Make both ascending qi of spleen and descending qi of stomach into consideration. Spleen governs ascending clear qi, prefers dryness to dampness; stomach governs harmony and descending; both of them are opposite and supplementary to each, and coordinate to each other. “Spleen gets strength by ascending spleen qi, while stomach gets harmoniousâ€. The stomach disease can cause disorder of ascending and descending, and the clinical syndromes are dizziness, abdominal distention, indigestion, borborygmus, loose stools, etc, these syndromes of non-ascending of spleen qi, and followed with hiccup, belching, constipation and abdominal distention, etc, these syndromes of non-descending of stomach qi. For the non-ascending of spleen qi, the main treatment is raising clear qi, nevertheless, descend the stomach qi when treat spleen with Zhi Ke, Zhi Shi and Bing Lang. For the loosing of stomach qi descending, the treatment should be opening and descending in main, nevertheless, consider treating spleen. Ascend the spleen qi when treat stomach with Huang Qi, Dang Shen, Chai Hu and Sheng Ma. Thus, the functions of spleen and stomach get harmonious, and ascending and descending get normal, however, draw a clear distinction between heavy and light to hold the yardstick of regulating ascending and descending.
Key words: spleen and stomach diseases
Writer: Fengying Zhao
Xiangyang hospital, Tanggu district, Tainjin (300451)
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