Acute gastritis is inflammation of the stomach mucosa, as a result of different factors: very hot or cold food abuse, drinks, chilly foods, alcohol, overeat, long usage of some drugs. Usual symptoms of gastritis are: xerostomia, or hyper salivation, dull pain on the stomach, heaviness in the upper abdomen, dizziness, vertigo, the tongue is furred with grey-white coating. Chronic gastritis - is an inflammation of the stomach mucosa. Its course is with periods of exacerbation and amelioration. Sometimes the chronic gastritis is a cause for acute gastritis. It is caused by numeral factors: of food nature as in acute gastritis, but with long lasting injury; by concomitant infectious and chronic diseases.