Remedies for 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: strange food, unsuitable food; nervous tension; wood overcomes earth too strongly; spleen and stomach qi are not 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 burner, 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 fang sam, 16g of white atractylodes, and 12g of licorice. Boil and drink 1 dose every 2 days, 2 times a day after meals.

Recipe 2: Cassia seed (fried until golden) 16g, black jujube seed 20g, processed peony root 16g, white poria 10g, pinellia ternata 10g, magnolia bark 10g, tangerine peel 12g, Chinese clematis 8g, white poria 20g, lotus seed 20g, longan 16g, Chinese ginseng 16g, 5 jujubes, licorice 12g. 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: Patients belch, feel nauseous or vomit, have bloating, intermittent or continuous pain, gas in the middle intestine flows back, epigastric region is full and uncomfortable... Use one of the following remedies:

Recipe 1: 16g perilla, 16g five-color plant (fried until golden brown and ground), 12g Chinese skullcap, 15g astragalus, 16g Chinese yam, 16g sea bean, 10g Chinese clematis root, 10g tangerine peel, 16g white atractylodes (fried until golden brown and 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 white atractylodes, 12g of Chinese clematis root, 10g of licorice, 16g of fang sam, 8g of Chinese clematis root, 10g of pinellia, 4g of ginger, 16g of five-color plant (roasted until golden and buried in the ground), 12g of white poria, 12g of processed fo-ti, and 12g of roasted ginseng 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, fullness in the chest and ribs, belching, heartburn, the patient feels uncomfortable, frustrated, the spleen and stomach qi cannot flow, the patient has loss of appetite, 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, drink 2 times a day, morning and afternoon, drink before meals.

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

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