What are the Chinese patent medicines for regulating the spleen and stomach? What kind of taste is important but hurts your stomach?

Nowadays, many people's daily diet is relatively nourishing and greasy. Coupled with bad habits such as irregular eating, it is easy to cause damage to our spleen and stomach in the long run. So what are the traditional Chinese medicines for regulating the spleen and stomach?

1. Classification of Chinese medicine for regulating spleen and stomach:

1. For indigestion, Baohe Pills can be used. Common spleen and stomach discomfort is mostly food stagnation in the stomach. Before the onset of the disease, patients often have a history of overeating or unclean diet, which manifests as indigestion symptoms such as food stagnation, belching and sour and rancid gas. The treatment can be based on the principle of digesting food and removing stagnation. Chinese patent medicines such as (added) Baohe Pills, Zhishi Daozhi Pills, Muxiang Binglang Pills, and Binglang Sixiao Pills are more appropriate. Among them, Baohe Pills focus on digesting food and eliminating heat; Jiawei Baohe Pills focus on spleen deficiency, dampness and food stagnation; Zhishi Daozhi Pills focus on food stagnation with damp-heat in the middle.

2. For abdominal bloating, use Xiangsha Hewei Pills. Modern people are under great pressure at work and have irregular diets. When seasons change, spleen and stomach diseases are more likely to occur. For most patients with spleen and stomach disharmony, loss of appetite, abdominal distension and pain, irregular bowel movements caused by weak spleen and stomach and indigestion can be treated with Xiangsha Hewei Pills. This prescription is based on Xiangsha Liujunzi Decoction, combined with traditional Chinese medicines for regulating qi, promoting digestion, and removing dampness. It is effective in strengthening the spleen and appetite, promoting qi circulation and removing stagnation, and has a wide range of applications. However, this medicine is not suitable for patients with obvious symptoms of excess heat such as bad breath, nausea, constipation, red tongue with yellow coating, and patients with yin deficiency such as dry mouth, red tongue with little fluid, and dry stool.

3. For stomachache, use Niuhuang Qingwei Pills. Stomachache is accompanied by increased gastric acid, thirst, preference for cold drinks, dry stool, yellow urine and other symptoms of stomach heat. The treatment can purge fire and clear the stomach. You can use Niuhuang Qingwei Pills, Huanglian Shangqing Tablets, Yiqing Capsules, Xinqingning Tablets, etc. However, this type of medicine should not be used excessively or for a long time. Large amounts of use can easily damage the yang energy of the spleen and stomach, causing physical weakness. If there is no significant improvement after taking it, you should go to the hospital for specialist diagnosis and treatment.

4. For atrophic gastritis, use Morodan. Morodan is suitable for patients with atrophic gastritis. It has more drug components and can be taken for other stomach diseases as long as the symptoms are correct. It mainly plays the role of harmonizing the stomach and relieving counterflow, strengthening the spleen and relieving bloating, unblocking meridians and relieving pain. It can be used for patients with yin deficiency, dampness obstruction, qi stagnation and blood stasis. However, it should not be taken by patients with yang deficiency with symptoms such as qi deficiency and weakness, dull complexion, and cold hands and feet.

2. What kind of Chinese medicine is harmful to the spleen and stomach?

Generally speaking, medicines need to be analyzed according to their four properties, five flavors, rising and falling, and whether they are toxic or non-toxic. The four qualities refer to cold, hot, warm and cool, and the five flavors refer to pungent, sweet, sour, bitter and salty. Among them, bitter and cold medicines are mostly used to clear heat, purge fire and detoxify, but long-term use can easily damage the vitality and the spleen and stomach functions.

For example, the isatis root we take daily has a bitter and cold nature. It is a medicine for clearing away heat and detoxifying. It is more effective for people with strong constitutions and those who are prone to getting angry. However, if the patient has a weak and cold constitution, has a yellow complexion and often suffers from diarrhea, it should not be taken for a long time. Otherwise, its bitter and cold nature will damage the stomach and cause stomach pain, fear of cold, loss of appetite and other symptoms. In addition, most of the popular Chinese herbal preparations for weight loss and beauty on the market contain drugs such as rhubarb. Rhubarb is bitter and cold in nature, and should not be taken for a long time. Otherwise, it will not only damage the spleen and stomach, but also cause black bowel disease, kidney stones and other diseases.