The names of many drugs in traditional Chinese medicine are quite special. For example, many drugs have some allusions, or are medicines made from some ancient recipes. For example, the name of Liushenqu is quite special, and of course it is still used. The name of the ancient prescription, Liushenqu is also a relatively commonly used Chinese medicine. So, what are the general effects and functions of the Six Divine Comedies?

The Chinese medicine name is Liushenqu liushenqu

Also known as Shenqu and Liuqu.

English name: Massa Medicata Fermentata

Source: Polygonum, artemisia annua, almond and other medicines are mixed with flour or bran and fermented.

Origin distribution: It is native to Fujian and is now found all over the country.

Harvesting and processing: 7 kilograms each of fresh spicy Polygonum, Artemisia annua, and Xanthium annua, chopped into juice, 4 kilograms each of adzuki beans and almonds (peeled), rolled into powder, and the bran taken. 60 kilograms, 40 kilograms of flour. Mix bran and most of the flour with the medicinal ingredients. Beat the remaining flour with boiling water to make a paste. Pour into the mixed medicinal ingredients and stir evenly with a wooden stick until it forms a cake. , move it to a wooden board and flatten it to about 1 cm thick, cut it into 3 cm square pieces with a knife, dry it in the sun for 0.5 to 1 day, put it away and stack it in a large bamboo plaque, cover it with a sack, straw bag or rice straw to let it ferment. , wait until mycelium grows on the surface, take it out and dry it in the sun.

Medicine properties: This product is in the shape of a square or rectangular block, about 3 cm in diameter and 1 cm thick, with an earthy yellow and rough appearance. It is hard and brittle, easy to break, the cross section is uneven, off-white, and the brown residue that has not been crushed and the gaps after fermentation can be seen. It has a stale smell and a bitter taste. It is better if it is dry, aged for a long time, free of insects and has few impurities.

Meridian distribution of nature and flavor, warm nature, sweet and pungent taste. Returns to the spleen meridian and stomach meridian.

Efficacy and role: digest food and resolve accumulation, strengthen the spleen and stomach. It is a digestive medicine.

Clinical application: Oral administration: decoction, 10 to 15 grams, or taken into pills or powder. It is mainly used to treat dietary stagnation, indigestion, abdominal distension, loss of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea.

Pharmacological research shows that it has B vitamin-like effects, such as increasing appetite and maintaining normal digestive function.

Chemical composition Shenqu is a yeast preparation, containing yeast, amylase, vitamin B complex, ergosterol, protein, fat, volatile oil, etc.

Contraindications: Use with caution if you have insufficient spleen yin, excessive stomach fire, or pregnant women.

Mixed prescriptions

① To treat heartache caused by food accumulation: One piece of Chen Shenqu, boil it red, quench it in two large bowls of wine and take it. ("Zhao Xuan Fang")

② To treat severe diarrhea due to summer heat and injuries caused by diet, and tightness in the chest and diaphragm: Divide Shenqu (fried) and Atractylodes (soaked in rice and dried) into equal parts. It is a powdered pill, as big as a sycamore seed. Take 30 pills every time and drink it with rice. ("Prescription" Qushu Pills)

③Treatment of diarrhea, abdominal pain, or persistent diarrhea in adults and children: 6 grams of Divine Comedy (fried), 6 grams of malt (fried), 4.5 grams of almonds ( Peel tip). Take one or two teaspoons of real vegetable oil, put it into the bottom of the jar first, then put the medicine inside, simmer it in water and take it. ("Southern Yunnan Materia Medica")

④ Treat food choking: 30 grams of Shenqu (fried), 60 grams of orange peel. The top is fine powder, refined into honey and pills, as big as a chicken head. Take one tablet each time with Huayanjin. ("Quanshengzhimi Prescription" Shenqu Pills)

⑤Treatment of low back pain: One piece of Shenqu, as big as a fist, burns to make it red, add two large cups of good wine, quench the wine and drink it up, lie down on your back It will be safe in a few moments. ("Shiyi Dexiao Prescription" Shenqu Liquor)

⑥For women with postpartum lactation: stir-fry Shenqu and grind it, take 6 grams with wine, two times a day. ("Outline")

Tips for decoction

Soak the medicinal materials in water before decoction

Before decoction, soak the medicinal materials in water for 20 to 30 seconds minute. This is because most Chinese medicinal materials are dried roots, fruits, etc. of plants. In order to decoct the active ingredients of the medicine, the dry medicinal materials must first absorb enough water, so that the active ingredients can pass through the water. Media release.