Wu Wenbo, Shijiazhuang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Hebei Province

Introduction to the three classic prescriptions of Trichosanthes trichosanthes in treating chest paralysis

Trichosanthes trichosanthes The product is the dried and mature fruit of the Cucurbitaceae plant Trichosanthes trichophylla or Trichophyton bilateralis. In the classic prescriptions, Trichosanthes trichosanthes is called Trichosanthes trichosanthes, which is today's Trichosanthes trichosanthes. Trichosanthes trichosanthes is sweet, slightly bitter, and cold in nature. Returns to the lung, stomach and large intestine meridians. It has the effects of clearing away heat and removing phlegm, widening the chest and dispersing stagnation, moistening dryness and smoothing the intestines. It is used for cough due to lung heat, turbid yellow and thick phlegm, chest pain, chest congestion, breast abscess, lung abscess, swollen and painful intestinal abscess, and constipation.

"Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica": Trichosanthes Cortex, belongs to earth and contains water. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that it treats chest pain and is sweet in taste and moist in nature. Sweet can nourish the lungs, moisturize and lower qi. If there is phlegm in the chest, the lungs will be forced and the order to lower the lungs will be lost. Now with the help of sweet, soothing and moistening medicine, the phlegm will naturally fall, so it is suitable to be an important medicine for treating coughs. It is also said that it can wash away the dirt and greasiness in the chest and diaphragm, and it is a magic medicine for treating thirst.

Medical sage Zhang Zhongjing used Trichosanthes trichosanthes in three prescriptions when treating chest obstruction syndrome. The introduction is as follows:

Trichosanthes, Trichosanthes, and Baijiu Soup

Instructions for taking: 1 piece of Trichosanthes trichosanthes (pounded), 12 grams of Trichosanthes, 700 ml of white wine. Add the three flavors and boil 200 ml together, take it warmly in two portions.

Functions and Indications: Removing yang and dispersing stagnation, promoting qi and resolving phlegm. Treats chest yang deficiency, qi stagnation and phlegm obstruction, resulting in chest numbness, wheezing and coughing, chest and back pain, shortness of breath, slow and slow pulse at the mouth of the mouth, and tightness when closing the mouth.

Gualou, Xiebai and Banxia Decoction

Instructions: 1 piece of Trichosanthes chinensis (pounded), 12 grams of Xiebai, 12 grams of Pinellia ternata, and 1 liter of liquor. Add the four flavors and boil 400 ml together, take 100 ml warm, three times a day.

Functions and Indications: Relieving yang and dissipating stagnation, eliminating phlegm and widening the chest. Treats chest pain, severe phlegm, heartache all over the back, and inability to sleep peacefully.

Zhishi, Baibai and Guizhi Decoction

Instructions: 3g of Zhishi, 12g of Magnolia officinalis, 9g of Zhizi, 3g of Guizhi, 10g of Trichosanthes ). Take 1 liter of water for the five herbs. Boil Citrus aurantium and Magnolia officinalis first, take 400 ml, remove the dregs, add all the herbs, boil several times, and take it warmly in three portions.

Functions and Indications: Treats chest obstruction, irritability in the heart, qi knots in the chest, chest fullness, and chest congestion under the ribs.