Q I am in my fifties and have worked in Dong-gu, Incheon for over twenty years. Whenever work gets stressful, my upper abdomen aches like a stone. Why?
A Tension stops stomach movement first and sharpens its sensitivity. When overtime and irregular meals pile on, the stomach keeps working under constant pressure with no chance to recover. This is not about character or willpower — your stomach is placed in those conditions.
Detailed Answer
The brain and the stomach are densely connected by nerves, so prolonged stress raises both the intensity of pain and the sensitivity with which you feel it. Add a pattern of missed meal times and eating in bulk, and the pain settles in as a chronic one.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
Most long-standing epigastric pain we see comes from people told their tests showed "only mild gastritis". Only when both the stiffness of the stomach and the loop of tension pressing on it are addressed do the intervals between episodes widen. Dizziness and a heavy head that accompany indigestion often come from the same root.
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