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Vomiting is caused by abnormally rising of the stomach-Qi in retrograde fashion and propelling the food in the stomach upward. In a narrower sense, vomiting is the throwing up of food accompanied by sound. Throwing up without sound is called spitting up, and sound without throwing up is called retching.

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Liu, Z. (2009). Vomiting. In: Liu, Z. (eds) Essentials of Chinese Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-596-3_10

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