Also dispersing food and transforming stagnation. A method of treatment used to disperse stagnant food and enable it to be carried through the digestive tract. Dispersing food and abducting stagnation, often called abductive dispersion, is employed in the treatment of food stagnation causing oppression in the stomach duct and abdominal distension, poor appetite, putrid belching, acid swallowing, and nausea and upflow, abdominal pain, constipation, or diarrhea with ungratifying defecation.
Commonly used abductive dispersion medicinals include crataegus (Crataegi Fructus, 山楂shān zhā), medicated leaven (Massa Medicata Fermentata, 神曲shén qū), barley sprout (Hordei Fructus Germinatus, 麦芽mài yá), gizzard lining (Galli Gigeriae Endothelium Corneum, 鸡内金jī nèi jīn), and millet sprout (Setariae Fructus Germinatus, 谷芽gǔ yá). Radish seed (Raphani Semen, 莱菔子lái fú zǐ), unripe bitter orange (Aurantii Fructus Immaturus, 枳实zhǐ shí)and are ca (Arecae Semen, 槟榔bīng láng) may be added to break qì, precipitate phlegm, and free the stool.
A formula used for this purpose is Harmony-Preserving Pill (保和丸bǎo hé wán), which includes crataegus (Crataegi Fructus, 山楂shān zhā), medicated leaven (Massa Medicata Fermentata, 神曲shén qū), pinellia (Pinelliae Rhizoma, 半夏bàn xià), poria (Poria, 茯苓fú líng), tangerine peel (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, 陈皮chén pí), forsythia (Forsythiae Fructus, 连翘lián qiào), and radish seed (Raphani Semen, 莱菔子lái fú zǐ). Unripe Bitter Orange Stagnation-Abducting Pill (枳实导滞丸zhǐ shí dǎo zhì wán) has an additional precipitant action.
When the food stagnation is due to spleen-stomach vacuity, abductive dispersing medicinals can be combined with supplementing medicinals, which enhance digestive system function, thereby reducing susceptibility to food accumulation in the long term. An example of such a formula is Spleen-Fortifying Pill (健脾丸jiàn pí wán), which contains white atractylodes (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, 白朮bái zhú), white poria (Poria Alba, 白茯苓bái fú líng), codonopsis (Codonopsis Radix, 党参dǎng shēn), licorice (Glycyrrhizae Radix, 甘草gān cǎo), costusroot (Aucklandiae Radix, 木香mù xiāng), forsythia (Forsythiae Fructus, 连翘lián qiào), coptis (Coptidis Rhizoma, 黄连huáng lián), medicated leaven (Massa Medicata Fermentata, 神曲shén qū), tangerine peel (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, 陈皮chén pí), barley sprout (Hordei Fructus Germinatus, 麦芽mài yá), amomum (Amomi Fructus, 砂仁shā rén), crataegus (Crataegi Fructus, 山楂shān zhā), nutmeg (Myristicae Semen, 肉豆蔻ròu dòu kòu), and dioscorea (Dioscoreae Rhizoma, 山药shān yào).
Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment on ST, SP, and CV. Select ST-25 (Celestial Pivot, 天枢 tiān shū), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), CV-10 (Lower Stomach Duct, 下脘 xià wǎn), CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), SP-4 (Yellow Emperor, 公孙 gōng sūn), Lǐ Inner Court (里内庭lǐ nèi tíng), and CV-21 (Jade Swivel, 璇玑 xuán jī); needle with drainage.