1. The bitter taste of the good medicine is good for the sick coptis chinensis
As the saying goes, "A dumb person can't tell if he eats coptis chinensis." That is to say the taste of this medicine. In Compendium of Materia Medica, it is also recorded that Coptis chinensis is bitter and cold. If it is used to reduce fire and dry dampness, the middle disease will be stopped.
(1) What are the main functions of Coptis chinensis?
It is a medicine for clearing heat and drying dampness. Clearing away heat and dampness, purging fire and detoxifying. Used for damp-heat fullness, vomiting, acid swallowing, diarrhea, jaundice, dizziness due to high fever, hyperactivity of heart fire, insomnia, vomiting due to blood heat, red eyes, toothache, thirst quenching, carbuncle swelling and furuncle; External treatment of eczema, wet sores, ear canal pus.
(2) The classic drug containing coptis chinensis is:
Huanglian Shangqing Tablet: In this Chinese patent medicine, Huanglian is the monarch drug. Its main functions are clearing away heat, relaxing bowels, dispelling wind and relieving pain. This medicine is most suitable for people with excessive stomach fire, but it is mainly aimed at the symptoms of wind-fire attack, that is, burning eyes, toothache, sores on the mouth and tongue, sore throat and other symptoms, and its efficacy mainly emphasizes the word "up".
In addition, patients with short and red urine, constipation or constipation caused by excessive stomach fire can also take this medicine appropriately.
(3) Whether the hypotensive powder containing Rhizoma Coptidis can be taken for a long time
It is basically not recommended to take the medicine containing Rhizoma Coptidis for a long time. For example, Huanglian Shangqing tablets are mostly bitter and cold medicines. Therefore, when recommending gunpowder to customers, it is not recommended to recommend this medicine to the elderly or children with weak spleen and stomach.
In addition to Coptis chinensis, it also contains drugs for purging fire, such as Radix et Rhizoma Rhei and Scutellariae Radix. Therefore, people with weak spleen and stomach (specifically, diarrhea at ordinary times) should avoid taking this drug for a long time to prevent yin injury due to bitter cold.
Xiao Bian reminds: Although the name of Shuanghuanglian Oral Liquid appears "Huanglian", it does not contain Huanglian. Its main components are honeysuckle, scutellaria baicalensis and forsythia suspensa.
2. Li Shizhen's life-saving medicine Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi
Speaking of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, we have to talk about a folklore about Li Shizhen. According to legend, when Li Shizhen was 16 years old, he suffered from an acute illness and a persistent cough. After trying Bupleurum, Ophiopogon japonicus, Schizonepeta and other drugs to clear away heat and relieve exterior symptoms, he still could not relieve his symptoms. Just as Li Shizhen's whole family was at a loss, a Taoist priest from afar said after taking Xiaozhen's pulse: Just take 3 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, add two cups of water, fry for one cup, and you can recover after taking it for half a month. "Since then, according to the Taoist priest's medication advice, Xiaozhen has achieved immediate results after taking the medicine.
From then on, Li Shizhen was deeply impressed by the profoundness of China's medicine, and praised Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, who saved his life.
(1) What is the main function of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi?
It is a medicine for clearing heat and eliminating dampness. Purging excess fire, removing damp heat, stopping bleeding and preventing miscarriage. It can be used for treating polydipsia due to strong heat, cough due to lung heat, dysentery due to damp-heat diarrhea, jaundice, heat stranguria, vomiting, epistaxis, collapse, leakage, redness and swelling of eyes, restless fetal movement, carbuncle and furuncle.
(2) The classic medicine containing Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi is:
Answer: Compound Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi tablets: clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood and reducing swelling. Used for sore throat, sore mouth, cold and fever, carbuncle and sore. The main ingredients are Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, Polygonum cuspidatum, Andrographis paniculata and Mahonia.
Longdan Xiegan Pill: clearing liver and gallbladder, and benefiting damp-heat. Used for damp-heat in liver and gallbladder, dizziness, red eyes, tinnitus and deafness, hypochondriac pain, bitter taste, red urine and damp-heat leukorrhagia. The main ingredients are Radix Gentianae, Radix Bupleuri, Scutellariae Radix, Fructus Gardeniae (parched), Alismatis Rhizoma, Caulis Akebiae, Semen Plantaginis (parched with salt), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (parched with wine), Radix Rehmanniae and Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata.
Xiao Bian reminds: Longdan Xiegan Pill has a peculiar effect in treating bitter taste, dizziness and damp-heat caused by damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder, but because of its component Akebia Akebia, it has strong nephrotoxicity, and it can directly damage the human kidney if taken too much. Therefore, attention should be paid to controlling the dosage of this medicine.
3. Purging kidney fire Cortex Phellodendri
Seeking Truth in Materia Medica says, "Cortex Phellodendri purges kidney fire greatly, and clears damp evil in bladder". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Cortex Phellodendri is bitter and cold, and belongs to kidney and bladder meridian. Functions: clearing away heat, eliminating dampness, purging fire, removing steaming, detoxicating and treating sores.
(1) What are the main functions of Cortex Phellodendri?
It is a medicine for clearing away heat and drying dampness, and it can treat the disease of lower energizer (what is lower energizer? There is an explanation at the bottom of the article. Clearing heat. Dryness and dampness, purging fire, detoxification. Treat heat dysentery, diarrhea, thirst quenching, jaundice, flaccidity, wet dream, stranguria, hemorrhoids, hematochezia, leukorrhagia, bone steaming and fatigue, red eyes and swelling, sores on the mouth and tongue, and swelling and toxic sores. The effective antibacterial component of Cortex Phellodendri is berberine, so its pharmacological action is similar to that of Rhizoma Coptidis, but its content is lower.
(2) The classic medicine containing Cortex Phellodendri is:
Zhibai Dihuang Pill. This medicine is mainly characterized by adding Anemarrhena asphodeloides and Cortex Phellodendri on the basis of Liuwei Dihuang Pill. Anemarrhena asphodeloides is bitter cold and good at nourishing yin. Cortex Phellodendri is a good medicine for clearing away pathogenic fire and treating damp-heat in liver, gallbladder and intestine. The combination of the two drugs has the effect of nourishing yin and reducing fire.
(3) What diseases is Cortex Phellodendri mainly used to treat:
The main functions of Cortex Phellodendri are clearing away heat, eliminating dampness and treating lower energizer well (what is lower energizer? There is an explanation below the article). Therefore, in clinical application, it is mostly used to treat damp-heat symptoms, such as jaundice, eczema, leukorrhagia and itching caused by damp-heat downward flow.
4. Prevention of diseases with Huangqi Buqi Decoction
The medicinal use of Huangqi has a history of more than 2, years. There is a saying among the people that "drink Huangqi Decoction often to prevent diseases and protect health", and Li Shizhen once recorded that Huangqi is a tonic in Compendium of Materia Medica.
(1) What are the main functions of Astragalus membranaceus?
Astragalus membranaceus is a good medicine for invigorating qi. It has the effects of invigorating qi, consolidating exterior, arresting sweating, promoting granulation, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. It can be used for treating qi deficiency, asthenia, and stagnation of middle qi.
Radix Astragali and Radix Ginseng are both good medicines for invigorating qi, and Radix Ginseng emphasizes on invigorating vitality. Astragalus membranaceus is mainly used to replenish deficiency. Some people are prone to catch a cold when the weather changes. Traditional Chinese medicine calls it "unstable exterior". Astragalus membranaceus can be used to strengthen the exterior, and taking Astragalus membranaceus regularly can avoid frequent colds.
(2) Astragalus membranaceus can be soaked in water to drink, which groups are suitable for:
A: Astragalus membranaceus soaked in water is very suitable for the elderly with insufficient qi and blood, and a small amount of Lycium barbarum can be added to Astragalus membranaceus. This is the simplest method of invigorating qi, which is very effective for the elderly with insufficient qi and blood.
(3) A folklore about Astragalus membranaceus
According to legend, there was a kind old man named Dai San in the Qing Dynasty. He is good at acupuncture therapy, kind and humble, and is willing to help others all his life.
Later, he died saving a child who fell off a cliff. The old man is thin and his facial muscles are pale yellow, so people call him "Huangqi (qí)" for respecting the old. In order to commemorate him, people named "Huangqi", a sweet herb that grows beside the old man's tomb and has the functions of invigorating the middle warmer, invigorating qi, stopping sweating, inducing diuresis to reduce swelling, removing toxin and promoting granulation, and used it to treat many patients, which has been widely circulated among the people.