1. Ephedra: Raw ephedra has a great sweating and relieving effect; roasted ephedra has a small sweating effect, but is effective in relieving asthma and relieving cough. Ephedra can be used to treat edema of the head, face and limbs with obvious edema in the upper body, or acute edema with superficial syndromes. For example, Yuejiazhu Decoction (Ephedra, Gypsum, Atractylodes, Licorice, Ginger and Jujube) can be used to treat nephritis and edema; Ephedra is combined with Rehmannia glutinosa, white mustard seeds, and Angelica sinensis to treat yin. , eliminate symptoms and knots, such as Yanghe Decoction (Ephedra, White Mustard Seeds, Rehmannia Deer Antlers, Frost, Cannon, Ginger, Cinnamon and Licorice) to dissipate yin depression, phlegm cores, and clumping fluids. Therefore, there is a saying: "Ephedra can be used to unblock meridians without being released; if ephedra can be obtained from cooked rehmannia, it can nourish the blood." "Not greasy in the diaphragm"; Ephedra combined with dried ginger can remove wind-cold evils that penetrate deep into the muscles and treat wind-cold paralysis and limb pain. Note: It is not used for asthma caused by lung deficiency, exogenous wind-heat, single bulging, carbuncle, boil, etc.
2. Guizhi: warms the meridians, dispels wind and cold, activates blood circulation and unblocks collaterals, supports heart yang, and warms water for drinking. It is used with Poria cocos, Polyporus cocos, Alisma, Atractylodes macrocephala, perilla, mulberry bark, and Zhicao to treat palpitations, hesitation, and edema caused by drinking water; with Trichosanthes trichosanthes, Xiebai, safflower, and Wulingzhi to treat heart yang deficiency. Chest paralysis is often used to treat cardiac insufficiency, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, etc. Guizhi has the characteristic of traversing the limb joints, and can lead various medicines to travel horizontally to the shoulders, arms, and fingers, so it is a menstruation-inducing medicine for upper limb diseases. Guizhi combined with turmeric can treat shoulder and arm pain and treat shoulder and arm pain due to wind-cold paralysis. Note: People with deficiency of yin and blood, bleeding, no cold evil in the body, and excessive yang energy should not use cinnamon twig.
3. Schizonepeta: can be used for both wind-heat and wind-cold syndromes; combined with Fangfeng, Angelicae, Chuanxiong, and Scutellaria baicalensis to treat postpartum wind; it can also clear blood, divide latent heat, regulate blood and stop bleeding. Nepeta is suitable for dispersing wind evil all over the body; Nepeta paniculata is suitable for dispersing wind evil in the head; Nepeta charcoal is suitable for stopping bleeding and treating postpartum excessive blood loss and hemorrhagic syndrome. Schizonepeta is used to remove wind in the blood, so it is commonly used for wind diseases, blood diseases, and postpartum diseases; Schizonepeta is good at treating wind evil in the skin, membrane, and blood vessels, and Fangfeng is good at treating wind evil in bones and flesh. Nepeta japonica introduces medicine into the brain, and this medicine is often added to treat cerebrovascular diseases. Note: Do not eat fish, crab, puffer fish, donkey meat, etc. while taking Schizonepeta.
4. Fangfeng: It dispels wind and relieves the surface, and is more effective than Schizonepeta in treating systemic pain. Schizonepeta has a stronger effect in dispelling wind, relieving the surface and causing sweating than Fangfeng. Schizonepeta and Fangfeng are often used together. Fangfeng has an obvious effect of dispelling wind and relieving spasm. It is often used with whole scorpion to treat internal movement of liver wind, disturbance of wind and phlegm, tetanus, etc. to enhance the effect of dispelling wind and relieving spasm. Fangfeng can enter the liver meridian and is used for liver stagnation. For the treatment of abdominal pain and diarrhea caused by injury to the spleen, such as the prescription for painful diarrhea (Chen Pi Atractylodes, Fengfeng and White Peony Root); for the treatment of intestinal wind and blood in the stool, use Diyu Charcoal, Sophora Jiao Charcoal, Fried Sophora japonica, etc.; in addition, Fangfeng can kill aconite poison and enhance the effect of astragalus. .
5. Perilla: Use perilla leaves (back and lower) to relieve the surface and dispel cold, use perilla stems to promote qi and relieve vomiting; use perilla (leaves and stems together) to calm the stomach and relieve vomiting. Use perilla seeds to relieve qi and eliminate phlegm. Perilla root also has the effect of regulating qi and relieving miscarriage; Perilla leaves are fragrant and can dispel filth, dispel heat and dampness, and detoxify fish and crabs.
6. Qianghuo: It can treat superficial symptoms of wind and cold. It is very effective in treating cold body without sweating and headache, especially for colds caused by dampness. In recent years, it is often used with Duhuo, Guizhi, red peony root, safflower, and Wei. Lingxian, Fangfeng, Aconite, Anemarrhena, Coix Seed and Pine Knot are used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. Qianghuo is good at dispelling rheumatism in the upper body, and is good at treating pain in the spine, neck, head, and back; Duhuo is good at dispelling rheumatism in the lower body, and is good at treating pain in the waist, legs, feet, and shins; Qianghuo is good at dispelling wind and cold in the head, neck, and back, and Guizhi is good at dispelling wind and cold in the head, neck, and back. Dispel wind-cold in shoulders, arms and fingers. Qianghuo is commonly used as a menstrual drug to treat pain in the upper body and posterior head pain. It has the characteristics of treating "diseases in the Du meridian, strong spine and syncope", and is often used to treat spinal diseases.
7. Duhuo: For the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis that tends to be deficient and cold, it can be treated with Lolliae, Chuandan, Psoralen, Clematis, Achyranthes bidentata, safflower, Adenophora, Futian, etc. It is especially effective for waist and leg pain; Duhuo combined with Asarum can treat Shaoyin headache; Duhuo combined with Achyranthes bidentata, papaya, Atractylodes, Dilong, Acanthopanax, and Sichuan Duan can treat rheumatic pain in the legs, weakness, and difficulty in walking. Duhuo is used externally for rheumatism pain, joint pain and fumigation. It is often used together with cinnamon twig, gucao, aconite, angelica, safflower, fangfeng and raw moxa leaves. Note: It is not suitable for use with blood deficiency, headache, kidney deficiency, low back pain, and insufficient yin and fluid.
8. Angelica dahurica: five major functions: dispersing wind, dehumidifying, clearing the orifices, draining pus, and relieving pain. It is good at treating various headaches, especially frontal headaches or brow bone pain, as well as toothache, stomachache, and sore pain. Both Angelica dahurica and Asarum treat toothache, while Asarum is more effective in treating tooth pulp pain or night pain, and Angelica dahurica is more effective in treating gum joint pain. It should not be used if there is pain in the cheek, there is heat due to blood deficiency, or there is excess fire due to yin deficiency. It should be used sparingly if the carbuncle has ulcerated, so as not to consume Qi and blood.
9. Ligusticum Ligusticum: It is good at treating pain on the top of the head. It is a menstrual medicine for treating diseases on the top of the head. It can also treat cold pain in the lumbar spine caused by wind and cold invading the waist.
Qianghuo is good at treating posterior headaches and dispersing wind-cold in the Taiyang meridian; Angelica dahurica is good at treating anterior headaches and brow bone pain, dispersing wind-cold in the Yangming meridian; Ligusticum chuanxiong is good at treating bilateral headaches and dispersing wind-cold in the Shaoyang meridian.
10. Asarum: Asarum has the property of rising and floating, and can be used for various diseases of the head and face. The main characteristics are the effect of relieving and relieving stagnation, opening up the stagnant Qi in the chest, unblocking the lungs and orifices, and clearing the joints. It can also treat cough and upper gas, cold phlegm and asthma, windy eyes and tearful eyes, nasal congestion and no smell, wind-cold paralysis and pain, etc. Asarum can enter the liver, heart, kidney, and lung meridians. Silkworm excrement can also relieve stagnation, and is particularly effective in dispelling muscle pain caused by rheumatism stagnating in the muscles. Carefully, it mainly searches for muscle and bone pain caused by rheumatism and cold evil stagnating in the liver and kidneys. It is often effective for pain that does not heal for a long time. Duhuo is good at searching the kidney meridian qi to subdue wind; Asarum is good at searching the liver and kidney blood to divide wind and cold.
11. Xinyi: an important medicine for treating nasal diseases. To treat colds and colds and nasal congestion, use Jingfang, Asarum, and Xanthium; to treat rhinitis, use Angelica dahurica, Asarum, Xanthium, chrysanthemum, Shuanghua, Ligusticum chuanxiong. Xanthium can also treat nasal diseases, disperse rheumatism in the head, and also treat wind and headache. Xianyi can disperse wind and cold in the upper part of the body and open the lung orifices. Asarum is also pungent and can circulate throughout the body, preferentially entering the heart and kidney meridians; Angelica dahurica is also fragrant and clears the orifices, mainly dispersing wind and cold in the head and face to treat headaches and nasal congestion. Note: This product should not be used in patients with yin deficiency and excessive fire.
12. Xanthium sibiricum: dispelling rheumatism, clearing the orifices, dispersing stagnation, and treating skin diseases such as various tinea, prurigo, leprosy, etc. In autumn, pick fresh cocklebur seeds, cut them into stems and leaves, boil the juice and make a paste, spread it on a cloth, and stick it on the navel and fontanel to treat malnutrition in children, thin belly, dull eyes, indigestion, etc. The ointment can also be used to treat scrofula and swollen boils.
13. Xiangzi: relieves the surface, removes heat and dampness, diuresis and reduces swelling. Lentils invigorate the spleen, remove dampness and relieve summer heat; lotus leaf lifts clear qi and relieves summer heat, and fragrant grass disperses wind, dispels dampness and turbidity, and dispels summer heat. For symptoms of typhoid fever in winter, use ephedra, and for symptoms of summer heat syndrome, use ephedra.
14. Ginger: relieves sweating and dispels wind and cold. You can use chopped single-flavored ginger and add brown sugar to make soup to treat wind and cold. Ginger is used with Pinellia ternata and stomach to relieve vomiting, and relieves Pinellia ternata and Nanxing poison; ginger juice can reduce phlegm and stop vomiting, treat wind phlegm and make the mouth stop speechless. Wind phlegm blocks collaterals and hemiplegia, and is combined with Bamboo drain juice. Ginger dispels wind and cold and relieves vomiting; dried ginger warms the middle and dispels cold, warms the lungs and dissolves fluids; canned ginger warms menstruation and stops bleeding; simmered ginger treats cold stomach and abdominal pain, and stops vomiting, and is less dry than dried ginger and less loose than fresh ginger; ginger peel removes moisture , reduce swelling.
15. Mint: It is a pungent and cool external medicine, commonly used to treat wind-heat cold, dizziness, headache, and sore throat. It has the functions of dispersing wind-heat, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, eliminating food and lowering qi, reducing swelling, and eliminating cholera vomiting and diarrhea. Both peppermint and mulberry leaves are commonly used to dispel wind and clear away heat. Mulberry leaves tend to cool the blood and relieve heat, dispel wind and improve eyesight; mint tends to enter Qi and has a pungent and cooling dispersing effect. Note: After a long illness or serious illness, mint is prohibited to avoid excessive sweating.
16. Chrysanthemum: dissipates wind and heat, used to treat wind-heat and colds at the beginning of wind-heat. It is also a commonly used medicine in ophthalmology. It mainly treats liver meridian wind-heat, red and swollen eyes, blurred vision, tears when seeing wind, and cloudy eyes. It is often used with skullcap, dense flower, green box, cassia, horsetail, mulberry leaves, Cicada sloughs, etc.; both chrysanthemum and mint dispel wind-heat and clear the head and eyes, but mint tends to disperse wind-heat, and its pungent and cooling sweating power is greater than that of chrysanthemum; chrysanthemum tends to clear away liver heat, dispel liver wind, and has the effect of nourishing the liver and improving eyesight. Chrysanthemum can be commonly used, Mint cannot be used for long. Wild chrysanthemum has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, treating boils and swelling.
17. Burdock: cool in nature, dispersing wind and removing heat, clearing the lungs and clearing rash, clearing away heat and detoxifying, commonly used to treat sore throat, used equally with mountain bean root, scrophulariaceae, platycodon, licorice, and skullcap; It can also be used with Yinhua, Forsythia suspensa, Sophora flavescens, Guiwei, and red peony root to treat sores and swelling and promote the dissipation of carbuncles. Burdock also has the effect of "relieving stagnant Qi in the waist and knees". It can be used with Chuan Duan and Achyranthes bidentata to relieve pain due to Qi stagnation in the waist and knees.
18. Vitex officinale: dispersing wind and heat, cooling the liver, improving eyesight, and treating headaches. The most important feature is that it can dissipate wind-heat in the head and cure headaches, especially on both sides of the head near the temples. For headaches, it is often used together with Jingfang, Chrysanthemum, and Tribulus terrestris. Chronic headaches can be treated by soaking the seeds of Vitex in wine alone; combined with blood-nourishing and wind-removing medicines such as Angelica sinensis, Chuanxiong rhizome, white peony root, Rehmannia glutinosa, Qianghuo, and Fangfeng can treat head wind headache. Ligusticum root cures headache caused by wind-cold, Angelica dahurica cures headache caused by rheumatism, and Semen vitex cures headache caused by wind-heat. Fructus Vitis vinifera tends to cause dizziness and headache caused by liver wind, while Fructus Vitis vinifera prefers wind-heat attack to cause dizziness, dullness, and headache. Note: It is contraindicated for headache and eye pain caused by blood deficiency.
19. Duckweed: pungent and cool diaphoretic medicine, light and powdery, used for superficial wind-heat syndrome. This product dispels wind and heat, reaches the skin surface, and is commonly used to treat measles caused by heat evil stagnating on the skin surface. For opaque cases, it can be used with burdock, cicada slough, mint, and kudzu root; it can also be used to treat wind-heat rash (urticaria, etc.). It also has the effect of dispersing lungs, diluting water, and eliminating edema. It can be used for patients with general edema and fever, such as acute Nephritis and edema.
Note: It should not be used by those who are weak and suffer from spontaneous sweating.
20. Cicada slough: four major functions: dispersing wind-heat, clearing out measles, dispelling wind and spasm, reducing nebula and improving eyesight. It is suitable for exogenous wind-heat and the onset of febrile diseases. It is effective for those with muteness and sore throat. It is used with Shegan, Pangda Dahai and Platycodon grandiflorum. It is suitable for children with measles and fever with opaque rashes. Use cicada slough to dissipate heat and rash and prevent heat poisoning. Inline, with burdock seeds, silver flowers, mint, reed root, kudzu root, etc. It is used with saposhnikovia, schizonepeta, duckweed, white fresh bark, and red peony root to treat rubella; it is used for tetanus, and has the effect of dispelling wind, stopping convulsions, and relieving spasm for febrile convulsions and facial nerve paralysis. It is often used with whole scorpion, uncaria, centipede, Same for zombie silkworms. It is suitable for the symptoms of red eyes, blurry eyes and cloudy eyes caused by wind-heat attack; it can also treat children crying at night. 1.5-6 grams of cicada slough is often added to the stomach-balancing, heat-clearing and digestion medicines, and the effect is often achieved. Cicada slough dispels wind and heat, removes nebula, clears rash, dispels wind and relieves spasms; snake slough has a small poison, is good at removing wind evil, and is also good at removing nebula, and is often used to treat skin scabies, itching and skin diseases. Note: It is not suitable for those with deficiency syndrome, pregnant women and those without wind-heat.
21. Bupleurum: (1) Reconciling Shaoyang: It can relieve the intrusion of external factors and the evils of half exterior and half interior by leaving the exterior and half interior. Typical symptoms: alternation of cold and heat, bitterness and fullness in the chest and hypochondrium. , bitter mouth and dry throat, loss of appetite, upset and vomiting, thin white tongue coating, stringy pulse, Xiaochaihu Decoction is often used for acute febrile diseases such as influenza, acute urinary tract infection, acute tonsillitis, lobar pneumonia, etc. Modifications of Hu Decoction; (2) Soothing the liver and relieving stagnation: stagnation of liver qi means that the body's yin and yang, qi and blood cannot rise and fall normally. It can cause headaches, chest distension and hypochondriac pain at the upper end, and abdominal pain, umbilical pain, qi in the abdomen, and amenorrhea at the lower end. etc., such as Xiaoyao Powder, Bupleurum Shugan Powder; (3) Lifting Yang Qi: It can lead Qing Qi upward to treat weak spleen and stomach, Qing Yang subsidence caused by shortness of breath and abdominal distension, diarrhea that is difficult to heal for a long time, anal prolapse, waist and abdomen Heaviness, menorrhagia, frequent urination, organ ptosis, uterine prolapse, etc., such as Buzhong Yiqi Decoction, Shengyang Yiwei Decoction, when Bupleurum is used to Shengyang, the dosage should be small. (4) Treatment of heat entering the blood chamber: When women have menstrual cramps during exogenous fever or just after menstruation, external evil invades the blood chamber due to the vacancy, causing attacks of cold and heat, and even high fever and delirium at night. Bupleurum can be added to the medicine according to the syndrome. Use it to open up the internal blockage of heat evil, lift the evil qi and separate it from the blood, from the inside out, or use Xiao Bupleurum Decoction to modify it. (5) Treatment of malaria: If there is cold first and then heat, and the cold and heat attack are regular, Xiao Bupleurum Decoction should be added or subtracted; if the onset of cold is more than heat, or the cold is not hot, Xiao Bupleurum Decoction plus Guizhi Decoction should be added or subtracted; if the fever is severe, fever is more than cold, or But if it is hot but not cold, Xiaobuihu Decoction and Baihu Decoction can be added or subtracted. Changshan, Caoguo and Betel nut can often be added to the above to achieve good results. It is used for chronic hepatitis symptoms such as dull pain in the right hypochondrium or pain in both hypochondrium, delayed subsidence of epigastric tightness, abdominal distension, yellow urine, poor stool, loss of appetite, white or yellow coating on the tongue, stringy and slippery pulse, and long-term inability to perform liver function tests. Normal people can use: Bupleurum 9-15, Skullcap 12, Solanum 9-12, Pinellia 10, Safflower 9, Tribulus 9-12, Turmeric 9, Liu Jinu 9, Jiao Si Xian 10 each, Fried radish 10, Cardamom 10 Fang Ming Xieshu Decoction, modified to resist liver damage. Bupleurum combined with Scutellaria baicalensis can clear away liver and gallbladder qi to separate heat knots; Bupleurum combined with Coptis chinensis can clear away heart and blood stagnation; Bupleurum combined with white peony root, angelica root and blood can regulate menstruation and treat abdominal pain. Bupleurum descends first and then rises, dissipates qi and dissipates stagnation and regulates menstruation. Qianhu first rises and then descends, lowering qi and reducing fire, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Southern Bupleurum has mild medicinal power, suitable for soothing the liver and relieving stagnation; Silver Bupleurum has a cooler nature, suitable for relieving deficiency heat and treating bone steaming; Bamboo-leaf Bupleurum has the weakest medicinal power and is only suitable for mild Qi depression; Northern Bupleurum relieves Shaoyang. , reduce fever, raise yang, soothe the liver and treat malaria. Note: Do not use if there is internal heat due to yin deficiency or yang energy is easily activated.
22. Rhubarb: It has the functions of purging blood and dispersing excessive heat, lower gastrointestinal stagnation, and promoting metabolism. It is commonly used to relieve constipation, purge heat, eliminate carbuncles and dissipate knots, clear away heat, dry dampness, activate blood circulation and unblock meridians. For those with strong stomach fire who have sores on the mouth and tongue, thirst and throat dryness, swollen and painful gums, constipation, epistaxis, or vomiting blood, you can use 3-6 grams of raw rhubarb, soak in boiling water for 20-30 minutes, and take the juice once a day, continuously For three days, this method can be used for cases where dry and hard stool has not been cured for several days. When heat dysentery starts at the beginning, it is caused by the accumulation of damp-heat in the intestines and stomach, resulting in tenesmus and unpleasant stools. You can use raw rhubarb with coptis, costus, and betel nut to relieve the stagnation in the intestines and stomach, and the dysentery can be stopped. Rhubarb can also clear away heat, dehumidify, and treat yang and jaundice. In addition to artemisia, gardenia, plantain, and cork, appropriate addition of rhubarb can accelerate the effect of clearing away heat, dehumidifying, and reducing jaundice. Sprinkle rhubarb powder externally to treat yellow sores and eczema. Women whose menstruation stops due to blood stasis can add rhubarb to their menstruation-regulating medicine to activate blood circulation and unblock meridians. Mix raw rhubarb with licorice to relieve vomiting. If you feel sick, take the decoction. Vomiting will occur every time you drink the decoction. After decoction, add 1 gram of each decoction to a small cup of water and drink it slowly. If you do not vomit after 15-20 minutes, drink it quickly. You can avoid vomiting by taking decoction. Raw rhubarb, raw licorice, raw ocher, inula, pinellia, dangshen, and betel nut are effective in treating neurotic vomiting.
Black and white Chou diarrhea is slightly poisonous and can dispel water accumulation in the abdomen. Rhubarb diarrhea can promote gastrointestinal stagnation and heat knots. Croton and rhubarb are both strong laxatives, but croton is hot in nature and rhubarb is cold in nature. Rhubarb has a strong purgative effect when raw, but when fried with wine, it can reach the upper part of the body, dispel heat downwards, and help with purgative power. It is suitable for those with red eyes, toothache, aphtha, and burning fever in the chest; cooked rhubarb has a slow purgative power, and is suitable for the elderly and those with indigestion. Weak people: Fried carbon is used in the large intestine to cause stagnant blood in the stool and has a hemostatic effect. Rhubarb combined with Glauber's salt can enhance the purgative power and speed up; Rhubarb combined with skullcap and gardenia purges lung fire; Rhubarb combined with Coptis chinensis purges heart fire; Rhubarb combined with gentian purges liver fire; Rhubarb combined with gypsum purges stomach fire. Note: It is not suitable for use due to insufficient vitality, weak stomach and weak blood, and diseases caused by qi deficiency and yin deficiency with dry stools.
23. Glauber's salt: It is a salt laxative. It is mainly used to treat constipation caused by excessive heat evil. It is often used together with rhubarb. It has the effect of softening and breaking blood. It can be treated with angelica, safflower, peach kernel and Chuanxiong. Women with blood stasis and amenorrhea; treat abdominal mass with Erzhu, Trigonella, Curcuma, oyster, turmeric, hawthorn core, salvia, etc.; apply Glauber's salt decoction in water and wash it externally to treat red eyes and hemorrhoids; use Glauber's salt mixed with borax and borneol powder to treat It is used to treat sores on the mouth and tongue, or blowing the throat to treat swelling and pain in the throat. Xuanming powder has a mild diarrhea effect and is mostly used by the weak and those with mild heat.
24. Senna: To treat constipation due to internal heat, soak 5-7 grams in boiling water for 30 minutes, take the juice and take it twice, once every 4-5 hours, and diarrhea will stop. Habitual constipation can be taken once a day before going to bed or in the morning. A small amount of this product can clear the food in the stomach and stimulate the appetite. An appropriate amount can cause diarrhea. An overdose can cause nausea and vomiting. Note: It is not suitable for use during lactation, pregnancy, menstrual period, and hemorrhoids.
25. Yu Liren: It can open the pyloric qi, moisten the dryness and astringency of the large intestine and promote qi, moisturize the dryness, clear the intestines, and diuretic and reduce swelling. Hemp seed enters the spleen and large intestine to promote body fluids and moisturizes dryness. It increases fluids, slows down the spleen and smooths the intestines to relieve constipation. Yuliren enters the spleen and large intestine to relieve qi, unblocks stasis and dissipates knots, promotes large intestine qi, guides stagnation and moisturizes the intestines.
26. Honey: It is mostly used for the elderly, weak people, insufficient body fluids, intestinal stagnation and dry stools. Malt sugar, honey, and jujube all taste sweet and tonic. Malt sugar is slightly warm and mainly enters the spleen. It can relieve abdominal pain and relieve abdominal pain. It is not as effective as honey in nourishing and lubricating the intestines. Honey also moisturizes the lungs and treats dryness and cough; jujube is sweet, warm and tonic, and is specially used for tonic. The spleen and stomach have no ability to moisturize the intestines and relieve constipation.
27. Chuanmutong: diuretic and anti-drug. Chuanmu Tong can relieve heart fire, and the dampness and heat in the heart meridian can be released from the urine, such as Dao Chi Powder. Chuanmu Tong has obvious diuretic and heat-clearing effects, and can treat bladder heat that causes hot stranguria and bloody stranguria, such as Bazheng Powder. Both Akebia and Alisma diuresis and remove dampness, but Alisma tends to relieve dampness and heat in the liver and kidney meridian, while Akebia acuta tends to relieve dampness and heat in the heart and small intestine meridian. Kawaki Tong facilitates urination and can also facilitate defecation, which is also a characteristic of Kawaki Tong. In modern times, Akebia baicalensis has significant diuretic and cardiotonic effects. It can be used with Poria cocos, Polyporus cocos, Morus alba bark, Perilla seed, and Alisma to treat difficulty urinating, edema of both feet, whole body, boredom, and shortness of breath due to cardiac insufficiency. Note: Do not use if there is no dampness, heat, slippery essence, weak qi and pregnant women.
28. Tongcao: facilitates urination, releases breast milk, relieves lung heat, and soothes stomach qi. Chuanmu Tong lowers heart-fire, induces heat to descend and diuresis, and its properties are lowering in the middle and promoting in the middle (unblocking the blood vessels, clearing the stool, and joints). It is used to relieve the heat in the lungs, relieve qi and promote diuresis. Up and down milk). Rush clears away heat from the heart, draws heat downwards and diuresis; dredges grass to lower lung qi, penetrates dampness, clears away heat and diuresis. Wangbuliuxing and Chuanmutong are mainly used to regulate blood vessels, clear blood stasis and release breast milk, while Tongcao mainly promotes gastric qi to rise and release breast milk. The general dosage is 3-9 grams, and 15-18 grams or 30 grams can be used for lactation. Note: Avoid use by pregnant women.
29. Poria: diuretic and dehumidification, calming the mind and calming the mind, nourishing the spleen and stopping diarrhea. If there is water and dampness in various parts of the internal organs, Poria cocos can be used, combined with Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Pinellia ternata, tangerine peel, Polyporus polygonum, Alisma, mulberry bark, winter melon peel, etc. to treat spleen deficiency and dampness and body edema; add fried white peony root to Linggui Zhugan decoction. , Acosta, Evodia, and Nutmeg are used to treat intestinal dysfunction (spleen deficiency, indigestion, and irregular stool due to indigestion due to spleen deficiency and indigestion due to water-dampness in the middle burner); used for symptoms of heart and spleen deficiency, restlessness, insomnia, and forgetfulness, combined with Angelicae Sinensis and Atractylodes. , Baiziren, Polygala, Ziziphus, and Cinnabar 0.6-0.9g. Polyporia cocos has greater diuretic power than Poria cocos, but has no tonic properties. It is mostly used to dispel evil spirits and does not need to be corrected. Poria cocos has light infiltration and diuretic properties, nourishes the spleen and calms the heart, and has tonic properties. It can be used to dispel evil spirits and strengthen the body. Red Poria cocos is good at clearing away heat and dampness, Poria Shen is good at calming the mind and calming the mind; Poria Shenmu is good at relaxing muscles and relieving spasms, Poria cocos peel is good at diluting water and reducing swelling. Fu Shenmu can treat heart pain, jitters, forgetfulness, calm the liver and dispel wind. When treating angina pectoris due to coronary heart disease, 15-30 grams of Fu Shenmu can be added to the chest-widening, yang-tonifying, blood-activating and orifice-respiring agents to achieve analgesic effects.
30. Polyporus cocos: diuretic and dampness, all kinds of edema, oliguria, dampness and diarrhea, stranguria, jaundice, etc. Polyporus cocos combined with Alisma enhances the diuretic effect. Plantain Seed can benefit water without damaging yin and clear away heat, while Polyporus Polyporus can treat water.
31. Alisma: It mainly purges the fire of the liver and kidney meridians, and removes the water of the bladder and triple burner. It is mainly used as a diuretic, dampness-removing and heat-clearing medicine. Alisma is often used clinically in kidney-tonifying medicines to prevent the tonic from generating heat and causing kidney fire. Alisma is the first choice for treating fire evil and damp-heat in the kidneys, bladder or liver and kidneys. Alisma and Atractylodes are used to treat dizziness caused by drinking in the stomach and stopping drinking in the stomach. Alisma is a diuretic and water-removing agent, suitable for removing ascites caused by water bulges. Zelantra promotes blood circulation and eliminates water, and is suitable for removing ascites caused by hemorrhagic bulges.
32. Plantago seed: diuretic, clearing away heat, relieving stranguria, benefiting the liver and kidneys, improving eyesight, and stopping diarrhea. It can be used for acute eye pain caused by rising liver fire, such as red eyes, swollen eyes, and eye pain. It is often used with chrysanthemum, mulberry leaves, cassia, coptis, skullcap, vitex, silver flower, dense flower, etc. to clear fire and disperse wind. Used together with hot medicine, it can also be used to treat dim eyes and decreased vision caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency. It can also be used to treat watery diarrhea caused by excessive dampness, using the "dividing benefits and stopping diarrhea" method. If children have diarrhea in summer and have watery stools that persist for many days, Wuwei Yigong Powder (codonopsis root, atractylodes, poria, tangerine peel, licorice) plus 3-9 grams of psyllium and 0.9-1.5 grams of platycodon is effective. Plantago seed can clear away heat and diuresis, improve eyesight and stop diarrhea; Plantain seed can clear away dampness, clear away heat and cool blood to stop bleeding. It can be used for hematuria, hematemesis and epistaxis. Both talc and plantain are beneficial to water, talc can also dispel heat, and plantain can benefit the liver and kidneys and improve eyesight.
33. Talc: diuretic and dehumidifying, clearing the orifices, relieving heat and quenching thirst. It is commonly used to treat urethral pain and difficulty in urination caused by hot stranguria, bloody stranguria, sandy stranguria, etc. Talcum powder is used externally to lubricate the skin, clear away heat and remove dampness, and is used for prickly heat, eczema, and wet and itchy toes. It can be used alone or combined with gypsum, alum, and mint. Both mallow seeds and talc are diuretics and smooth the orifices, but mallow seeds also relieve breast milk, and talc also clears away heat. Tongcao, Chuanmu Tong, and Talc all facilitate urination. Tongcao can induce lung heat to descend and facilitate urination. Chuanmu Tong guides heart fire to descend and facilitate urination. Talc removes dampness and heat in the bladder and facilitates urination.
34. Shiwei: clears the heat of the lung meridian, relieves dampness and heat in the bladder and relieves water and stranguria. Both Haijinsha and Shiwei can clear away damp-heat in the bladder and treat stranguria, but Haijinsha is more effective in the blood component, while Shiwei is more effective in the Qi component. Haijinsha is mostly used for sand-stone stranguria, and Shiwei is mostly used for damp-heat stranguria.
35. Bianzhu: clears away dampness and heat in the bladder, mainly treats hot stranguria and difficulty in urination. In recent years, it is often used with Cortex Phellodendron, Chuanmu Tong, Poria, Alisma, Qumai, and Shiwei to treat acute urinary tract infections. According to experiments Bianzhu has inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella dysenteriae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Typhoid bacilli, and skin molds.
36. Qumai: clears away heart heat, relieves dampness and heat in the small intestine and bladder. This product can enter the blood and clear away blood heat. It is commonly used to treat bloody stranguria and hematuria, and has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. The diuretic effect of Qumai Sui is better than that of the stem. Bianzhu mainly clears away dampness and heat in the bladder, and also treats jaundice and eczema; Shiwei mainly clears the lungs and relieves dampness and heat in the bladder, and is partial to the Qi component, and is mostly used for damp-heat stranguria; Qumai mainly clears the heart and relieves dampness and heat in the small intestine and bladder, and is partial to the blood component, and is mostly used for blood circulation. Rain.
37. Haijinsha: diuretic, clearing away dampness and heat in the small intestine and bladder. Sea Jinsha with mallow seeds, achyranthes, Desmodium, Alisma, Adenophora, red peony root, betel nut (or agarwood), Wangbuliuxing, etc. to treat urinary tract stones, obvious low back pain, plus Sangji, Dipsacus, dog's spine, etc. Eucommia ulmoides, frankincense, myrrh, etc., Qumai, Baixuan, and Haijinsha are all used to treat stranguria. Qumai is mostly used to treat bloody stranguria, Baixiang is mostly used to treat ointment stranguria, and Haijinsha is mostly used to treat stone stranguria.
38. Money Grass: It can induce diuresis and expel stones. It can clear away dampness and heat in the liver, gallbladder, bladder and kidney meridians. It is mainly used to diuresis, relieve stranguria and expel stones. With Bupleurum, skullcap, pinellia, citrus aurantium, betel nut, rhubarb, xuanming powder, wormwood to treat gallstones; with Polyporus polyporus, Poria cocos, mallow seeds, talc, Achyranthes root, betel nut, sea golden sand, Alisma, Zeelandia Used to treat urinary tract stones.
39. Mallow seeds: diuretic, smooth intestine, and lactation. Prescriptions for treating urinary tract stones: Mallow seeds 15, Achyranthes 15, Adenophora 12, Phellodendron 12, Alisma 9, Poria 15, Desmodium 30, Bianzhu 12, raw rhubarb 6, Wu Yao 6, Qumai 12, Scutellaria baicalensis 12; Plantain Seed clears away dampness and heat and relieves stranguria. , it also relieves dampness and relieves diarrhea; winter sunflower seed is smooth and smooth, reaches the orifices and relieves stranguria, and also smooths the intestines and relieves constipation. Wangbuliuxing circulates the blood vessels and promotes breast enlargement; mallow seeds smooth and remove stagnant breast enlargement.
40. Coix Seed: Slightly cold, used raw to remove dampness, expel pus, relax tendons, stir-fried to strengthen the spleen and stomach. Both papaya and coix seed can relax the muscles. Papaya is more effective in treating cramps and cramps in the calves and calves caused by cold and dampness. Coix seed is more effective in treating cramps and cramps in the muscles and difficulty in stretching the limbs caused by dampness and heat. Both lentils and coix seed can strengthen the spleen. Lentils can relieve heat and remove dampness to strengthen the spleen, while coix seed can strengthen the spleen by diluting and removing dampness.
This product is light in taste and slow in strength, so those who are seriously ill need to take it frequently and for a long time. Note: This product should not be taken if there is fluid production or excessive urination, and it should not be used by pregnant women.
41. Anti-Ji: diuresis, dispelling wind, clearing the meridians, purging the dampness and heat in the blood. The functions of Fangji and Fangji prescriptions are roughly the same. Fangji is used to dispel dampness and diuresis, and treat damp-heat in the lower body, edema in the lower body, and athlete's foot; Fangji is used to dispel wind, dredge meridians, relieve pain, and treat edema and rheumatic pain in the upper body. Tongcao is sweet and bland, removes dampness and heat caused by Qi, prevents bitter cold from the body, and purges dampness and heat caused by blood. Papaya is acidic and warm, can relieve dampness and relax muscles and activate collaterals, and is good at treating spasticity and foot flaccidity. It prevents bitter cold, diuretics, unblocks collaterals and purges heat, and is good at treating edema and athlete's foot. This product is extremely bitter and cold, so it should not be consumed in large amounts as it may cause stomach damage. Note: It should not be used by those with yin deficiency and those without damp-heat syndrome. It should not be used in hot atmosphere.
42. Papaya: Diuretic and regulate the spleen. It is used for vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal distension caused by excessive dampness in the middle burner. It can also be used to treat wet athlete’s foot caused by dampness flowing into the calves and soles of the feet. It can relax the muscles and activate the collaterals to treat It can be used to relieve tension in those with tendon disease, and to relieve tension in those with slow tendons. It is used for (1) In heat-wet injuries, when vomiting and diarrhea occur, resulting in spasm of the gastrocnemius muscles in both legs, it can be used equally with Hoppe, lentil, Codonopsis pilosula, Evodia, white peony root, and licorice. . (2) Due to the invasion of damp evil, disharmony of meridians, unfavorable spastic joints, swelling and pain, it is often used with Achyranthes bidentata, Acanthopanax bark, Angelica sinensis, Chuanxiong, Clematis, and Haifengteng. White peony root treats tendon disease, mainly softening the liver, relieving tension and nourishing the tendons; papaya treats tendon disease, mainly treating dampness, warming the liver and relaxing the tendons.
It is effective for long-term stomach pain caused by ulcer disease, which is a combination of deficiency and excess, cold and heat, and both qi and blood.