Dispersing food and transforming phlegm

A method of treatment used to eliminate phlegm and food stagnation. The method of dispersing food and transforming phlegm is used to treat replete qì and exuberant phlegm causing cough and qì counterflow, oppression in the chest and copious phlegm, indigestion, distension and oppression in the stomach duct and abdomen, a slimy tongue, and a slippery pulse, as is often observed in elderly patients.

Medicinal therapy: Two commonly used food-dispersing phlegm-transforming formulas Qì-Normalizing Food-Dispersing Phlegm-Transforming Pill (顺气消食化痰丸 shùn qì xiāo shí huà tán wán) and Three-Seed Filial Devotion Decoction (三子养亲汤 sān zǐ yǎng qīn tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on ST and CV. Select ST-25 (Celestial Pivot, 天枢 tiān shū), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), Lǐ Inner Court (里内庭 lǐ nèi tíng), CV-21 (Jade Swivel, 璇玑 xuán jī), CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), ST-40 (Bountiful Bulge, 丰隆 fēng lóng), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), and CV-17 (Chest Center, 膻中 shān zhōng), needle with drainage.