Gastroesophageal reflux cough is a common disease of the respiratory system and a special type of the gastroesophageal reflux disease
which belongs to the category of "gastric cough" in traditional Chinese medicine. Prof.Wang Shuchen takes the disordered spleen and stomach qi activities as the key pathogenesis for this disease
and unsmooth flow of the liver as a trigger. For this reason
key to treatment lies in the regulation of the spleen and stomach qi activities.
Banxia Xiexin
Decoction is used as a basic prescription
in combination with qi-regulating medicinals. Many such patients have been treated this way
all with good effects. This has offered a train of thought for clinical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux cough.
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