Research Progress of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Chronic Atrophic Gastritis

As one of the more common digestive system diseases in clinical practice, chronic atrophic gastritis has the characteristics of long course, recurrent attacks, and difficult to cure, and is prone to cancer, so early treatment is of great significance to prevent its cancer. In the treatment of chronic atrophic gastritis, traditional Chinese medicine has shown its unique advantages over modern medicine. This article discusses the definition of CAG, the understanding of CAG in Western medicine, the understanding of CAG in traditional Chinese medicine (etiology, pathogenesis, syndrome differentiation and classification), and the treatment of CAG in traditional Chinese medicine (syndrome differentiation and treatment, empirical treatment, external treatment and prevention of traditional Chinese medicine).