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 [3] and Bing Lang [4]. 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 [5], Dang Shen [6], Chai Hu [7] and Sheng Ma [8]. 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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