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| Chinese Formula | Actions | Indications | Symptoms related to functional gastrointestinal disorders |
| Yue Ju Wan Escape Restraint Pill; Gardenia-Ligusticum Pill |
Moves Qi; Eliminates stagnation. | Different types of stagnation (Qi, Blood, Heat, Phlegm, and retention of food and fluids). | Acid regurgitation; Belching; Cholecystitis; Chronic gastritis; Duodenal ulcer; Fixed pain in the hypochondrium; Fullness of the abdomen; Fullness of the chest; Functional gastrointestinal disorders; Gallstone; Gastric ulcer; Gastroenteritis; Hepatitis; Intercostal neuralgia; Vomiting; Cough; Dysmenorrhea; Indigestion; Poor appetite; Profuse phlegm; Pale, purplish or purple tongue, slippery or greasy coating; Wiry pulse (Xian). |
| Ban Xia Hou Po Tang Pinellia-Magnolia Decoction |
Moves Qi; Eliminates accumulations; Subdues Rebellious Qi; Transforms Phlegm. | Plum-pit Qi resulting from emotional shock due to circumstances which the patient figuratively cannot swallow. The Qi thereupon becomes constrained and the Lungs and Stomach lose their ability to move the Qi downward. This in turn leads to problems with the transporation and transformation of fluids, which leads to the formation of Phlegm. | Chronic laryngitis; Feeling of something caught in the throat (that can neither be swallowed nor ejected); Functional gastrointestinal disorders; Hysteria; Obstruction of the chest; Obstruction of the hypochondrium; Spasms of the esophagus; Cough; Profuse phlegm; Vomiting; Tongue with greasy-moisty-white coating; Slippery-Wiry pulse (Hua Xian). |
| Si Mo Yin Four Milled-Herb Decoction |
Moves Qi; Eliminates accumulations; Subdues Rebellious Qi; Transforms Phlegm. | Plum-pit Qi resulting from emotional shock due to circumstances which the patient figuratively cannot swallow. The Qi thereupon becomes constrained and the Lungs and Stomach lose their ability to move the Qi downward. This in turn leads to problems with the transporation and transformation of fluids, which leads to the formation of Phlegm. | Chronic laryngitis; Feeling of something caught in the throat (that can neither be swallowed nor ejected); Functional gastrointestinal disorders; Hysteria; Obstruction of the chest; Obstruction of the hypochondrium; Spasms of the esophagus; Cough; Profuse phlegm; Vomiting; Tongue with greasy-moisty-white coating; Slippery-Wiry pulse (Hua Xian). |