Chinese medicines to relieve gastroesophageal reflux include Xiangsha Liujun Pills and Zuojin Pills, etc. The efficacy of these medicines varies from person to person, and there is no such thing as a “special effect medicine”.
1. Xiangsha Liujun Pill: It has the effect of benefiting qi and strengthening the spleen (regulating the qi of the spleen and stomach) and harmonizing the stomach, and it can treat indigestion, belching (hiccups) with little food, dullness (lack of appetite, reduced food intake), distension of the epigastrium (abdomen), nausea and vomiting caused by deficiency of the spleen and stomach qi, dysfunction, nausea, and stagnation of the qi.
This medicine has a better effect on gastroesophageal reflux disease caused by stomach qi rising instead of falling due to spleen deficiency and qi stagnation, but it is used with caution for those who are allergic to the medicine and pregnant women, and those with damp-heat syndrome.
2. Zuo Jin Wan: It has the functions of detoxifying the liver and diarrhea the fire, harmonizing the stomach and relieving pain, and can treat the symptoms of distension and pain in the stomach and epigastric region caused by the liver fire (the fire produced by the liver invades into the stomach), irritability, belching and swallowing of acid (swallowing the acid in the stomach that rushes up to the mouth and pharynx), noisy in the stomach (the stomach has the sensation similar to the feeling of hunger, emptiness with burning heat), uneasiness, vomiting of acid, and bitterness of mouth, etc. This medicine is effective in treating gastroesophageal reflux caused by the liver fire which violates the stomach.
This medicine is useful in the treatment of GERD caused by liver fire in the stomach, but it should be used with caution for those who are allergic to the medicine and those with spleen and stomach deficiency (spleen and stomach weakness and cold), or liver yin insufficiency.
All of the above proprietary Chinese medicines can alleviate the symptoms of GERD, but clinical use of the medicines should be cautious, please go to a regular hospital and take them under the guidance of a physician, so as to avoid delaying the condition.