Hiccough E Ni

Question 1

Deep, slow and forceful hiccough, Milder with warmth and more severe with cold, epigastric discomfort, without apparent thirst.
Tongue: moist white coating
Pulse: tardy or slow, forceful

Answer 1

Stomach Cold
Ding Xiang Shi Di tang
(Clove and Persimmon Decoction)
Ren12, LI4, PC6, ST36, UB17

Question 2

Loud clear hiccough, halitosis, irritability, thirst with preference for cold fluids, dark scanty urine, constipation.
Tongue: yellow coating
Pulse: rapid, slippery

Answer 2

Effulgent Stomach Fire
Zhu Ye Shi Gao Tang
(Bamboo Leaf and Gypsum Decoction)
UB17, Ren12, ST36, PC6, ST44

Question 3

Hiccough brought on or worsened by emotional stress, with distention and pain in the chest and hypochondrium, reduced food intake, borborygmus and flatulence.
Tongue: Thin coating
Pulse: Wiry, forceless

Answer 3

Liver Qi Stagnation
Wu Mo Yin Zi
(Five Milled Ingredients Drink)
Ren12, UB17, PC6, ST36, Ren17, LIV3, LIV14

Question 4

Low, weak hiccough that interferes with respiration, pale complexion, lack of warmth of the limbs, heaviness and fatigue, low food intake.
Tongue: pale with white coating
Pulse: deep, thready, weak

Answer 4

Spleen and Stomach Yang vacuity
Li Zhong Tang
(Center-Rectifying Decoction)
Ren12, PC6, ST36, UB17, Ren6

Question 5

Fast and abrupt hiccough, irritability, uneasiness, dry mouth.
Tongue: dry, red with cracked surface in some cases.
Pulse: rapid, thready

Answer 5

Stomach Yin Vacuity
Yi wei Tang
(Stomach-Boosting Decoction)
Ren12, PC6, ST36, UB17, KD3, SP6