Below you will find theoretical and clinical applications information related to stomach qi deficiency. We have created associations based on clinical experience that lead to possible treatment approaches with acupuncture points, individual herbs, TCM formulas, and more.

Stomach Qi Deficiency - Basics

Poor appetite, lack of taste, dull sensation in the epigastrium, weak limbs, tiredness, loose stools.

Tongue Diagnosis

Pale.

Pulse Diagnosis

Empty.

The following 5 TCM Formulas are empirically related to the treatment of Stomach Qi Deficiency

Q

• Qi Xue Da Bu Wan (Nourish Qi & Blood Pills) Tonify

S

• Sheng Mai San Wan (Generate the Pulse Pills) Tonify
• Sheng Mai Yin Wan (Replenish Pulse Pills) Tonify

X

• Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Wan (Aucklandia, Amomi & Six Gentlemen Pills) Tonify

Y

• Yu Quan Wan (Jade Spring Pills) Treat Dryness

The Chinese Medicine treatment of stomach qi deficiency 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 22 conditions may arise from stomach qi deficiency . Each condition is listed with other possible patterns to expand diagnostic possibilities.

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