Ginseng-tonify vitality, invigorate the spleen and moisten the lungs, promote fluid production to quench thirst, soothe the nerves and improve intelligence.
Ginseng is sweet, slightly bitter, slightly warm, and belongs to spleen, lung and heart meridian; This product is an important drug for invigorating qi and strengthening the body, that is, invigorating qi and kidney to treat qi deficiency and desire to lose; He is also good at nourishing the qi of spleen and lung and treating various syndromes of spleen and lung qi deficiency; It can also invigorate qi, promote fluid production, soothe the nerves and increase intelligence, and treat body fluid injury, thirst, anxiety, palpitation and amnesia.
Western medicine diagnosed it as shock-type qi deficiency syndrome, gastroptosis, uterine prolapse and other organ prolapse syndromes, chronic gastroenteritis with spleen-qi deficiency syndrome, diabetes with deficiency of both qi and yin, bronchitis with deficiency of lung-qi, malnutrition, anemia, neurasthenia with deficiency of both qi and blood, etc.
Ginseng is divided into wild ginseng (wild ginseng) and cultivated ginseng (garden ginseng) according to cultivation methods. Wild ginseng has the best effect and is mostly used to save collapse. Cultivated ginseng is divided into sun-dried ginseng according to processing methods (fresh ginseng is cut to remove branches and fibrous roots, slightly scalded in boiling water and then dried, or directly dried; Branches and fibrous roots are processed into white ginseng whiskers. ), red ginseng (steamed for 2-3 hours, dried or dried; Branches and fibrous roots are processed into red ginseng whiskers. ), sugar ginseng (also known as white ginseng, refers to the fresh ginseng soaked in boiling water, followed by needles, soaked in concentrated sugar juice, dried or dried). Wild products are mostly processed into dried ginseng or sugar ginseng.
Sun-dried ginseng is mild and suitable for people with deficiency of both qi and yin; Red ginseng is mild in nature and is usually used for patients with deficiency of both qi and yang.
It should be noted that in order to ensure the efficacy of invigorating qi, ginseng should not be taken with tea and radish, nor with anti-veratrum, trogopterori, Gleditsia sinensis and radish seeds. Because it is a tonic, it is not suitable for those who are evil and true.
Clinical application of ginseng.
Save the day: it is effective when used alone, such as Shen Du decoction, which is suitable for severe diseases caused by sweating, diarrhea, massive blood loss or serious illness and chronic diseases, such as Yuan Qi deficiency, shortness of breath, fatigue and weak pulse; Ginseng combined with aconite, such as Shenfu decoction, is suitable for qi deficiency, or sudden collapse and blood loss, resulting in yang deficiency, sweating, shortness of breath, cold limbs and slight pulse; Ginseng combined with Ophiopogon japonicus and Schisandra chinensis, such as Shengmaiyin and Shengmaisan, is suitable for people with qi deficiency, thirst for cold drinks and dry tongue, and can benefit qi, nourish yin, promote fluid production and stop sweating.
Bufei Qi: Ginseng combined with Schisandra chinensis, perilla frutescens, almond and other drugs, such as Bufei Decoction, is suitable for patients with lung qi deficiency, cough and asthma, and excessive phlegm.
Spleen strengthening: it is compatible with spleen strengthening and diuretic drugs such as Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria, such as Sijunzi decoction, which is suitable for people with spleen deficiency and dampness obstruction;
It is compatible with Radix Astragali, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, etc., and is suitable for patients who cannot control blood due to spleen deficiency, resulting in long-term blood loss.
It is compatible with Chinese angelica, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata and other drugs for promoting blood circulation and enriching blood, such as Bazhen Decoction, which is suitable for people with weak spleen, qi deficiency and no blood production, resulting in deficiency of both qi and blood.
Tonifying heart qi: It is compatible with drugs such as Ziziphus Spinosae Semen and Semen Platycladi, such as Tianwang Buxin Dan, which is suitable for people with heart qi deficiency, such as palpitation, chest tightness, shortness of breath, pulse deficiency, etc. It can also soothe the nerves and improve intelligence, and treat insomnia, dreaminess and amnesia.
Bushen Qi: It is compatible with gecko, Schisandra chinensis, walnut and other drugs, and is suitable for short-term asthma due to renal failure. It is suitable for impotence caused by kidney yang deficiency and kidney essence deficiency, and is compatible with deer antler and other products that tonify kidney yang and kidney essence.
Syndrome of fever, qi deficiency, body fluid deficiency and thirst: Combined with Anemarrhena asphodeloides and Gypsum Fibrosum, such as White Tiger and ginseng soup, it is suitable for fever, thirst and weak pulse.
Similarity Expansion —— Comparison of Ginseng, Codonopsis pilosula, Panax quinquefolium and Pseudostellaria heterophylla
Astragalus membranaceus-invigorating qi and rising yang, consolidating exterior and promoting granulation, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling.
Astragalus is sweet and slightly warm; Spleen and lung meridian; This product is good at invigorating middle energizer and yang, lung qi, benefiting qi and consolidating exterior, and treating spleen and lung qi deficiency, stagnation of middle energizer, spontaneous sweating and night sweats. It can also nourish sore poison, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, and treat sores and carbuncle due to deficiency of qi and blood, edema due to deficiency of qi, and dysuria. In addition, invigorating qi can also produce blood, replenish blood, promote fluid production and resolve stagnation, and treat joint pain, numbness and hemiplegia caused by blood deficiency and sallow, metrorrhagia and bloody stool, qi and body fluid quenching thirst, arthralgia syndrome, qi deficiency and blood stasis caused by apoplexy sequelae, and muscle and bone dystrophy.
It should be noted that this taste is sweet and warm, which helps to stop sweating and is easy to help fire gather evil. Therefore, it is not appropriate to use Astragalus membranaceus for those who have superficial excess and pathogenic factors, initial sores, or heat toxicity, qi stagnation and dampness resistance, yin deficiency and hyperactivity of yang after ulceration.
Clinical application of Astragalus membranaceus
Raw Astragalus membranaceus and honey-baked Astragalus membranaceus: Raw Astragalus membranaceus is good at consolidating exterior surface, stopping sweating, promoting diuresis to reduce swelling, supporting sores and expelling pus, so spontaneous sweating occurs from time to time, and it is suitable for colds, edema, ulcers or chronic ulcers. Honey-baked Astragalus membranaceus is suitable for people who are weak due to qi deficiency and eat less loose stool.
Astragalus membranaceus combined with ginseng: it is an important partner for warming and invigorating qi, and can be used for physical weakness caused by qi deficiency, such as fatigue, loss of appetite and spontaneous sweating.
Radix Astragali and Radix Aconiti Lateralis: It can enhance the effects of warming the interior, supporting yang, consolidating exterior and stopping sweating. It is suitable for patients with symptoms such as hyperhidrosis, dysuria and severe numbness of limbs.
Astragalus membranaceus combined with Cimicifuga rhizome: It can enhance the function of rising yang, and can be used for metrorrhagia, proctoptosis, uterine prolapse, etc.
Astragalus membranaceus combined with Cinnamomum cassia twig: It can strengthen the effects of invigorating qi, dredging meridians, warming meridians and promoting blood circulation, and is suitable for deficiency of qi and blood, muscle soreness and numbness of shoulders and arms.
Astragalus membranaceus combined with Angelica sinensis can enhance the efficacy of invigorating qi and promoting blood production, and can be used for internal injuries, fatigue, polydipsia, pulse deficiency, sores, fever due to blood deficiency, and deficiency of both qi and blood.
Similar expansion-Astragalus VS Atractylodes macrocephala
Yam-Yiqi Yangyin, tonify spleen, lung and kidney, and stop leukorrhagia.
Yam is sweet and flat; Spleen, lung and kidney meridians; This product not only flattens and tonifies qi and yin, but also nourishes yin, tonifies qi and produces fluid. It is a commonly used medicine for treating kidney yin deficiency and quenching thirst, and can also stop leucorrhea. It is an important medicine for treating kidney deficiency.
Attention should be paid to the use of this product, which nourishes yin and helps dampness, so it is forbidden for those with excessive dampness or stagnation of pathogenic factors.
Clinical application of yam.
Yam with atractylodes macrocephala and ginseng, such as mountain pills, can cure spleen and stomach weakness and avoid eating;
Yam is compatible with Cynomorium songaricum, which is suitable for deficiency of kidney yang, unconsolidated nocturnal emission and nocturnal emission.
The combination of Dioscorea opposita and Euryale ferox can enhance the effects of invigorating the spleen and kidney, astringing the intestine to stop diarrhea, and arresting leukorrhagia, and is suitable for diarrhea, nocturnal emission, leucorrhea and incontinence caused by deficiency of both spleen and kidney.
Trichosanthes Rhizoma Dioscoreae: It enhances the functions of invigorating qi and nourishing yin, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and is suitable for fever, body fluid injury, upset thirst and quenching thirst.
Rhizoma Anemarrhenae and Rhizoma Dioscoreae: It can enhance the efficacy of nourishing yin and reducing fire, and is suitable for steaming hot flashes, night sweats and upset.
Rhizoma Dioscoreae and Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae: chronic cough due to lung deficiency, fatigue cough, etc.
Acanthopanax senticosus-invigorating qi and spleen, tonifying kidney and strengthening waist, nourishing heart and calming nerves, promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals.
Acanthopanax senticosus is sweet and slightly bitter; Spleen, kidney and heart meridian; This product enters the spleen meridian, is good at invigorating qi and spleen, and treats spleen deficiency and body deficiency, qi deficiency and edema; Entering the kidney meridian is beneficial to tonifying the kidney and strengthening the waist, treating kidney deficiency, soreness of the waist and knees, and late childhood; Enter the heart, nourish the heart and soothe the nerves, and treat palpitation and insomnia; He is good at promoting blood circulation and dredging collaterals, and treating chest pain, heartache, joint pain and traumatic injury.
Clinically, patients with chronic superficial gastritis and chronic bronchitis belong to spleen-lung qi deficiency syndrome, autonomic nerve dysfunction and neurasthenia belong to heart-spleen deficiency syndrome, and prostatitis belongs to kidney-qi deficiency syndrome. However, yin deficiency with internal heat syndrome should be used with caution.
Clinical application of acanthopanax senticosus
Acanthopanax senticosus injection: Adjuvant treatment of diabetic depression, cerebral hemorrhage, angina pectoris of coronary heart disease, neurogenic edema and perimenopausal syndrome is effective.
Acanthopanax senticosus plus Pseudostellaria heterophylla: It can be used for fatigue, anorexia, chronic cough, asthma and other symptoms caused by deficiency of both lung and spleen.
Acanthopanax senticosus combined with Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. : kidney yang deficiency, soreness of waist and knees, impotence, infantile stagnation, rheumatism, liver and kidney deficiency, etc.
Acanthopanax senticosus combined with Ziziphus jujuba seed: it can tonify the qi of heart and spleen, soothe the nerves and benefit the heart, and is suitable for insomnia, forgetfulness, palpitation and palpitation caused by deficiency of heart and spleen.
Common Chinese patent medicines are Youxin Shubao tablets, Acanthopanax senticosus tablets, Wu Jia Shenjing, Anshenning, etc.
There are also tonics such as licorice, jujube, white lentils and honey. If the tonics used in clinic have both yang deficiency, blood deficiency and yin deficiency, they can tonify yang, blood and yin. Qi can suck blood, so it can be used together with hemostatic drugs to treat bleeding syndrome in which qi does not suck blood; If qi stagnation, chest tightness, abdominal distension, loss of appetite and other symptoms occur after taking qi-invigorating drugs, qi-regulating drugs can be properly combined to strengthen the spleen and promote qi circulation. Tonifying drugs can supplement human material deficiency, enhance human functional activities, regulate immunity, and eliminate or alleviate weakness syndrome, but they must be used dialectically under the guidance of professional doctors, and are not suitable for deficiency of vital energy, pathogenic excess, wet fullness and moderate fullness.