Source: Shennong Herbal Classic
Alias: Longsha, Dog Bone, Low Phase and Low Salt.
Source: dried herbaceous stems of Ephedra sinica, Ephedra sinica or Casuarina equisetifolia.
Prescription name: ephedra, ephedra velvet, roasted ephedra, honey ephedra, roasted ephedra velvet and honey ephedra velvet.
Properties: pungent, slightly bitter, warm. Enter lung and bladder meridian. Efficacy: sweating and relieving exterior syndrome, dispersing lung qi and relieving asthma, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling.
Clinical application: 1. Cold and common cold 2. Chest tightness, asthma and cough 3. Fengshui edema.
Usage and dosage: decocted, 2~ 10g. This product is suitable for sweating and relieving exterior syndrome, and should not be decocted for a long time; Honey ephedra moistens the lungs and relieves cough, which is mostly used for relieving exterior syndrome, asthma and cough; After tamping, the effect is relatively mild, and ephedra velvet should be used for children, the elderly and the weak.
Precautions: This product can promote sweating and lung function, and should be used with caution for patients with spontaneous sweating due to exterior deficiency, night sweats due to yin deficiency and asthma due to lung and kidney deficiency. Moreover, this product has obvious exciting effect on the central nervous system and can raise blood pressure, so it should be used with caution for patients with insomnia and hypertension and prohibited for athletes.
Clinical compatibility: 1. It is usually combined with Guizhi to relieve exterior syndrome by sweating, such as Mahuang decoction;
2. Compatible with almond, dispersing lung qi and relieving asthma, and treating various asthma syndromes, such as San 'ao decoction for cold cough, Maxing Shigan decoction for lung heat cough and Xiaoqinglong decoction for cold drink cough;
3. Compatibility with Atractylodes macrocephala, sweating and diuresis, and treatment of geomantic edema;
4. It should be compatible with Cinnamomum cassia, dispel cold and remove stagnation, and treat carbuncle of yin, dribbling, phlegm-core and knee-lifting wind, such as Yanghe Decoction.
Prescription:
1, Mahuang decoction
2. Daqinglong Decoction
3. Xiaoqinglong Decoction
4. Mahuang Asarum Fuzi Decoction
5. Yanghe decoction
6. Wujisan
7. Fangfeng Tongsheng Powder
8. Oyster powder
9. Dingchuan Decoction
Pharmacology: Chemical composition: It mainly contains alkaloids (80% 85% ephedrine (levoephedrine), levoephedrine, levodesmethylephedrine and dextrodemethylpseudoephedrine), volatile oil (levo-α-terpineol, β-terpineol and 2,3,5,6-tetramethylpyrazine), flavonoids, tannins and polysaccharides.
Pharmacological effects: 1. Main pharmacological effects
(1) sweating
(2) relieving asthma
(3) diuresis
(4) pathogenic microorganisms
(5) antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects
(6) relieving cough and eliminating phlegm
(7) Immunoregulation
2. Other pharmacological effects
(1) central excitation
(2) strengthening the heart and raising blood pressure
(3) inhibition of intestinal muscle contraction
(4) lowering blood sugar
Processing method:
1. Herba Ephedrae: Take the original medicinal materials, remove woody stems, residual roots and impurities, shake off ash, and cut into sections.
2. Honey Ephedra: Take cooked honey, dilute it with appropriate amount of boiling water, pour it into Ephedra section, mix well, moisten it, put it in a frying container, heat it with slow fire, and take it out to cool when it is not sticky.
Every 100kg of ephedra segment, 20kg of cooked honey is used.
3. Ephedra velvet: take ephedra segments, grind them, and sift out the powder.
4. Honey Ephedra Velvet: Take cooked honey, dilute it with appropriate amount of boiling water, pour it into Ephedra Velvet, mix well, moisten it, put it in a frying container, heat it with slow fire, and take it out to cool when it is deep yellow and does not stick to your hands.
Every 100kg of Chinese ephedra velvet, 25kg of cooked honey is used.
Processing effect:
1. Ephedra: pungent, slightly bitter, mild in nature. Enter lung and bladder meridian. It has the functions of sweating, dispelling cold, dispersing lung qi, relieving asthma, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Raw products are sweating, relieving exterior syndrome, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. It is mostly used for wind-cold exterior syndrome, feng shui edema, rheumatic arthralgia, yin gangrene and phlegm core.
2. Honey ephedra: The nature is warm and moist, and the effect of pungent sweating is eased, so as to spread the lungs and relieve asthma. It is mostly used for patients with mild exterior syndrome, lung qi obstruction and severe cough and asthma.
3. Ephedra velvet: the effect is mild, suitable for the elderly, children and virtual people with cold and cold. Usage is similar to ephedra.
4. Honey ephedra velvet: The effect is more mild, and it is suitable for the elderly, children and patients with physical weakness who have solved the exterior syndrome but have not recovered their asthma and cough. The usage is similar to that of honey-roasted ephedra.
Processing method:
1. Herba Ephedrae: Take the original medicinal materials, remove woody stems, residual roots and impurities, shake off ash, and cut into sections.
2. Honey Ephedra: Take cooked honey, dilute it with appropriate amount of boiling water, pour it into Ephedra section, mix well, moisten it, put it in a frying container, heat it with slow fire, and take it out to cool when it is not sticky.
Every 100kg of ephedra segment, 20kg of cooked honey is used.
3. Ephedra velvet: take ephedra segments, grind them, and sift out the powder.
4. Honey Ephedra Velvet: Take cooked honey, dilute it with appropriate amount of boiling water, pour it into Ephedra Velvet, mix well, moisten it, put it in a frying container, heat it with slow fire, and take it out to cool when it is deep yellow and does not stick to your hands.
Every 100kg of Chinese ephedra velvet, 25kg of cooked honey is used.
Processing effect:
1. Ephedra: pungent, slightly bitter, mild in nature. Enter lung and bladder meridian. It has the functions of sweating, dispelling cold, dispersing lung qi, relieving asthma, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Raw products are sweating, relieving exterior syndrome, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. It is mostly used for wind-cold exterior syndrome, feng shui edema, rheumatic arthralgia, yin gangrene and phlegm core.
2. Honey ephedra: The nature is warm and moist, and the effect of pungent sweating is eased, so as to spread the lungs and relieve asthma. It is mostly used for patients with mild exterior syndrome, lung qi obstruction and severe cough and asthma.
3. Ephedra velvet: the effect is mild, suitable for the elderly, children and virtual people with cold and cold. Usage is similar to ephedra.
4. Honey ephedra velvet: The effect is more mild, and it is suitable for the elderly, children and patients with physical weakness who have solved the exterior syndrome but have not recovered their asthma and cough. The usage is similar to that of honey-roasted ephedra.