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Warming the stomach and fortifying the center

温胃健中 〔溫胃健中〕 wēn wèi jiàn zhōng

A method of treatment used to address stomach qì vacuity cold with dull stomach duct pain that lessens after eating, vomiting of clear water, diarrhea, pale tongue, and fine pulse.

Medicinal therapy: A representative stomach-warming center-fortifying formula is Astragalus Center-Fortifying Decoction (黄芪建中汤 huáng qí jiàn zhōng tāng). For pronounced cold, cooked aconite (Aconiti Radix Lateralis Conquita, 熟附子 shú fù zǐ), dried ginger (Zingiberis Rhizoma, 干姜 gān jiāng), evodia (Evodiae Fructus, 吴茱萸 wú zhū yú), lesser galangal (Alpiniae Officinarum Rhizoma, 高良姜 gāo liáng jiāng), and aquilaria (Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum, 沉香 chén xiāng) can be used to dispel cold.

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on CV, back transport points, and ST. Select CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi), CV-4 (Pass Head, 关元 guān yuán), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), and BL-21 (Stomach Transport, 胃俞 wèi shù); needle with supplementation and large amounts of moxa.

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