Stomach Caps
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Therapeutic Actions
- Improves digestion, rids flatulence, relieves abdominal bloating, and soothes acute and chronic gastritis as well as gastric and duodenal ulcer.
- Treats a wide range of chronic digestive disturbances—relieves inflammation, helps eliminate food allergies, and improves absorption of nutrients.
- Can be used symptomatically for motion sickness.
Chinese Therapeutic Effects
- Disperses stagnant Qi
- Dispels food stagnation
- Slightly warming
- Resolves spleen dampness
- Resolves stomach phlegm
Formula Rationale
Stomach Caps, a modification of Ping Wei San (Magnolia and Ginger Formula) a 900-year-old formula to improve stomach functions, relieves stomachache and abdominal bloating with signs of dampness and cold. Magnolia (hou po), tangerine (chen pi), and bai-zhu atractylodes (bai-zhu & cang-zhu) relieve dyspepsia by drying dampness, resolving phlegm, and moving Qi. Ginger (gan jiang) is a key herb for warming the middle burner, and balancing spleen and yang. Licorice (gan cao) tonifies Qi of spleen and harmonizes the formula. Bupleurum (chai hu) invigorates liver Qi and relieves the sinking of middle Qi. Hawthorn (shan zha) promotes digestion and alleviates food stagnation.
Clinical Notes
- Stomach Caps can be useful for abdominal bloating and indigestion caused by overeating.
- Useful for GI irritation from overeating, eating too quickly, erratic eating patterns, poor food combinations.
- Useful for GI inflammation from stress, nervousness, anxiety, and pent-up emotions with chronic contracture of the GI musculature.
- Consider in the treatment of obesity.
Additional Formulas
- For indigestion from overeating and for intestinal flu with diarrhea or when there are no cold signs, use Quiet Digestion or Chzyme.
- For GI inflammation from excessive use of irritating substances alcohol, caffeine, and certain spices consider Quiet Digestion and/or Isatis Cooling, especially with heat signs.
Ingredients
Magnolia bark* (hou po), Tangerine peel* (chen pi), White Atractylodes rhizome (bai zhu), Red Atractylodes rhizome* (cang zhu), Ginger rhizome (gan jiang), Licorice root* (gan cao), Bupleurum root (chai hu), Hawthorn fruit (shan zha); *extract
Other Ingredients: Hypromellose (vegetable cellulose) and rice bran.
Pinyin: Modified Ping Wei San