Abdominal Distension ⁽³⁾

Professor Li Zhenhua once served as director of the Internal Medicine Teaching and Research Office of Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (now Henan University of Chinese Medicine) and vice president of the Affiliated Hospital of Henan College of TCM. He had rich clinical and…

Guzheng Shenxiao San (Magical Tympanites Powder) comes from Zhang Zhaozhen's Chuimo Youde Ji (Personal Reflections) of the Qing dynasty. The formula consists of fried malt (Chao Maiya), areca nut (Binglang), and Euphorbia kansui (Gansui), each 1 qian (3 g). Powder the above medicines finely; each…

Cancer and late-stage liver cirrhosis often produce complications such as ascites. This condition, in ancient TCM, belongs to tympanites (gu zhang), one of the four major TCM miscellaneous-disease patterns (wind, consumption, tympanites, and diaphragm). It was listed among the four because the prognosis of tympanites…