Weak stomach malign obstruction

Malign obstruction (vomiting in pregnancy) arising from spleen-stomach vacuity. In pregnancy, thoroughfare vessel qì is exuberant and in women suffering from spleen-stomach vacuity, it can impair stomach harmony and downbearing, causing oppression in the stomach duct and abdominal distension, vomiting and reduced food intake, or immediate vomiting of ingested food.

Medicinal therapy: Fortify the spleen and harmonize the stomach; regulate qì and check vomiting. An appropriate formula is Six Gentlemen Decoction (六君子汤 liù jūn zǐ tāng) with the addition of loquat leaf (Eriobotryae Folium, 枇杷叶 pí pá yè), patchouli (Pogostemonis Herba, 藿香 huò xiāng), inula flower (Inulae Flos, 旋覆花 xuán fù huā), amomum (Amomi Fructus, 砂仁 shā rén), and bitter orange (Aurantii Fructus, 枳壳 zhǐ ké).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on CV, PC, SP, and back transport points. Select CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), SP-4 (Yellow Emperor, 公孙 gōng sūn), BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), BL-21 (Stomach Transport, 胃俞 wèi shù), and LR-13 (Camphorwood Gate, 章门 zhāng mén); needle with supplementation.