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Fortifying the spleen and harmonizing the stomach

健脾和胃 〔健脾和胃〕 jiàn pí hé wèi

Also harmonizing the stomach and spleen. A method of treatment used to enhance splenic movement and transformation and treat glomus and fullness.

Medicinal therapy: A representative spleen-fortifying stomach harmonizing formula is Unripe Bitter Orange and Glomus-Dispersing Pill (枳实消痞丸 zhǐ shí xiāo pǐ wán). Spleen-Fortifying Pill (健脾丸 jiàn pí wán) and Sudden Smile Pill (失笑丸 shī xiào wán) also possess a spleen-fortifying stomach-harmonizing action.

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on back transport points, CV, SP, and ST. Select BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), BL-21 (Stomach Transport, 胃俞 wèi shù), CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), ST-25 (Celestial Pivot, 天枢 tiān shū), CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), and SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo); needle with supplementation and moxa.

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