What are the herbs for a bad stomach?

Bad stomach is categorized into stomach qi deficiency, stomach yang deficiency and stomach yin deficiency. For stomach qi deficiency, you can take Radix Codonopsis pilosulae and Chinese yam, etc. For stomach yang deficiency, you can take dried ginger, and for stomach yin deficiency, you can take Radix et Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori and Herba Leonurus Maitake. 1. Radix Codonopsis pilosulae has the effects of strengthening the spleen and lungs (strengthening the functions of the spleen and lungs), nourishing blood and generating fluids. It is used for spleen and lung qi deficiency, poor appetite and tiredness, cough and asthma, deficiency of qi and blood, and yellowish complexion (yellowish color without luster). It is not suitable to be used with quinoa. 2. Chinese yam has the effect of nourishing the spleen, nourishing the stomach, generating fluid and benefiting the lungs, nourishing the kidney and astringing the essence. It is used for spleen deficiency with little food, prolonged diarrhea, lung deficiency with asthma and cough, kidney deficiency with spermatorrhea, dyspareunia, frequent urination, deficiency heat and thirst. Bran-fried Yam tonifies the spleen and strengthens the stomach. It is used for spleen deficiency with little food, diarrhea and loose stools (thin and unformed stools). Dampness in the fullness or solid evil, stagnation is prohibited. 3. Dried ginger has the effects of warming the middle Jiao, dispersing cold (dispersing cold by warming the spleen and stomach), restoring yang and clearing the veins, warming the lungs and resolving the fluid (promoting the flow of stagnant fluid by warming the lungs). It is used in treating cold pain in the epigastrium (feeling cold and painful in the stomach and abdomen), and wheezing and coughing with cold drinks. It is contraindicated in cases of yin deficiency, internal heat and blood heat. 4. Radix Panax Quinquefolium, with the effects of nourishing yin and clearing the lungs (getting rid of lung-heat by nourishing the fluid in the lungs), benefiting the stomach and generating fluids. It is used for coughing with lung heat, coughing with phlegm and blood from labor, and deficiency of stomach yin. It is not suitable to be used together with Veratrum. 5. Maitong, with the effect of nourishing yin and generating fluids, moisturizing the lung and clearing the heart. It is used for lung dryness and cough, Yin deficiency and consumptive cough, and thirst. If there is any manifestation of poor stomach, clinicians should be consulted and medication should be prescribed.