It usually occurs quite frequently in people who are going through emotional problems. Context of pain or gastroesophageal reflux. The cause is usually Liver-Qi stagnation. See Liver Syndromes and Stomach Syndromes

Symptoms

• Gastroesophageal reflux
• Pain and distension of the epigastrium with radiation to the hypochondria
• Belching, hiccup
• Regurgitation
• Indigestion
• Nervousness, irritability
• Tongue with soft white or soft yellow coating
• Wiry pulse, ,