In late spring and early summer, there are more storms, and the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, which is easy to cause respiratory diseases and gastrointestinal diseases.

People often use Fritillaria cirrhosa stewed with Sydney to treat cough. Chrysanthemum cassia seed tea has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, clearing liver-fire, improving eyesight, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels. The window often has patients asking, "Why is the Fritillaria bigger than when I last opened it?" Can I have chrysanthemums at home to replace the wild chrysanthemums in this recipe? "

Fritillaria cirrhosa and Fritillaria thunbergii, Semen Cassiae and Concha Haliotidis, and Flos Chrysanthemi and Flos Chrysanthemi Indici are three pairs of Chinese medicines with the same name. Have you really used them correctly in your life? I will study with you today!

1, Fritillaria cirrhosa

It is the bulb of Liliaceae plant Fritillaria cirrhosa, Fritillaria thunbergii, Fritillaria Gansu or Fritillaria Haloxylon, and mainly contains alkaloids.

Taste: bitter, sweet, slightly cold. Return to lung meridian and heart meridian.

Efficacy: clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, moistening lung and relieving cough, dispersing stagnation and reducing swelling.

Application:

① Cough due to fatigue and lung heat.

② scrofula (equivalent to tuberculosis of cervical lymph nodes in modern medicine), breast abscess (equivalent to acute mastitis in modern medicine) and lung abscess.

Modern pharmacological research shows that Fritillaria cirrhosa has antitussive, expectorant, spasmolytic, antihypertensive, antidiarrheal, uterine tension increasing, anti-ulcer, sedative and hypnotic effects.

2.Fritillaria thunbergii

It is the bulb of Fritillaria thunbergii in Liliaceae and mainly contains alkaloids.

Nature and taste: bitter and cold. Return to lung meridian and heart meridian.

Efficacy: clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, dispersing stagnation and eliminating carbuncle.

Application:

① Wind-heat phlegm-heat cough.

(2) Lymph node tuberculosis, carbuncle (equivalent to acute thyroiditis in modern medicine), breast carbuncle and lung abscess.

Modern pharmacological research shows that Fritillaria thunbergii has obvious antitussive effect, can dilate bronchial smooth muscle and has certain antiasthmatic effect; Has sedative, analgesic and antihypertensive effects; Can inhibit saliva secretion; It has a relaxing effect on the intestine.

The difference between Fritillaria cirrhosa and Fritillaria thunbergii;

Compendium of Materia Medica used to be called Fritillaria. In Yan Hui of Materia Medica in the Ming Dynasty, it was recorded that Fritillaria was a "Sichuan wonder", and it was not until Xu Anqi's theory of saving righteousness in the Qing Dynasty that it officially became the name of Fritillaria thunbergii. The efficacy of Chuanzhebei is basically the same.

Fritillaria cirrhosa is mainly sweet in taste, wet in nature, with lung heat and dry cough, which is suitable for fatigue cough;

Fritillaria thunbergii is mainly bitter and tends to vent. It is suitable for cough caused by wind-heat invading the lung or phlegm-heat blocking the lung. As for the effect of clearing away heat and dispersing stagnation, both Fritillaria cirrhosa and Fritillaria thunbergii have it, but Fritillaria thunbergii wins.

1, cassia seed

It is the dried and mature seed of Cassia seed or Cassia seed. It mainly contains anthraquinone.

Taste: sweet, bitter, salty, slightly cold. Liver and large intestine meridians entered.

Efficacy: clearing away heat and improving eyesight, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels.

Application:

(1) red eyes, swelling and pain, shyness (equivalent to photophobia in modern medicine), tears and blurred vision.

② Headache and dizziness.

③ Intestinal dryness and constipation.

Modern pharmacological research shows that cassia seed has the functions of lowering blood pressure, reducing blood fat, resisting atherosclerosis, reducing weight, inhibiting bacteria, protecting liver and kidney, resisting platelet aggregation, resisting oxidation, improving learning and memory ability, etc.

2. Concha Haliotidis

It is the shell of abalone in Abalone family, and mainly contains calcium carbonate and organic matter.

Properties: salty, cold. Liver meridian.

Efficacy: calming liver and suppressing yang, clearing liver and improving eyesight.

Application:

① hyperactivity of liver yang, dizziness.

② Blindness, cataracts (equivalent to cataracts in modern medicine) and blurred vision.

Modern pharmacological research shows that Concha Haliotidis has sedative, spasmolytic, antihypertensive, analgesic, hemostatic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anticoagulant, liver-protecting and lipid-lowering effects.

The difference between cassia seed and concha Haliotidis;

Both Concha Haliotidis and Semen Cassiae have the effects of clearing away liver heat and improving eyesight, and both can be used to treat liver heat such as red eyes, swelling and pain, and obstruction.

Concha Haliotidis is salty, cold in nature, cooling the liver, calming the liver and nourishing the liver yin. It can be used for symptoms of deficiency of both deficiency and excess, especially for shame, dark eyes and cyanosis caused by blood deficiency and liver heat (equivalent to optic atrophy in modern medicine).

Cassia seed is bitter and cold, with clear function, purging liver fire and improving eyesight. It is often used to treat eye swelling caused by excess fire in liver meridian.

1, chrysanthemum

It is the dried flower head of Chrysanthemum morifolium in Compositae, and mainly contains volatile oil.

Taste: pungent, sweet, bitter, slightly cold. Enter lung meridian and liver meridian.

Efficacy: dispelling wind and clearing heat, calming liver and suppressing yang, clearing liver and improving eyesight, and clearing away heat and toxic materials.

Application:

(1) wind-heat cold, fever at the beginning.

② Hyperactivity of liver yang and dizziness due to liver wind.

3 eyes are red and dim.

④ sores, carbuncle and swelling.

Modern pharmacological research shows that chrysanthemum has the functions of antibacterial, antiviral, dilating coronary artery, increasing coronary blood flow and increasing myocardial oxygen consumption, and also has the functions of lowering blood pressure, shortening coagulation time, relieving fever, resisting inflammation and calming down.

2, wild chrysanthemum

It is the dried flower head of Chrysanthemum indicum in Compositae, and mainly contains flavonoids.

Taste: Bitter, pungent, slightly cold. Liver meridian and heart meridian.

Efficacy: clearing away heat and toxic materials.

Application:

(1) carbuncle and furuncle, sore throat.

② Red eyes, swelling and pain, headache and dizziness.

Modern pharmacological research shows that Flos Chrysanthemi Indici has antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory and obvious antihypertensive effects.

The difference between chrysanthemum and wild chrysanthemum;

Chrysanthemum indicum and chrysanthemum morifolium belong to the same family, and both have the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials.

Chrysanthemum indicum is especially good at detoxifying and eliminating carbuncle, and is often used for sore, abscess, swelling and toxic pain.

Ju Hua Xin San has strong medicinal properties and is good at clearing heat and dispelling wind, and is often used for wind-heat in upper energizer.

Reviewer: Tong Suiju, Vice President of People's Hospital of Dongxihu District, Wuhan.

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