MEDICINE STICK CURE FOR INDIGESTION OF CHILDREN

Xu Zheng, Zhao Yunshen

(Department of Acupuncture, Hebei Provincial Hospital of TCM, Shi'jiazhuang) ('^Clinic of Shijiazhuang Quarts Class Factory)

Vomiting and diarrhoea were cured by us with the stick application of pills of Chinese medicine in 250 cases with good results. Sex: males 136 cases, females 114 cases, Ages 1-6 months 55 cases, 6 months to 1 year 100 cases, 1 to 3 years 75 cases, 3 to 5 years 15 cases, 5 to 13 years 5 cases. The course of disease; 1 day to 2 years.

Standard of effects: (1) Recovery: bowel movements 1 to 2 times, in yellow colour and in strips, meals taken normally; (2) Improvement: bowel movements reduced but with bad appetite; (3) No effect: the bowel movements no change. The percentage: recovery 180 cases, 72%; improvement, 60 cases, 24%; no effect 8 cases, 3.2%,

Composition and pharmacy: Fructus evodiae, gallnut, lilac bud, magnet, and some borneol and musk. Grind above drugs into powder, screen it evenly, then with borneol and musk make it into paste with oil, then roll into little pills like size of soybeans, stored for later use.

Application, sterilize the point with 75% alcohol, put the pill in the centre of a quarter of a dampness plaster, then stick it on the point. Change every day. 5 times make a course.

Acupoints: For dyspeptics with watery excrement in yellow green color, sour and stinking, with purple finger loops, Zhongwan, Tianshu, Zusanli; For those with thin excrement and who will discharge immediately after meals, finger loops light, spleen and kidney'Yang weak, Zhongwan, Zusanii, Guanyuan, Shenshu, Pishu; additional Neiguan, for those mild vomiting.

Discussion, This method stimulates certain points with medicine, mediating the spleen and kidney, easing the intestines, invigorating the function of the spleen and stopping loose bowels, regulating the flow of vital energy and dispel distension, thus strengthening the digesting function of stomach and the intestines. So vomiting and diarrhea is overcome as a result,