Which Medication for Indigestion?
(1) External Wind-Cold Invasion with Internal Food Accumulation
Symptom Characteristics:
Lack of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, accompanied by fever, chills, headache, and body aches. Recommended Chinese patent medicine: Wushicha Granules.
(2) Undigested Food Accumulation
Symptom Characteristics: Stagnant food accumulation, fullness in the chest and abdomen, belching with sour odor, loss of appetite. Recommended Chinese patent medicine: Dasha Zhan Wan, Jia Wei Baohe Wan.
(3) External Summer Heat-Damp Invasion with Internal Cold Injury
Symptom Characteristics: Poor digestion of old food in summer, chest tightness, poor appetite, abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, accompanied by chills, fever, and headache. Recommended Chinese patent medicine: Liuhe Dingzhong Wan.
(4) Dampness Obstructing Qi Flow
Symptom Characteristics: Poor appetite, belching, chest and epigastric fullness, distension and pain in the abdomen, nausea, greasy tongue coating. Recommended Chinese patent medicine: Mu Xiang Shunqi Wan.
(5) Spleen Deficiency with Qi Stagnation
Symptom Characteristics: Lack of appetite, inability to sense hunger or satiety, fullness and distension in the epigastrium, loose stools. Recommended Chinese patent medicine: Xiangsha Zhishi Wan.
(6) Disharmony between Spleen and Stomach
Symptom Characteristics: Poor digestion of food, stomach pain, excessive gastric acid. Recommended Chinese patent medicine: Weide'an Tablets.
(7) Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency
Symptom Characteristics: Reduced food intake, loose stools, poor appetite, fatigue and weakness.
Recommended Chinese patent medicine: Shenling Baizhu Capsules.
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