With the improvement of material living standards, people pay more and more attention to health preservation. Traditional media have successively launched various health-preserving programs in response to the emerging needs of the people. We-media also uses big data and health-preserving product companies to swarm the people with short-term health-preserving video lectures and soft articles.
Under the rotation bombing, everyone will naturally compare the health care knowledge they see with their own bodies, and some people will purchase some medicines or foods with health care effects based on their own understanding.
Why is it wrong for me to take Liuwei Dihuang Pills?
Liuwei Dihuang Pills, packaged as a "kidney-tonifying magic medicine", began to appear in the eyes of middle-aged and elderly men.
Then the problem comes. Some people who feel that they have kidney deficiency have an internal heat reaction after taking Liuwei Dihuang Pills or soft capsules. They often feel that their mouths are sticky, bitter, and even have sores on their mouth and tongue. and other symptoms of internal heat that manifest themselves differently.
What's going on? What's wrong?
Why does Liuwei Dihuang Pill cause internal heat?
Let’s check Liuwei Dihuang Wan’s household registration first!
Liuwei Dihuang Wan, formerly known as Dihuang Wan, comes from the "Pediatric Medicine Zhijue" of the Song Dynasty. It was originally a prescription for children to nourish yin. Qian Yi, a master of pediatrics, reduced Guifu from the Shenqi Pills in "The Synopsis of the Golden Chamber". This is because children are pure yang bodies, immature yin and immature yang, and yang is often surplus and yin is often deficient. Therefore, Guifu is reduced and the yang is discarded. It means yin and is used to solve problems such as developmental delay caused by deficiency of liver and kidney yin in children.
The characteristic of the Liuwei Dihuang Pills formula is that it is used for both tonic and purgative purposes. Although it is used for both tonic and purgative purposes, judging from the dosage of the formula, the dosage of "tonifying" is greater than the dosage of "purging". In this way, there are some benefits in supplementing. It has diarrhea and prevents the disadvantages of stasis and greasiness caused by nourishing products.
Why does eating Liuwei Dihuang Pills cause internal heat? This is obviously a prescription for tonifying yin. If it is easy to understand that taking a prescription for tonifying yang causes internal heat, why does taking a prescription for replenishing yin also cause internal heat?
Take a look at the recipe of Liuwei Rehmannia Pills: 8 qian of Rehmannia glutinosa, 4 qian of Dogwood, 4 qian of dried yam, 3 qian of Alisma, 3 qian of peeled poria, and 3 qian of peony bark.
Mr. Qian Yilao used Liuwei Dihuang Pills to treat liver and kidney yin deficiency in children in "Pediatric Medicine Zhijue Zhong".
"Prescription Science" edited by Xu Jiqun writes: Liuwei Dihuang Pills, function: nourishing the liver and kidneys. Indications: Soreness and weakness of the waist and knees caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency, dizziness, tinnitus and deafness, night sweats and spermatorrhea, as well as symptoms of inappropriate fontanelle opening in children. Or there may be bone steaming hot flashes, hot flashes in the hands, feet, and heart caused by deficient fire, or quenching thirst, or toothache due to deficient fire, dry mouth and throat, red tongue with less coating, and thready and rapid pulse.
Through clinical observation of patients and consideration of prescription formulations, we have concluded that people who suffer from internal heat after taking Liuwei Dihuang Pills tend to have a phlegm-dampness constitution. Because the main function of Liuwei Dihuang Pills is to nourish kidney yin, even if the prescription considers both tonic and purgative, after all, "tonifying" is stronger than "purging", and yin-nourishing medicines are inherently sluggish. Moreover, the current characteristic is that many older people have Yang deficiency.
Some people will experience symptoms such as abdominal distension and loose stools when taking Yin-tonifying medicines. The main reason is that these people have weak spleen and stomach. When such people take Liuwei Dihuang Pills, they will develop a pattern in the body in which the moisture in the body becomes stronger or the spleen and stomach become weaker. The nature of dampness evil can easily block the human body's Qi. When there is excess Qi in the human body, it is called fire.
This mechanism is like packing food bags in summer.
Anyone who lived in rural areas when they were young had the experience of drying grain. In summer, grain bags should be dried in a timely manner. Before drying, put your hands into the rice or noodles. At this time, you will obviously feel that the grain is a little damp and the middle is hot. Why is this happening? People with rich experience will say that this is caused by being left for a long time. So why does it need to be dried? Because the air circulates after drying, the heat inside will naturally be relieved.
The same is true in the human body. Excessive moisture in the human body will cause blockage of Qi movement. Blocked Qi movement will also produce heat. When the heat accumulates to a certain amount, it turns into fire.
It is worth noting that Liuwei Dihuang Pill was originally designed for children. It is a good prescription for children with developmental delay caused by kidney yin deficiency, but it is not a special prescription for replenishing the kidneys in adults. Kidney deficiency is not unique to adults, but is also not uncommon in children.
Liuwei Dihuang Pill is a good medicine, but it must be used properly to avoid getting angry after taking it.