Warming the stomach

A method of treatment used to address stomach cold, characterized by distension and cold pain exacerbated by drinking cold drinks, by vomiting of clear water, or vomiting after eating, and by a glossy white tongue fur and forceless fine sunken pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Stomach-warming medicinals include lesser galangal (Alpiniae Officinarum Rhizoma, 高良姜 gāo liáng jiāng), fresh ginger (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens, 生姜 shēng jiāng) or dried ginger (Zingiberis Rhizoma, 干姜 gān jiāng), evodia (Evodiae Fructus, 吴茱萸 wú zhū yú), aquilaria (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum, 沉香 chén xiāng), cyperus (Cyperi Rhizoma, 香附子 xiāng fù zǐ), cinnamon twig (Cinnamomi Ramulus, 桂枝 guì zhī), aconite (Aconiti Radix Lateralis Praeparata, 附子 fù zǐ), and clove (Caryophylli Flos, 丁香 dīng xiāng). Use Lesser Galangal and Cyperus Pill (良附丸 liáng fù wán), Evodia Decoction (吴茱萸汤 wú zhū yú tāng), or Clove Powder (丁香散 dīng xiāng sǎn).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on CV and ST. Select CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), and BL-21 (Stomach Transport, 胃俞 wèi shù); needle with supplementation and large amounts of moxa. Compare warming the center and dispersing cold.