Pinellia ternata is a dried tuber of Araceae perennial herb, mainly produced in Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangsu and other places. Digging in summer and autumn, drying in the sun as medicine. Processed products include Pinellia ternata, Pinellia ternata, Pinellia ternata starter and Pinellia ternata in bamboo juice. Pungent in taste, warm in nature, toxic, entering lung, spleen and stomach meridians. It has good effects of eliminating dampness, resolving phlegm, reducing adverse flow and stopping vomiting, so doctors call it "the essential medicine for eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm" and "the essential medicine for reducing adverse flow and stopping vomiting". Modern pharmacological research shows that Pinellia ternata contains volatile oil, a small amount of fat, starch, nicotine, alkaloids and so on. Its decoction has the functions of relieving cough, eliminating phlegm, relieving bronchial smooth muscle spasm, inhibiting vomiting center and stopping vomiting. Excessive Pinellia ternata can cause poisoning, and severe cases can cause respiratory paralysis. Therefore, processed products are commonly used in clinic, and appropriate amount of raw products are used externally.

Essential medicine for resolving phlegm

Pinellia ternata is pungent, warm and dry, and it is good at eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, so it is the main medicine for eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm. In addition, this product can also eliminate phlegm, so as to achieve the effect of detumescence and resolving hard mass, and it is good at treating the syndrome of damp phlegm in viscera.

Phlegm-dampness blocks lung, and qi reverses cough. This product is compatible with Chenpi, such as the famous Erchen Decoction, which can regulate qi, strengthen spleen and resolve phlegm.

It is often combined with herbs for clearing heat, resolving phlegm and resolving hard mass, such as Xiaoxintong Decoction, such as Gualou and Huanglian.

Cough due to cold phlegm is characterized by chest tightness and discomfort, and excessive and sparse phlegm. Pinellia ternata should be combined with dried ginger and asarum, such as Xiaoqinglong Decoction.

Headache and dizziness caused by phlegm and blood stasis can be combined with drugs such as Gastrodia elata and Atractylodes macrocephala, such as Banxia Atractylodes macrocephala Decoction.

Plum pit is full of qi and phlegm, and if the throat is blocked by plum pit, it can't be swallowed or vomited, so it can be combined with herbs such as Perilla frutescens and Platycodon grandiflorum, such as Siqi Decoction.

It can be combined with kelp and seaweed, such as Haizu decoction, which is a medicine for resolving phlegm and resolving hard mass.

antemetic

Pinellia ternata has a good anti-vomiting effect and is the main drug for anti-vomiting. It is often combined with ginger, which makes the other person afraid, doubles the antiemetic effect and weakens the toxicity, such as Xiao Banxia Decoction in synopsis of golden chamber.

For vomiting due to stomach heat, it should be combined with Zhu Ru and Huang, such as Huanglian Orange Peel Zhu Ru Banxia Decoction.

Vomiting caused by weakness of stomach qi can be combined with ginseng and honey to strengthen the spleen and regulate the stomach, such as Da Banxia Decoction.

Vomiting caused by weakness of stomach yin should be combined with Ophiopogon japonicus and Dendrobium, such as Banxia plus Yiwei Decoction.

For vomiting in pregnancy, it should be combined with traditional Chinese medicines such as Atractylodes macrocephala and Zhu Ru, such as Qiwei Atractylodes macrocephala Decoction, which is used for invigorating spleen and qi, strengthening body resistance and preventing miscarriage.

Pinellia ternata is good at eliminating dampness, Jiang Banxia is good at reducing adverse reactions and stopping vomiting, Pinellia ternata is good at resolving phlegm and promoting digestion, and Pinellia ternata is good at clearing heat and resolving phlegm. Raw Pinellia ternata is only suitable for external use because of its toxic and side effects.