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Vomiting is a condition in which gastric contents, including food and phlegm, are expelled from the mouth. It serves as a protective response of the body, but frequent and severe vomiting may lead to disturbances in fluid and electrolyte balance as well as nutritional imbalances. Vomiting is commonly observed in Western medicine conditions such as neurogenic vomiting, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, nephritis, pyloric spasm or obstruction, and certain acute infectious wellness.
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), vomiting occurs when the stomach fails to harmonize and descend, causing qi to rebel upward. It is classified into excess and deficiency patterns. Excess patterns are often caused by external pathogenic factors or improper diet, while deficiency patterns are mostly due to weakened Spleen and stomach function. However, these two patterns frequently intermingle—deficiency within excess and excess within deficiency. Therefore, clinical application commonly employs methods that support the body’s healthy energy while addressing disruptive factors, with the aim of promoting overall harmonious function.
1. Excess Patterns: ① External pathogen invading the stomach: Sudden nausea and vomiting, possibly accompanied by aversion to cold, fever, headache and body aches, or a feeling of fullness and distension in the epigastrium and abdomen, borborygmus and diarrhea. Tongue coating: thin and greasy or white and greasy. Pulse: superficial and slippery. ② Food retention: Vomiting with sour regurgitation, epigastric and abdominal fullness and distension that worsens after eating and helps with occasional after vomiting, aversion to food, borborygmus. Tongue coating: thick and greasy. Pulse: soft and slippery. ③ Liver qi invading the stomach: Vomiting with sour regurgitation, triggered by emotional stress or anger, frequent belching, distension and pain in the chest and rib sides, bitter taste in the mouth, dry throat. Tongue: red margins with thin greasy coating. Pulse: wiry and slippery. ④ Phlegm turbidity obstructing the middle: Vomiting of phlegm and saliva, epigastric stuffiness, poor appetite, dizziness and palpitations, dry mouth without desire to drink, heavy and sluggish body, unsmooth bowel movements. Tongue coating: white and slippery or white and greasy. Pulse: soft and relaxed, or wiry and slippery.
2. Deficiency Patterns: ① Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold: vomiting upon exposure to slight coolness, heavy sensation in the limbs, cold pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, pale complexion, mental fatigue and lack of strength, preference for warmth and pressure, loose stools, pale tongue with white coating, soggy and weak pulse. ② Stomach Yin Deficiency: recurrent vomiting, hunger without desire to eat, dry mouth and throat, red tongue with scanty fluid or delicate red tongue coating, thin and rapid pulse.
1.Fangfeng Congbai Cha (Saposhnikovia and Scallion White Tea)
Ingredients: Saposhnikovia divaricata (Fangfeng) 10g, Allium fistulosum (Scallion White) 2 stalks.
Preparation: Grind Fangfeng (Saposhnikovia divaricata) and Congbai (Allium fistulosum) together into powder. Place in a cup and brew with boiling water. Drink as tea. It is best if slight perspiration occurs after taking. Take 1–2 doses daily.
Actions: supports the body’s natural ability to release the exterior and disperse wind, helps dispel dampness, and supports the resolution of stagnation. Assists in maintaining normal stomach function when affected by external pathogenic factors.
2.Raphanus sativus (Luoboye) Tea
Ingredients: 100 grams of fresh white radish leaf (Raphanus sativus – White Radish Leaf)
Preparation: Wash the radish leaves, chop them finely, and mash to extract the juice. Put the juice into a cup, steep with boiling water, and drink as tea. Take 2 doses daily.
supports healthy digestion and helps maintain internal balance. supports the health of the Spleen and stomach. helps with occasional digestive discomfort associated with food retention.
3.Shanzha Wumei Cha (Hawthorn and Smoked Plum Tea)
Ingredients: 15 g Crataegus pinnatifida (Shanzha, Hawthorn Berry), 3 pieces Prunus mume (Wumei, Dark Plum), 15 g white sugar.
Preparation: Place Crataegus pinnatifida (Hawthorn Berry) and Prunus mume (Dark Plum) into a clay pot, add water to decoct the decoction, then stir in white sugar. Drink as a tea. Take 1-2 doses daily.
Actions: Helps promote digestion and disperse accumulations, supports downward movement and harmonizes the stomach. Assists in maintaining normal stomach function when experiencing occasional overindulgence.
4.Maiya Shenqu Cha (Malt and Medicated Leaven Tea)
Ingredients: 10g each of roasted malt (Hordeum vulgare, Mai Ya) and medicated leaven (Shen Qu), 5g of roasted hawthorn slices (Crataegus pinnatifida, Shan Zha), 20g of brown sugar.
Preparation: Place the three ingredients and brown sugar into a cup, pour in boiling water, cover, and steep for 10-15 minutes. Drink as tea. Take 1-2 doses daily.
supports the reduction of accumulations and stagnation, and promotes a balanced Spleen and stomach. helps maintain digestive comfort during occasional episodes of food stagnation.
5.Xiebai Chenpi Cha (Allium macrostemon and Tangerine Peel Tea)
Ingredients: Allium macrostemon (Xiebai) 10g, Citrus reticulata (Chenpi) 15g, Zingiber officinale (Shengjiang) 3 slices.
Preparation: Place the above three herbs in a cup, pour boiling water over them, and drink as tea. Two doses per day.
Functions: Strengthens the Spleen and dries Dampness, helps resolve Phlegm and supports digestive comfort. This is beneficial for occasional digestive discomfort associated with internal accumulation of Phlegm and Fluids.
6.Plum Flower Ginger Juice Tea (Meihua Jiangzhi Cha)
Ingredients: 5g Prunus mume (Bai Meihua, White Plum Flower), 5ml Zingiber officinale (Ginger) juice.
Preparation method: Place Prunus mume (Baimeihua) in a cup, pour in boiling water, add Zingiber officinale (Shengjiang) juice, stir well, and consume as a tea. Take 2 servings daily.
Efficacy: supports smooth Liver qi circulation and helps maintain normal stomach function. Used for occasional vomiting associated with the pattern of Liver Qi Invading the Stomach.
7.Pinellia ternata (Banxia) and Perilla frutescens (Zisu) Tea
Ingredients: Pinellia ternata (Banxia) 5 g, Perilla frutescens seed (Zisuzi) 5 g, Evodia rutaecarpa (Wuzhuyu) 5 g, ginger juice (Shengjiang Zhi) 5 ml, brown sugar 20 g.
Preparation: Grind Pinellia ternata (Banxia), Perilla frutescens seed (Zisuzi), and Evodia rutaecarpa (Wuzhuyu) together into a fine powder. Place the powder in a cup with ginger juice and brown sugar. Pour boiling water over it and drink as tea while hot. Take 1-2 doses daily.
Efficacy: supports descending Qi and relieving stagnation, harmonizes the Stomach to help with occasional nausea. Used for the pattern of Liver Qi Invading the Stomach.
8.Vinegar-Soaked Ginger (Zingiber officinale) Tea
Ingredients: 60g Zingiber officinale (Shengjiang), appropriate amounts of vinegar and brown sugar.
Preparation: Wash and slice Zingiber officinale (Shengjiang), then soak in vinegar for one full day. When ready to use, take 3 slices and place in a cup, add brown sugar, and brew with boiling water. Drink as tea. Take 2-3 doses daily.
Efficacy: supports healthy digestion and stomach function. Helps warm the middle and helps with occasional occasional discomfort. Traditionally used to support digestive wellness in cases of Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold.
9.Shanzha Dangshen Cha (Hawthorn Berry and Codonopsis Tea)
Ingredients: Crataegus pinnatifida (Hawthorn Fruit) 6 g, Pinellia ternata (Ginger-processed Ban Xia) 6 g, Codonopsis pilosula (Dangshen) 12 g, Zingiber officinale (Fresh Ginger) 3 slices.
Preparation: Grind the above herbs into a coarse powder, place in a cup, and infuse with boiling water. Drink as a tea. One dose daily.
Efficacy: Tonifies Middle Qi and supplements Qi, strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Stomach, and helps with occasional digestive discomfort. supports normal stomach function in cases of Spleen-Stomach Deficiency Cold pattern.
10.Ophiopogon japonicus (Maidong) and Panax ginseng (Renshen) Tea
Ingredients: Ophiopogon japonicus (Maidong) 10g, Panax ginseng (Renshen) 3-5g (or Codonopsis pilosula (Dangshen) 15-30g), white sugar 20g.
Preparation: Place Ophiopogon japonicus (Maidong) and Panax ginseng (Renshen) into a thermos cup. Pour in boiling water, cover, and let steep for 30 minutes. Stir in sugar, and drink as tea. Take one dose daily.
Efficacy: supports Qi and nourishes Yin, promotes stomach health and fluid production. Used to support occasional digestive comfort associated with Qi-Yin Deficiency.
11.Pipa Lugen Tea (Loquat and Reed Rhizome Tea)
Ingredients: 15g Eriobotrya japonica (Loquat Leaf), 30g Phragmites communis (Fresh Reed Rhizome), 20g white sugar.
Preparation method: Remove the fuzz from loquat leaves (Eriobotrya japonica, Pipaye), dry them in an oven. Wash fresh reed rhizome (Phragmites communis, Lugen) and cut into small pieces. Place both ingredients together with white sugar into a cup, pour boiling water over them, and steep as a tea. Consume one dose daily.
Action: Helps clear heat and harmonize the Stomach. supports the Stomach in maintaining proper descending function when affected by dryness-heat, which may lead to rebellious Qi rising.
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Great list! I’ve had luck with ginger tea for motion sickness, but never tried some of these others like perilla or hawthorn. Definitely bookmarking this for the next time my stomach acts up. Thanks for sharing these natural remedies!
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Great article! I’ve always been curious about natural remedies for nausea. Ginger tea is my go-to, but I’d love to try some of these Chinese herbal options. Anyone have a favorite blend that works wonders?