This side is from Taiping Huimin and Hutchison Bureau, and its composition is not complicated. Only Pinellia ternata, dried tangerine peel, Poria cocos and licorice are needed.
At present, many prescriptions for invigorating spleen, resolving phlegm, eliminating dampness and harmonizing middle energizer are derived from Erchen Decoction, such as Wendan Decoction and Huanglian Wendan Decoction.
In fact, Chen Er Pill is a representative prescription for eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, which is only suitable for white phlegm caused by spleen dampness.
Such people often have abdominal distension, loss of appetite, indigestion, irregular stool, heavy teeth marks on the tongue and white fur.
Spleen controls the transport and transformation of water and dampness, which is the hub of normal operation of water-liquid metabolism.
When the spleen is weak, the function of transporting water and dampness is weakened, which will lead to water and dampness stagnation.
Water is wet and accumulates in the body, and phlegm-dampness is formed over time.
Stagnation of phlegm and dampness in various viscera will cause some dysfunction of the corresponding viscera, thus causing chest tightness, asthma, cough, nausea and vomiting.
Note: If it is yellow phlegm caused by lung heat, Chen Er Pill is not symptomatic. After using it, it will get angry or dry throat.
At this time, it is necessary to use the method of clearing heat and resolving phlegm, and the representative prescription is Qingqi Huatan Pill.
How to judge that you are lung heat? People with lung heat are wet and yellow with sticky phlegm, which is stuck in the throat and difficult to cough up. Their tongues are red, their tongue coating is yellow and their urine is yellow.
In the second case, Chen Er pills have no symptoms. This is due to abnormal spleen and stomach transport, which is prone to stagnation of Shui Gu and accumulation of phlegm.
After phlegm trapped in the lung, qi movement is out of balance, lung function is abnormal, and symptoms such as cough, dyspnea, excessive phlegm and fullness in the chest and hypochondrium appear.
When the spleen loses health and Shui Gu stagnates in the epigastric cavity, there will be symptoms such as decreased diet and indigestion.
At this time, Sanzi Yangqin decoction should be used to warm the lungs and eliminate phlegm, reduce qi and eliminate phlegm, and relieve cough and asthma.
Sanzi Yangqin Decoction consists of white mustard seed, perilla seed and radish seed. Among many phlegm-resolving prescriptions, it is characterized by lowering qi.
Bad breath, cough, expectoration, white sputum, not that kind of yellow sticky phlegm, suitable for use.
Chen Er Pill is only suitable for white phlegm caused by spleen deficiency. For those with yellow sticky lung heat, Qingqi Huatan Pill is used, and Sanzi Yangqin Decoction is used for expectoration caused by spleen-stomach imbalance.
The following focuses on Qingqi Huatan Pills.
It is recorded in Wang Ang's Collection of Medical Prescriptions in Qing Dynasty that phlegm causes cough in the lungs. In other words, if phlegm is blocked in the lung system, it will cause cough. In addition, the expectoration is usually yellow and sticky.
If you encounter a cough with excessive phlegm, of course, you should eliminate phlegm and stop coughing. However, for resolving phlegm, we must first make clear the cold and heat properties of phlegm.
If it is thin and white sputum, it often means that there is cold in the lungs, while the yellow sputum we just mentioned is usually heat in the lungs. Of course, cold phlegm may turn into heat after a long time, which is related to physical fitness.
In the case of both heat and phlegm in the body, not only phlegm should be eliminated, but also heat should be removed.
Qingqi Huatan Pill from the experiment of medical prescription consists of Pinellia ternata, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, Poria, Scutellariae Radix, Arisaema cum bile, Fructus Trichosanthis paste, almond and ginger juice.
This recipe is based on the Erchen soup we talked about earlier. The main drugs are Arisaema cum bile and Fructus Trichosanthis.
Arisaema cum bile tastes bitter and cold, and has strong expectorant power. Trichosanthes kirilowii, that is, Trichosanthes kirilowii, can not only clear away heat and resolve phlegm, but also broaden the chest and remove the masses. The combination of the two drugs has strong pertinence in treating excessive phlegm heat, yellow and thick phlegm.
Secondly, the minister drugs are Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi and Pinellia ternata. Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi is good at clearing away lung heat and upper energizer heat, which can enhance the expectorant and heat-clearing effects of Arisaema cum bile and Fructus Trichosanthis.
Pinellia ternata can increase the effect of resolving phlegm. Pinellia here is warm, but cool in all directions. Cold-relieving drugs can inhibit the pungent, warm and dry nature of Pinellia ternata and highlight its expectorant effect.
There are also three kinds of medicines: almond, immature bitter orange and dried tangerine peel. Almond tastes bitter and flat, with cold phlegm and hot phlegm. Can be used for all kinds of phlegm, has expectorant effect, and is good at reducing qi and relieving cough.
Chenpi can regulate qi and eliminate dampness, and help to resolve phlegm.
Fructus Aurantii Immaturus can reduce qi and guide stagnation, and the combination of Fructus Aurantii Immaturus and Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae can enhance the function of regulating qi.
Finally, there is an auxiliary material, which is ginger juice. Ginger juice can benefit water, help to resolve phlegm and prevent stomach qi from rushing up. Phlegm heat can cause nausea, and ginger juice has the effect of harmonizing the stomach.
Such pills have the effects of clearing away heat, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and have a good effect on cough, excessive phlegm, yellow and sticky phlegm, chest tightness and asthma caused by lung heat.
It's all phlegm, different syndromes and different prescriptions and medicines. Chinese medicine pays attention to syndrome differentiation and treatment. If the syndrome differentiation is wrong, no matter how good the medicine is, it will not have a good curative effect.