What kind of Chinese medicine to take for bloating and farting



Abdominal distension farts are mostly caused by spleen deficiency and dietary inactivity, or qi stagnation. The treatment is to strengthen the spleen, eliminate food, move qi and neutralize the middle, you can take wood fragrant and smooth qi pill, baohe pill and other proprietary Chinese medicines.

1. Muxiang Shunqi Pill is a kind of proprietary Chinese medicine, which is composed of Muxiang, Sha Ren, Xiangsui, Chenpi, Citrus aurantium, Houpu, etc. It has the efficacy of promoting qi and strengthening the spleen, resolving dampness and harmonizing the stomach, and is mainly used for the treatment of epigastric distension and fullness, nausea and vomiting, and lack of desire to eat and drink, etc., which are caused by the discordance and stagnation of qi between the spleen and the stomach.

Adverse reactions and contraindications are not clear. Use with caution in pregnant women. This medicine is composed of aromatic and dry products, and should be used with caution in cases of yin deficiency such as dry mouth and tongue, and feeling of heat in the palms and feet.

2. Baohe Pill is composed of hawthorn, Shenquan, Lycopodium, Pinellia, Poria, etc. It can regulate qi and harmonize the stomach, eliminate food and stagnation, and is mainly used for treating gastric and abdominal plumpness (stomach fullness and discomfort) caused by food stagnation (indigestion of food and its accumulation in the stomach), abdominal distension and abdominal pain, belching of putrefaction and swallowing acid (swallowing of acid in the stomach which is upwardly charged to the mouth and pharynx), vomiting and vomiting of bad food, or yat qi (farting), etc. It should not be taken at the same time when taking the medicine.

It is not advisable to take tonic Chinese medicine at the same time.

The specific selection of the above medicines is recommended to be best carried out under the guidance of a professional physician, symptomatic treatment, evidence-based treatment.