affect and slowing down the process of digestive system. Besides, he was asked also to cut down spicy and fried food.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25411\" src=\"https:\/\/vstcm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/%E9%A5%AE%E9%A3%9F-1024x239.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"239\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">2. Emotional tuning<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">Advised patients to approach nature explore or other activities such as listening to music, reading book and some activities to calm down the mind-set.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25414\" src=\"https:\/\/vstcm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/%E6%83%85%E7%BB%AA-1024x363.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"264\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">3. Sleep tuning<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">Cultivate a good sleeping habit, with early sleeping hours and early wake up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25417\" src=\"https:\/\/vstcm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/15-1024x813.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"204\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">4. Regular Exercise<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">We encouraged more exposure under the sun like outdoor activities or regular exercise to improve the circulation of blood and \u201cQi\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25420\" src=\"https:\/\/vstcm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/%E8%BF%90%E5%8A%A8-1024x555.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"254\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">5. Expand the circle of friends.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\">Make friends with people who have similar hobbies and getting to open our view and mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25423\" src=\"https:\/\/vstcm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"219\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patient: Male, 19 years old Date : 7th April 2024 first visit Main issue: Reflux &amp; Heart Burnt for a year plus 18 years old patient was accompanied by his father to enter the diagnosis room. Caught with a glimpse, the outlook of the patient was tall and slim. 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