Qì vomiting

Vomiting that arises when anger or anxiety and general emotional imbalance cause binding depression of spleen qì. Signs include distension and fullness in the chest and diaphragm, a feeling of satiety without eating, and vomiting of ingested food. In some cases, the patient may eat normally and vomit during the night.

Medicinal therapy: Move qì and harmonize the spleen with formulas such as Clove and Aquilaria Diaphragm-Freeing Decoction (丁沉透膈汤 dīng chén tòu gé tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment on alarm and lower uniting points of ST, and on PC, CV, back transport points, and SP. Select CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), LR-3 (Supreme Surge, 太冲 tài chōng), SP-6 (Three Yīn Intersection, 三阴交 sān yīn jiāo), and SP-4 (Yellow Emperor, 公孙 gōng sūn); needle with even supplementation and drainage.