Nausea & Vomiting



Picture Neue Artznei und Practicierbuchlin, Bock, 1551


Western Tradition

Nausea
1. Infusion of Ginger (Ginger tea) is the most useful first line of treatment for simple Nausea. If it needs to be stronger, boil it a little.

Syrup Preventing Nausea and Vomiting
Peptic Powder
Powder for Digestion (Riverius)
Electuary of Ginger (Dia Zingiber) (Nicholas)
Pills of Zedoary (Unani)
Avipattikara Churna (Ayurveda)


Stop Vomiting
1. Take a little piece of Aloe in Cold water before eating and it will prevent Vomiting.
2. Lemon seed beaten with Honey and taken (Siddha)
3. Ginger, Cardamon, Orange peel
4. Cumin seed (4 grams), Cardamon (2 grams) prepare a decoction.

5. Cardamon, Aloeswood, Aniseed for Hiccup, Nausea, Vomiting and loss of apopetite from Cold (Secrets of Alexis)
6. Severe vomiting, take Sulphur and Deer Horn powder (equal parts), powder and give in a soft egg and it will stop the vomiting. (The Secrets of Alexis, 1615)

Syrup of Mint
Syrup of Mint Compound 

Syrup of Vinegar
Syrup Preventing Nausea and Vomiting
Tincture of Mastic
Quince Confected
Electuary of Quince
Aromatic Clove Powder (Aromaticum Caryophyllatam)
Aromatic Rose Powder (Aromaticum Rosatum)
New Rose Powder (Rosata Nouvelle) (Nicholas)

Pills of Zedoary (Unani)
Troches of Frankincense
Diaphoenicum Plaster
Oil of Mint

Costus 6 Powder (Ru rta drug pa)
Licorice 6 (Shing mngar drug pa) (Tibetan) 


Vomiting from Heat / Bile
Syrup of Apple
Syrup of Water Lily flower

Syrup Preventing Nausea and Vomiting
Rob of Currants
Rob of Barberries
Rob of Sumach
Rob of Mulberry

Rob of Pomegranate
Powder for Vomiting from Heat 
Powder for Vomiting from Bile
Troches Ramich (Mesue)


Vomiting from Cold
Peptic Powder
Powder for the Stomach (Universale)
Powder for the Stomach (Mylius)
Powder of Cinnamon Compound (Mesue)
Powder of Cumin Greater (Nicholas)
Powder of Three Peppers (Diatrion Piperion) (Mesue)
Species Incisa (Augustine Pharmacopoeia)
Electuary of Calamint (Galen)
Electuary of Cumin (Diacyminum) Mesue


Vomiting from Phlegm
Syrup of Calamint

Powder for Vomiting from Phlegm
Electuary of Quince with Spices
Avipattikara Churna (Ayurveda)
Costus 6 Powder (Ru rta drug pa)
Licorice 6 (Shing mngar drug pa) (Tibetan) 


Vomiting from Phlegm and Bile
Powder for Vomiting from Phlegm and Bile (1)
Powder for Vomiting from Phlegm and Bile (2)
Avipattikara Churna (Ayurveda)

TCM Classification

Acute External Attack on the Stomach
External Pathogens may be Heat, Heat and Damp, or Damp; acute nausea and vomiting, fever, abdominal pain, maybe with Diarrhea, malaise. Symptoms differ with pathogen involved.
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Shui
Po Chai Pills

Yin Qiao San


Cold-Damp in the Stomach
Poor appetite, fullness, heaviness, sweet taste, pale face and tongue
Ping Wei San
Liang Fu Wan
Wu Zhu Yu Tang
Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang


Food Stagnation
acute nausea and vomiting (usually after a big meal), vomiting undigested food, epigastric and abdominal distension, fullness, belching, bad breath.
Bao He Wan
Costus 6 Powder (Ru rta drug pa) (Tibetan)


Phlegm-Damp
nausea, vomiting, abdominal fullness, fatigue, lethargy, dizziness, excess mucus, thick tongue coating
Liu Jun Zi Tang
Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang

Er Chen Tang
Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang


Stomach Heat
Burning stomach pain, thirst, hunger, bad breath, red tongue with a yellow coat
Qing Wei San


Liver Qi Attacks Stomach
recurrent, chronic vomiting (aggravated by stress), vomiting of bile, nausea, acid reflux, sour belching, poor appetite, heartburn, fullness in the chest, irritability, irregular menstruation.
Ban Xia Hou Po Tang
Liu Jun Zi Tang
Si Ni San

Yue Ju Wan
Zuo Jin Wan


Cold and Weak Spleen and Stomach
chronic nausea or vomiting, pale complexion, lethargy, fatigue, poor appetite, indigestion, craves sweet food, epigastric distension, loose stools, pale tongue and a weak pulse
Li Zhong Wan
Liu Jun Zi Tang
Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang



Stomach Yin Deficiency
chronic mild nausea, dry mouth, poor appetite, constipation, cracks on the tongue.
Mai Men Dong Tang