Diagnostic Information and Acupuncture and Herbal Treatment of Stomach Food Stagnation
Stomach Food Stagnation - Basics
Vomiting, regurgitation, belching, epigastric pain a/or distention, lack of appetite, insomnia.
- Tongue Diagnosis - Theory
Thick yellow or white coat.
- Pulse Diagnosis - Theory
Full, slippery.
Stomach Food Stagnation - Related Acupuncture Points
The following (7) acupuncture points may be useful for stomach food stagnation. A subset of these could potentially be useful with acupressure stimulation and/or tongren therapy methods as well.
Generally treatment would be based on the TCM patterns listed above instead of selecting points by function alone, (see general points selection rules.)
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Stomach Food Stagnation - Formulas From Our Store
The following herbal formulas are potentially useful in the process of treating stomach food stagnation. For a complete list from our store with more details see our stomach food stagnation formula section.
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The following (5) TCM Herbal Formulas May Be Useful For Stomach Food Stagnation
Bao He Wan
- Preserve Harmony Pills
- Epigastric and or abdominal fullness or painful distention after meals.
- Acid reflux, belching, vomiting with possible aversion to food due to food stagnation.
- This formula can also be used for acute food poisoning.
- Reduce Food Stagnation
- Cautions
Use with caution with weak or qi deficient patients.
Bao Ji Wan
- Protect and Relieve Pills
- Cramping and/or painful distension of the abdomen.
- Foul smelling belching or gas with diarrhea due to heat in the intestine.
- May alleviate some hangover symptoms.
- Also useful to treat food poisoning.
- Clear Heat
- Clear Heat From The Organs
Jian Pi Wan
- Strengthen Spleen Pills
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- Reduce Food Stagnation
Wu Mei Wan
- Mume Fruit Pill
Generally used with roundworms - abdominal pain, irritability, stifled chest w/heat, vomiting after eating, cold hands and/or feet. Roundworms may be observed in vomit.
Also has a broader application in chronic diarrhea, IBS, or other digestive disorders characterized by both heat and cold. Symptoms may be chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain (often that is better w/heat).
With parasites the tongue and pulse are less critical, with chronic conditions the Tongue may be red with a white coating.
- Expel Parasites
Xiang Sha Yang Wei Wan
- Aucklandia Amomi Nurture Stomach Pills
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- Tonify
- Tonify the Qi
Stomach Food Stagnation - Conditions and Possibilities
The Chinese Medicine treatment of stomach food stagnation generally involves being certain that this pattern is the proper diagnosis. Each pattern may have multiple conditions and each condition may arise from one or more patterns (see treating the cause and not the symptoms).
The following 8 conditions may arise from stomach food stagnation . Each condition is listed with other possible patterns to expand diagnostic possibilities.
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