Tonifying the Middle to Augment Qi
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CORE DEFINITION
Founded by Li Dongyuan. It holds that many diseases (including fever and prolapse) are due to deficiency of spleen and stomach qi, which fails to lift clear yang. Treatment does not target the lesion but heavily uses Astragalus to lift middle qi. Scaffold role: lifting the foundation. When the house collapses (visceral ptosis, rectal prolapse, myasthenia gravis), one does not pull the roof but injects grout into the foundation (spleen and stomach) to lift the house. This is the reverse thinking of 'sweet and warm eliminating high fever'.
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Lifting the foundation. When the house collapses (visceral ptosis, rectal prolapse, myasthenia gravis), one does not pull the roof but injects grout into the foundation (spleen and stomach) to lift the house. This is the reverse thinking of 'sweet and warm eliminating high fever'.
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Buzhong Yiqi Decoction originates from 'Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach', using Astragalus and ginseng to strengthen the spleen and lift yang, treating spleen-stomach qi deficiency and sinking of middle qi.
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