TRADITIONAL INTERNAL MEDICINE – DISEASES & FORMULAS

Nausea & Vomiting

Neue Artznei und Practicierbuchlin, Bock, 1551

Nausea and Vomiting may come from various causes, some of the major ones include:

1. Acute: caused by irritation, food poisoning or an acute gastrointestinal virus
2. Stomach Cold: Coldness of the Stomach inhibits digestion
3. Stomach Heat: Heat drives the Stomach contents upwards
4. Phlegm: obstructs the movement of Food causing it to be expelled
5. Phlegm-Bile:
6. Pregnancy, etc.

To strengthen the Stomach after Heat (Bile) Vomiting, Syrup of Quince, Syrup of Sour Pomegranate, and Conserve of Roses are useful.

Cupping Glasses can be applied to the Back and Navel.

Western Tradition

Nausea

1. Infusion of Ginger (Ginger tea) is the most useful first line of treatment for simple Nausea. If it needs to be stronger, boil it a little.

Syrup Preventing Nausea and Vomiting
Peptic Powder
Powder for Digestion (Riverius)
Electuary of Ginger (Dia Zingiber) (Nicholas)
Pills of Zedoary (Unani)
Avipattikara Churna (Ayurveda)

Stop Vomiting

1. Take a little piece of Aloe in Cold water before eating and it will prevent Vomiting.
2. “Some few Grains of the best Mastic, taken in the Morning, is good to stay Vomiting”. (The Practice of Physick. Riverius et al., 1663)
3. Lemon seed beaten with Honey and taken (Siddha)
4. Quince juice taken in doses of 2–3 spoonfuls.
5. Ginger, Cardamon, Orange peel
6. Cumin seed (4 grams), Cardamon (2 grams) prepare a decoction.
7. Cardamon, Aloeswood, Aniseed for Hiccup, Nausea, Vomiting and loss of apopetite from Cold (Secrets of Alexis)
8. A little Camphor taken in Rose water.
9. Severe vomiting, take Sulphur and Deer Horn powder (equal parts), powder and give in a soft egg and it will stop the vomiting. (The Secrets of Alexis, 1615)

Syrup of Mint
Syrup of Vinegar
Syrup Preventing Nausea and Vomiting
Tincture of Mastic
Quince Confected
Electuary of Quince
Aromatic Clove Powder (Aromaticum Caryophyllatam)
Aromatic Rose Powder (Aromaticum Rosatum)
New Rose Powder (Rosata Nouvelle) (Nicholas)
Pills of Zedoary (Unani)
Troches of Frankincense
Diaphoenicum Plaster
Oil of Mint
Costus 6 Powder (Ru rta drug pa)
Licorice 6 (Shing mngar drug pa) (Tibetan)

TCM Classification

Acute External Attack on the Stomach

External Pathogens may be Heat, Heat and Damp, or Damp; acute nausea and vomiting, fever, abdominal pain, maybe with Diarrhea, malaise. Symptoms differ with pathogen involved.
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Shui
Po Chai Pills
Yin Qiao San

Cold-Damp in the Stomach

Poor appetite, fullness, heaviness, sweet taste, pale face and tongue
Ping Wei San
Liang Fu Wan
Wu Zhu Yu Tang
Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang

Food Stagnation

acute nausea and vomiting (usually after a big meal), vomiting undigested food, epigastric and abdominal distension, fullness, belching, bad breath.
Bao He Wan
Costus 6 Powder (Ru rta drug pa) (Tibetan)

Phlegm-Damp

nausea, vomiting, abdominal fullness, fatigue, lethargy, dizziness, excess mucus, thick tongue coating
Liu Jun Zi Tang
Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang
Er Chen Tang
Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang

Stomach Heat

Burning stomach pain, thirst, hunger, bad breath, red tongue with a yellow coat
Qing Wei San

Liver Qi Attacks Stomach

recurrent, chronic vomiting (aggravated by stress), vomiting of bile, nausea, acid reflux, sour belching, poor appetite, heartburn, fullness in the chest, irritability, irregular menstruation.
Ban Xia Hou Po Tang
Liu Jun Zi Tang
Si Ni San
Yue Ju Wan
Zuo Jin Wan

Cold and Weak Spleen and Stomach

chronic nausea or vomiting, pale complexion, lethargy, fatigue, poor appetite, indigestion, craves sweet food, epigastric distension, loose stools, pale tongue and a weak pulse
Li Zhong Wan
Liu Jun Zi Tang
Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang

Stomach Yin Deficiency

chronic mild nausea, dry mouth, poor appetite, constipation, cracks on the tongue.
Mai Men Dong Tang

Special Formulas

VOMITING FROM BILE
    Aloe washed in
      Rose water                      3 drams
    Rhubarb                             1 dram
    Mastic
    Red Sandalwood
    Red Cora                            1 scruple ea.
Make pills with Syrup of Rose Solutive.
Dose: ½–1 dram every second day.

ANOTHER:
    Rhubarb                             1 dram
    Yellow Myrobalan            1 scruple
    Tabasheer
    Deer horned shaved        6 grains ea.

AFTER PURGING USE THIS IF THERE IS EXCESS HEAT
    Sour Pomegranate juice 6 oz.
    Mint juice clarified            2 oz.
    Sorrel Water                      1 pint
    White Sugar                      ½ pound
While boiling add a Clout of Sandalwood, Rose and Tabasheer. Form a Julep, take 4 ounces morning and night.

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