Medicine for treating gastroesophageal reflux

Gastroesophageal reflux is the reflux of gastric juice into the esophagus, mainly due to increased stimulation disorders in the digestive tract.

There are many causes of gastroesophageal reflux: Due to strange food, unsuitable food; due to nervous tension; due to wood overcoming earth too strongly; due to spleen and stomach qi not being balanced... Oriental medicine has many remedies for each condition:

Gastroesophageal reflux due to nervous tension (stress): Nervous tension affects the physiological function of the spleen and stomach, causing pain in the epigastric region, belching, heartburn, gas reflux in the middle gastrointestinal tract, pressure in the chest and epigastric region accompanied by difficulty breathing, poor appetite, sluggish digestion, bloating... Use one of the following remedies:

Recipe 1: 16g each of Chinese yam, lotus seed, and rehmannia root, 20g of black jujube seed, 12g of polygala root, 10g of processed pinellia ternata, 16g of achyranthes root, 12g of tangerine peel, 10g of poria cocos, 20g of Chinese clematis root, 16g of white atractylodes macrocephala, and 12g of licorice. Boil and drink 1 dose every 2 days, 2 times a day after meals.

Recipe 2: 16g roasted cassia seed, 20g black jujube seed, 16g processed motherwort, 10g white poria, 10g pinellia, 10g magnolia bark, 12g tangerine peel, 8g poria, 20g white poria, 20g lotus seed, 16g longan, 16g ginseng, 5 jujubes, 12g licorice. Boil and drink 1 dose every 2 days, 2 times a day after meals.

Lotus seeds and longan are two medicinal herbs for treating esophageal reflux.
due to unsuitable food

Gastroesophageal reflux due to strange food, unsuitable food: The patient belches, feels nauseous or vomits, has bloating, intermittent or continuous pain, gas in the middle part of the body flows back, the epigastric region feels full and uncomfortable... Use one of the following remedies:

Recipe 1: 16g perilla, 16g five-color plant (fried until golden brown and then ground), 12g Chinese skullcap, 15g astragalus, 16g Chinese yam, 16g sea bean, 10g Chinese cinnamon bark, 10g tangerine peel, 16g white atractylodes (fried until golden brown and then ground), 12g angelica, 16g ginseng, 16g bitter leaf, 12g piper lolot, 4g raw wallflower. Boil and drink 1 dose every 2 days, 2 times a day after meals.

Recipe 2: 16g each of Chinese yam, lotus seed, and Acanthopanax, 20g of perilla, 16g of Atractylodes Rhizome, 12g of Chinese clematis root, 10g of licorice, 16g of Chinese clematis root, 8g of Chinese clematis root, 10g of Pinellia ternata, 4g of ginger, 16g of five-color plant (roasted until golden and buried in the ground), 12g of Poria cocos, 12g of processed Fo-ti, and 12g of roasted Polyscias fruticosa leaves. Boil and drink 1 dose every 2 days, 2 times a day after meals.

Gastroesophageal reflux due to the wood of the liver and the earth of the spleen being too strong: Pain in the epigastric region, increased peristalsis in the stomach, chest and rib distention, belching, heartburn, the patient feels uncomfortable and frustrated, the spleen and stomach qi cannot flow, the patient has anorexia and insomnia. Treatment: replenish the earth, calm the liver, and regulate the qi. Use one of the following formulas:

Recipe 1: Gotu kola 20g, white peony 12g, gardenia fruit 10g, red peony bark 12g, corn silk 12g, plantago 16g, pinellia 10g, magnolia bark 10g, atractylodes 16g, angelica 16g, tangerine peel 10g, licorice 16g, Chinese yam 16g, lotus seed 16g. Boil and drink 1 dose every 2 days, 2 times a day, morning and afternoon, before meals.

Recipe 2: 20g each of mulberry leaves, plantago, and gotu kola, 16g of eclipta, 12g of white peony, 10g of Chinese clematis root, 10g of Magnolia bark, 10g of Pinellia ternata, 16g of Chinese yam, 16g of Chinese ginseng, 16g of angelica root, 16g of Atractylodes macrocephala, 16g of black jujube seed, 8g of Chinese clematis root, 12g of rehmannia root, 10g of tangerine peel, and 12g of licorice root. Boil and drink 1 dose every 2 days, 2 times a day before meals.

According to Traditional Medicine Practitioner Thanh Ngoc - Health & Life - NT