Clinical characteristics of patients with reflux esophagitis exhibiting gallbladder heat attacking the stomach or stagnant heat of the liver and stomach syndrome / 中西医结合学报

ABSTRACT

To compare the characteristics of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes of gallbladder heat attacking the stomach and stagnant heat of the liver and stomach in patients with reflux esophagitis (RE), in terms of clinical symptoms, combination of gallbladder conditions, esophageal mucosal inflammation, gastric bile reflux under endoscopy and helicobacter pylori (HP) infection.