Yigui Tongyuan Drink for Liver Disease and Shashen Maidong Tang for Stomach Disease 1999.2.5

Yigui Tongyuan Drink for Liver Disease and Shashen Maidong Tang for Stomach Disease 1999.2.5

For epigastric pain (chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers), I previously relied on Xiangsha Liujunzi Tang combined with Banxia Xiexin Tang, adding Zhishi, Baishao, Shenglonggu, and Oyster Shell, which proved effective. In recent years, however, I’ve found that Ye’s Stomach-Nourishing Soup, adjusted as needed, works even faster. According to research, Ye’s Stomach-Nourishing Soup consists of Glehnia littoralis, Ophiopogon japonicus, Polygonatum odoratum, Dendrobium candidum, Mulberry leaves, and Broad beans, with added Salvia miltiorrhiza, Aucklandia lappa, Amomum kravanh, Baishao, Zhishi, Atractylodes macrocephala, Shenglonggu, Oyster Shell, and Sepia Officinalis—a formula with excellent clinical efficacy.

Yigui Tongyuan Drink is a secret recipe presented by veteran TCM doctor Wang Ruolan at Nantong Municipal Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, based on Liu Zhou Yi Huo Jian, with the addition of He Shou Wu, Turtle Shell, Oyster Shell, and Safflower. The first half of Liu Zhou Yi Huo Jian happens to be Glehnia littoralis, Ophiopogon japonicus, Polygonatum odoratum, and Dendrobium candidum, indicating that Liu Zhou Yi Huo Jian treats both liver and stomach, just like Yigui Tongyuan Drink. The stomach-related herbs in this formula are Glehnia littoralis, Ophiopogon japonicus, Polygonatum odoratum, and Dendrobium candidum.

My father often used this formula to treat stomach ailments, believing it, together with Xiangsha Liujunzi Tang, forms a pair of effective remedies for balancing yin and yang deficiencies, crucial for treating stomach problems. Other formulas currently used for stomach treatment include Danshen Yin, San Shu Wu Wu Pu Huang Rou, Zhishi Dai Dang Ling Dan, Wu Di Huang Liang Xiang, Shi Xiao San, 204 Stomach Medicine, Wu Ma Jin Gan Huo Xiao Xiao, Bai He Fei Fei Guo Cao Ke, and Ge Xia Zhu Yu Tang. All these formulas are blood-circulating and blood-stasis-removing agents, demonstrating the great efforts our ancestors made in this area. They also show that when the disease enters the late stage, stubborn pain is indeed a sign of blood stasis. For example, 504 Stomach Medicine contains Yanhu Suo, and Wu Ma He Ji contains dried lacquer—this is precisely the principle behind it.