Pungent, bitter, warm. Attributed to the heart, stomach meridian.

Functions

Resolving dampness and opening up the stomach, opening up the orifices and removing phlegm, awakening the spirit and wisdom. It is used in treating epigastric congestion without hunger, silencing dysentery, dizziness, epilepsy, forgetfulness and deafness. Regulates qi, invigorates blood, disperses wind and removes dampness. It is used in epilepsy, phlegmatic syncope, heat-related dizziness, amnesia, deafness, heart and chest congestion, stomachache, abdominal pain, wind-cold and damp paralysis, carbuncle and gangrene, bruises and injuries.

This species is a poisonous plant included in the China Plant Atlas database.

Utility

1. Phlegm clouding the clear orifices and stupefaction of the mind. The product is pungent, bitter and dry, warm through, aromatic, not only has the function of opening the orifices to wake up the mind, and both dampness, phlegm, and the effect of obscenity is good at treating phlegm, dampness, and obscenity of the evil obscuring the orifices due to the confusion of the mind. For the treatment of stroke, phlegm obscures the orifices of the heart, confusion, strong tongue and unable to speak, it is often combined with hemixia, tiannanxing, tangerine red and other dry dampness and phlegm removing medicines, such as cleansing phlegm soup (Jisheng Fang); if the treatment of phlegm-heat obscured, high fever, delirium, it is often combined with tulip gold, hemixia, zhuzhu lei and other compositions, such as calamus and tulip gold soup (Wen Disease Book); for the treatment of phlegm-heat epileptic convulsions, it can be combined with citrus aurantium, zhuzhu, and lianlian and so on, such as clearing the heart and warming the gallbladder soup (Gujin Hegejian

To treat epilepsy with phlegm-heat, it can be combined with Yuanzhi, Cinnabar, and Shengtiehuo, such as Shengtiehuo Drink (《Medicine Heart Understanding》). It is also used in the treatment of dampness and cloudiness, dizziness, somnolence, amnesia, tinnitus, deafness, etc., and it is often combined with poria, Yuanzhi, and Longzhi, such as Anshendingzhi Pill (《Medicine Heart Understanding》).

2. Dampness blocks the middle Jiao, epigastric plumpness, distension and pain. The product is pungent, warm and aromatic, and is good at transforming dampness and turbidity, waking up the spleen and stomach, promoting qi stagnation, and eliminating flatulence and fullness. It can be used to treat dampness and turbidity obstruction in the middle Jiao, distension in the epigastric region, plumpness and pain, often used together with Ren, Cangzhu and Houpu; if the dampness is transformed from heat, the dampness and heat is contained in the ambush, the body is hot and vomiting, the chest and epigastric region is plumped up and the tongue is yellowish and greasy, it can be paired with Huanglian, Houpu, such as Lianpark Drink (Huozhaolian).

3. Silent dysentery. This product is aromatic to transform dampness, dry dampness, and move the Qi of the stomach and intestines. It can be used in the treatment of water and grain intolerance and dysentery caused by dampness and heat toxins in the intestines, and can be combined with Huanglian, Poria, and Shilianzi, such as Kaixianxuan ("The Heart and Sense of Medicine").

4. Forgetfulness, insomnia, tinnitus, deafness. The product enters the heart meridian, opens the orifices of the heart, benefits the mind, calms the mind, and brightens the ears and eyes, so it can be used for the above conditions. For the treatment of forgetfulness, it is often combined with ginseng, Poria, Calamus, etc., such as the "Forget-me-not" powder ("Zhenzhi quanjiao") and the "Happy" powder ("Qianjin fang"); for the treatment of insomnia, dreaminess and palpitations caused by over-exertion of the heart and mind and the loss of the heart and mind, it is often combined with ginseng, atractylodes macrocephala, longan meat, and jujube nuts, Poria, and vermilion, etc., such as the "tranquilizing the spirit and determining the will" pill ("Miscellaneous Diseases Origin and Flow of Rhinoceros Candle"); for the treatment of the weakness of both the heart and the kidneys, tinnitus, deafness, dizziness and palpitations, it is often combined with It is often combined with Cuscuta, Chasteberry, Drynaria, Salviae Miltiorrhizae, and Salviae Miltiorrhizae and Nightshade, for example, Anshen Tonic Heart Pill ("Handbook of Traditional Chinese Medicinal Preparations").

In addition, it can also be used for hoarseness, carbuncle sores, rheumatic paralysis, bruises and other evidence.