Hiccup is called as ＂Yue （retching）＂ and ＂Yue ni＂ in ancientry. Su Wen （ 《素问》 ） says： ＂Disorder of the stomach showing adverse rising of qi with hiccup＂. This symptom can occur alone or be seen in vario...Hiccup is called as ＂Yue （retching）＂ and ＂Yue ni＂ in ancientry. Su Wen （ 《素问》 ） says： ＂Disorder of the stomach showing adverse rising of qi with hiccup＂. This symptom can occur alone or be seen in various diseases. TCM considers hiccup is caused generally by disharmony of middle energizer, adverse rising of stomach qi moving diaphragm, leading to inhibited activity of qi in diaphragm. The authors consider the left ascending and the fight descending in transportation and transformation of qi activity in middle energizer; turbid qi belongs to yin and tends to descend, clear qi belongs to yang and tends to ascend. Turbid qi gets descending and then clear qi ascends, leading to harmony of qi activity and stop of hiccup. The therapeutic method was as follows.展开更多
文摘Hiccup is called as ＂Yue （retching）＂ and ＂Yue ni＂ in ancientry. Su Wen （ 《素问》 ） says： ＂Disorder of the stomach showing adverse rising of qi with hiccup＂. This symptom can occur alone or be seen in various diseases. TCM considers hiccup is caused generally by disharmony of middle energizer, adverse rising of stomach qi moving diaphragm, leading to inhibited activity of qi in diaphragm. The authors consider the left ascending and the fight descending in transportation and transformation of qi activity in middle energizer; turbid qi belongs to yin and tends to descend, clear qi belongs to yang and tends to ascend. Turbid qi gets descending and then clear qi ascends, leading to harmony of qi activity and stop of hiccup. The therapeutic method was as follows.
