Stomachache ⁽¹²⁾

Stomach pain is divided into cold pain and heat pain. Cold pain is mostly due to deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach; heat pain is due to stomach heat. Cold pain from spleen-stomach deficiency-cold should be treated by warming yang, dispersing cold, and stopping pain,…

In the Southern Song physician Yang Shiying's Renzai Zhifang Lun (Discriminating Treatments for Benevolent Companions), there is a formula called "Piji Wan" (Spleen Accumulation Pills). Its composition is as follows: Peng'ezhu (Rhizoma Curcumae, i.e., Ezhu) 3 liang (90 g), Jing Sanleng (Rhizoma Sparganii, i.e., Sanleng)…

Liuwei Anxiao Jiaonang (Six-Ingredient Peaceful-Dispersing Capsules) is a common Chinese patent medicine. Its composition is six herbs: zangmuxiang (Aucklandia Radix, Tibetan), dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma), shannai (Kaempferiae Rhizoma), hanshuishi (Gypsum Rubrum), hezi (Chebulae Fructus), and jianhua (alkaline ash). The formula comes from the 2010…

The Pujifang (Prescriptions for Universal Relief) contains a formula named "Tizhen Wan." Its composition is: Qingpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride, green tangerine peel), Chenpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, tangerine peel), Jing Sanleng (Sparganii Rhizoma, sparganium), Zhiqiao (Aurantii Fructus, immature bitter orange), Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, magnolia…

Anzhong San comes from the "Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang" (Prescriptions from the Taiping Imperial Pharmacy). It is composed of: Yanhuosuo (Corydalis, peeled) 5 liang (150g), Gaoliangjiang (Lesser Galangal, stir-fried) 5 liang (150g), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger, calcined) 5 liang (150g), Huixiang (Fennel, stir-fried) 5 liang (150g),…

Chronic atrophic gastritis is a precancerous lesion of gastric cancer; it is protracted and difficult to cure, its treatment is thorny, and patients often suffer from gastric distension and pain. Zhongguo Minjian Liaofa (Chinese Folk Therapy, 2004, 12(9): 45) once published an experiential formula for…

Wu Ji San is composed of Wuzeigu (cuttlebone, Sepiae Endoconcha) and Baiji (Bletilla) in a 1:2 ratio. The two are ground together into a fine powder; take 3 g three times daily, two hours after meals. This formula suppresses acid and stops bleeding. Its indications…

Xiao Wuchen Tang (“Minor Black and Chen Fragrance Decoction”) comes from the Shaoxing supplementary formulas of the Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang. It is composed of: Wuyao (Lindera root, pith removed) ten liang (300 g), Gancao (Licorice, stir-fried) one liang (30 g, skin and hairs removed,…

The Mongolian people of China have unique ethnopharmacological experience, and some Mongolian medicine empirical formulas are quite effective. Wuwei Qingzhi San is a famous Mongolian medicine formula for indigestion. It consists of Shiliu (pomegranate) 400 g, Honghua (Flos Carthami) 200 g, Baidoukou (Semen Amomi Rotundus)…

Jinlingzi San is recorded in Taiping Shenghui Fang (Taiping Holy Prescriptions for Universal Relief). It is composed of equal parts (one liang each) of Chuanlianzi (Fructus Toosendan) and Yanhusuo (Rhizoma Corydalis). Because Chuanlianzi is also called Jinlingzi, the formula is named Jinlingzi San. When used,…