Harmonize: Stomach & Intestines

Question 1

Ban Jia Xie Xin Tang (Pinellia decoction to drain the epigastrium)

Answer 1

Indication: Pi syndrome due to stomach and intestines disharmony

• little or no pain
• drank vomiting
• reduces appetite

P: Wiry, rapid
T: Thin, yellow/greasy

• Ban xia
• Huang lian
• Huang qin
• Gan jiang
• Ren shen
• Da zao
• Zhi gan cao

Question 2

Gan Cao Xie Xin Tang (Licorice decoction to drain the epigastrium)

Answer 2

Indication: Pi syndrome due to stomach cold accumulation; Hu Hua (fox delusion)

• indigestive food in stool
• throat or oral white mucous

P: Wiry, rapid w/ forceless
T: Pale, yellow/greasy

• Zhi gan cao
• Huang qin
• Gan jiang
• Ban Xia
• Huang lian
• Ren shen
• Da zao