Silkworm dung, also known as silkworm vector, is the excrement of silkworm. That sounds a little dirty. In fact, everyone who has raised silkworms knows that silkworms are very clean animals. It stays in the bamboo plaque of sericulture all its life, eating only fresh mulberry leaves and not touching the dust of the world at all. Therefore, silkworm excrement is actually the residue of mulberry leaves and has no peculiar smell.
Silkworm larvae enter the liver meridian, which can dispel wind and promote blood circulation; Entering the spleen meridian can dry dampness and stop diarrhea; Entering the stomach meridian can harmonize the stomach and remove turbidity. Taken together, these effects can reduce fever, stop vomiting, and relieve headache and general pain caused by colds and fever in this prescription.
Bamboo shavings, which may sound strange to ordinary people, are actually the middle layer of bamboo. Scrape off the outermost green skin of bamboo, exposing the blue and white part inside, and scrape it off one by one to dry, which is the traditional Chinese medicine bamboo shavings.
The role of bamboo shavings is to clear the fire, and it is to clear the fire above. Bamboo shavings can clear heart fire and cool blood; It can clear lung fire and resolve phlegm; It can clear liver and purge fire, and remove annoyance; It can clear stomach fire and stop vomiting. Used in this prescription to strengthen the effect of clearing heat and stopping vomiting.
As for dried tangerine peel, it can relieve exterior syndrome, warm middle warmer and dispel cold, that is to say, it can dispel cold, eliminate phlegm, relieve cough, regulate upper respiratory tract infection, warm stomach, stop vomiting and relieve indigestion. Bamboo shavings are cool, and warm tangerine peel balances cold and heat.
I wonder if you have noticed that these three drugs have one thing in common, that is, they can stop vomiting. In fact, they help the spleen and stomach recover their functions through different medicinal properties.
Mild cold, only upper respiratory symptoms, lies in the lungs. And to the extent of fever, the disease further, to the stomach. When you have a fever, people generally have no appetite, feel sick in their stomachs, and even feel sick and vomiting. Therefore, reducing fever is not the key. The key is to treat the spleen and stomach, drive away evil spirits, and the fever will naturally be fine.
Bamboo shavings, silkworm excrement and dried tangerine peel are all commonly used Chinese medicines, which can be bought in any drugstore, and dried tangerine peel can also be made by itself. These three drugs are resistant to storage and can be stored for a long time without deterioration. Keep it at home for a long time after you buy it, so you don't have to go to the hospital for a common cold and fever. Just cook some potions yourself.