Stomach Qi Pills

Stomach Qi Pills,Excessive worry and anxiety lead to stagnation of spleen and lung qi, causing phlegm and fluid to accumulate and stagnate in the stomach and intestines. Qi becomes depressed in the Yin, while cold condenses in the Yang; the Yin and Yang become disordered, resulting in alternating vomiting and diarrhea, cold extremities, dizziness and vertigo, or even fever. Also indicated for elderly patients with stomach cold presenting with constipation, and for pregnancy-related nausea and aversion to food, where the patient refuses to eat at all.

Formulas Name : Stomach Qi Pills

Chinese Name : 胃气丸

Drug Formulation

Sulphur (tied at both ends inside a pig’s intestine; simmer with 1 bowl each of rice wash, wine, and children’s urine until reduced by half; remove, wash to eliminate foul odors, and drain thoroughly) 10 liang; Pinellia (washed in hot water to remove slipperiness) 5 liang; Poria 1 liang; Ginseng 1 liang; Gypsum 1 fen (calcined; alternatively, boiled together with sulphur).

Source

*San Yin*, Volume 11.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with fresh ginger juice and a paste made from rice porridge and water to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

Excessive worry and anxiety lead to stagnation of spleen and lung qi, causing phlegm and fluid to accumulate and stagnate in the stomach and intestines. Qi becomes depressed in the Yin, while cold condenses in the Yang; the Yin and Yang become disordered, resulting in alternating vomiting and diarrhea, cold extremities, dizziness and vertigo, or even fever. Also indicated for elderly patients with stomach cold presenting with constipation, and for pregnancy-related nausea and aversion to food, where the patient refuses to eat at all.

Instructions for Use

Take 50–100 pills per dose on an empty stomach, washed down with rice water mixed with a small amount of fresh ginger juice.

Stomach Qi Pills,*San Yin*, Volume 11.,Excessive worry and anxiety lead to stagnation of spleen and lung qi, causing phlegm and fluid to accumulate and stagnate in the stomach and intestines. Qi becomes depressed in the Yin, while cold condenses in the Yang; the Yin and Yang become disordered, resulting in alternating vomiting and diarrhea, cold extremities, dizziness and vertigo, or even fever. Also indicated for elderly patients with stomach cold presenting with constipation, and for pregnancy-related nausea and aversion to food, where the patient refuses to eat at all.

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