To summarize Professor ZHU Zongyuan's clinical experience in treating neck-stomach syndrome with

Tongzhi Mixture

（通治方合剂）. Neck-stomach syndrome is a group of clinical syndromes with both symptoms of cervical spondylosis and gastrointestinal symptoms. The disease is located in the neck and stomach， with channels and collaterals obstruction of neck as the root cause and stomach failing to harmonize and descend as the manifestation. It is advocated t

hat the treatment of cervical spondylosis symptoms could be guided by meridian theory in clinic， with self-prescribed

Jingzhui Tongbi Formula

（颈椎通痹方） to unblock the collaterals and relieve convulsion； gastrointestinal symptoms are mostly seen in stomach failing to harmonize and descend and cold-heat in complexity of gastric disease， commonly used

Banxia Xiexin Decoction

（半夏泻心汤） with the idea of acrid medicinals open and bitter medicinals direct things downward， regulating cold and heat together， and harmonizing the stomach and directing counterflow

qi

downward. On this basis， it is stressed that neck-stomach syndrome should treat the root and manifestation simultaneously， treat neck and stomach together， combine

Jingzhui Tongbi Formula

with

Banxia Xiexin Decoction

into

Tongzhi Mixture

， and advocate using small doses of herbs， applying herb-pairs flexibly， in order to play a synergistic effect or reduce the toxicity of medications.