Cold and fever treated by traditional Chinese medicine (1) #Guizhitang# #中药#

Exogenous wind and cold→different physical constitution→exogenous infection (manifestation: floating pulse, headache, cold intolerance)→sun Illnesses (often called colds and fevers)

Due to different physical constitutions, different manifestations, and different treatment prescriptions

General:

Taiyang stroke syndrome: loose interstitial muscles People whose Wei Qi is not solid → manifest fever, sweating, aversion to wind, and slow pulse

Original text: Taiyang disease, fever, sweating, aversion to wind, and slow pulse is called stroke

——"Treatise on Febrile Diseases"

Syndrome of Taiyang Febrile Disease: People with tight joints feel wind and cold → fever, aversion to cold, sweating, head and body pain, and floating and tight pulse.

Here we talk about stroke type (cold):

(Stroke: a syndrome type of Taiyang disease, which is different from stroke disease such as sudden fainting, squinting mouth and eyes)

Suitable for treatment with traditional Chinese medicine decoction

——from Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Febrile Diseases"

Guizhi Decoction

Original text: Taiyang stroke, Yang floating and Yin If it is weak, if the Yang is floating, heat will occur spontaneously; if the Yin is weak, sweating will occur spontaneously. Guizhi Decoction is suitable for those who are stingy and averse to cold, gradually aversion to wind, have fever in Xixi, rhinorrhoea and retching. (12)

Guizhi decoction:

Two ounces of cinnamon twigs (peeled), three ounces of peony, two ounces of licorice (broiled), three ounces of ginger (cut), Twelve jujubes (broken)

Preparation method:

Add the five flavors, chew the three flavors, add seven liters of water, remove the dross, and take one liter if it is suitable for cold temperatures. After taking it for a while, sip more than one liter of hot gruel to increase the effectiveness of the medicine. Warm-coating instructions for a while, all over the body, and those who seem to be sweating will benefit. Do not let it flow like water, and the disease will not be cured. If you feel sick after taking the medicine after taking it, you should stop taking it and do not need to finish the dose. If there is no sweating, take more medicine according to the previous method; if there is no sweating, take the medicine for a short period of time, and then take three doses in half a day; if the disease is serious, take it one day and one night, and monitor the patient every week; after taking one dose, the disease symptoms are still there. , take more; if sweating does not occur, take up to two or three doses. It is forbidden to eat raw, cold, sticky, meaty noodles, spicy food, wine, cheese, stinky food, etc.

——"Treatise on Febrile Diseases"

Refer to the general meaning: Obtain the above five medicines, break them into small pieces, prepare them, use seven liters of water, warm the fire to boil to three liters, wait until it is warm and cool Take one liter of some, and then drink one liter of hot gruel to help the medicine, and then let the patient warm it up (you can cover it with a quilt on the bed) to achieve moderate sweating on the body, but be careful not to sweat profusely! The next step is to take the medicine. According to the patient’s recovery situation, the medicine will be added or subtracted dialectically.

Guizhi decoction is taboo!

Original text: If a drinker is sick, do not drink Guizhi Decoction. If you get it, you will vomit. This is because the drinker does not like sweet food

——"Treatise on Febrile Diseases"

Note: Alcoholics (people who are addicted to alcohol) have damp and hot bodies. Guizhi Decoction is a pungent and sweet medicine. Pungent can help heat, and sweet can help dampness! In addition, people with Yang Sheng must pay attention!

So how do people who are drunkards treat exogenous infections?

Ke Yunbo: I usually like wine, but there is dampness and heat in it, so I will feel vomiting when I drink it. Zhongjing should be cautious in using the prescription. You should know that there is a method of using kudzu root and qinqin to relieve muscles.

Pueraria lobata and Lianqin decoction:

Composition: half a catty of pueraria lobata, 2 liang of licorice (broiled), 3 liang of skullcap, and 3 liang of coptis

Usage: above For the four flavors, use eight liters of water. Boil the kudzu root first and reduce the excess water by two liters. Boil the kudzu root for two liters, remove the dross, and then drink it.

Refer to the meaning: Boil the kudzu root first and subtract the excess water. , plus others to control the amount of water.

Note the reference unit of measurement:

Han Dynasty Jingzhong

One tael is about 15 grams in modern times,

One liter = 200 ml

(The dosage determines the efficacy and quality of the medicine, so use with caution!)

The above is about the treatment of stroke (cold) caused by exogenous wind-cold and exogenous infection caused by alcoholics. Therapeutic traditional Chinese medicine and ancient therapeutic prescriptions.

For typhoid fever (cold), you need to use another kind: ephedra soup, which will be shared in detail next time.

(For reference only! Share with caution! Also thank the Chinese medicine practitioners for their valuable suggestions - July 29, 2019)

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