bubble_chart Efficacy

Descending qi and resolving phlegm, tonifying qi, and harmonizing the stomach.

bubble_chart Indications

Stomach qi deficiency, internal obstruction of phlegm turbidity, epigastric stuffiness, and persistent belching.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, Inula Flower disperses phlegm and lowers counterflow, Hematite strongly suppresses and lowers counterflow, Pinellia and Fresh Ginger Rhizome resolve phlegm and stop vomiting, Ginseng, Chinese Date, and Liquorice Root tonify qi and harmonize the stomach. When these herbs are used together, they collectively achieve the effects of descending qi and resolving phlegm, as well as tonifying qi and harmonizing the stomach.

bubble_chart Pattern Identification

1. Stomach deficiency with phlegm turbidity ascending adversely.
2. Belching occurs frequently.
3. Nausea and gastric stuffiness.
4. Tongue coating is white and slippery.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. Stomach cold is severe: add Dried Ginger and Clove.
2. Excessive phlegm: add Dried Tangerine Peel and Poria.
3. Stomach yin deficiency: add Ophiopogon Tuber and Dendrobium.
4. Food stagnation: add Hawthorn Fruit and Gallus Gallus Domesticus.
5. If there are signs of heat with slightly yellow tongue coating: add Coptis Rhizome and Skullcap Root.
6. Epigastric stuffiness and fullness: add Immature Orange Fruit and Platycodon Root.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Modern medicine believes that this prescription enhances gastric motility and emptying. It is mainly used for gastric neurosis, chronic gastritis, ulcer disease, incomplete pyloric obstruction, stomach qi deficiency, internal obstruction of phlegm turbidity, presenting with gastric stuffiness, frequent belching, and spitting of frothy saliva.