Moisture medicine
Any medicine that smells fragrant, is warm and dry in nature, and has the main function of dispelling dampness and invigorating the spleen is called dampness dispelling medicine.
The spleen likes dryness and dislikes dampness, "soil likes warmth and likes fragrance". This kind of medicine is pungent and warm-drying, and it mainly enters the spleen and stomach meridians. The aromatic products can wake up the spleen and remove dampness, and the warm-drying medicines can dry dampness and strengthen the spleen. At the same time, its acridity can promote qi, its fragrance can ventilate, and can activate the qi mechanism of the middle burner to relieve the pathogenesis of stagnation of spleen and stomach qi caused by dampness. In addition, some medicines also have the functions of relieving heat and warding off filth.
Dampness-resolving medicines are mainly applicable to diseases such as internal resistance of damp turbidity, spleen dampness, and abnormal transportation and transformation, such as fullness in the abdomen and abdomen, vomiting with pantothenic acid, loose stools, lack of food and body fatigue, sweet mouth and excessive salivation, and white and greasy tongue coating. In addition, some medicines can also be used for dampness-temperature and summer-heat-dampness syndromes.
When using dampness-resolving medicines, proper compatibility and application should be carried out according to different conditions and concurrent syndromes of dampness. Such as dampness stagnation of qi, epigastric distention, fullness and stuffiness, it is often compatible with qi-promoting drugs; such as dampness resistance with cold dampness, cold pain in the abdomen, it can be compatible with warming and dispelling cold medicine; such as spleen deficiency dampness, abdominal pain For those with poor appetite and mental fatigue, it is often used in combination with Qi-invigorating and spleen-invigorating drugs; if it is used for damp-warm, damp-heat, and summer-heat-dampness, it is often used together with products for clearing away heat and dampness, relieving heat, and promoting dampness.
Dampness-removing medicines are aromatic and contain volatile oils. They are usually taken as powders for better curative effect. If they are put into decoctions, they should be taken after decoction, and should not be decocted for a long time, so as to avoid the loss of volatile active ingredients and reduce the curative effect; most of these medicines are pungent and fragrant. Dry products tend to consume qi and damage yin, so those with yin deficiency, blood dryness and qi deficiency should use it with caution.
Amomum
It was first recorded in "On the Nature of Medicine".
This product is the dry and mature fruit of Zingiberaceae plant Yangchunsha, Lvhusha or Hainansha. Yangchun sand and green shell sand are fragrant and strong, with a pungent, cool and slightly bitter taste; Hainan sand has a slightly lighter smell. The one with brown color, full kernel and strong smell is better. Used raw, broken when used.
[properties of medicine] pungent, warm. Return spleen, stomach, kidney channel.
[Efficacy] Disperses dampness and appetizers, warms the middle and relieves diarrhea, regulates qi and relieves miscarriage.
【application】
1. Dampness and turbidity in the middle, stagnation of spleen and stomach qi, abdominal distension without hunger
This product is pungent, looses temperature, and has a fragrant smell. It removes dampness, awakens the spleen and appetizers, and has good effects in regulating the temperature. The ancients said that it is "an important medicine for awakening the spleen and regulating the stomach." Spleen-stomach disharmony is commonly used for various syndromes, especially for those with stagnation of cold-damp Qi.
2. Deficiency of the spleen and stomach, vomiting and diarrhea
This product is good at warming the middle and warming the stomach to stop vomiting and diarrhea, but it focuses on warming the spleen. To treat spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, vomiting and diarrhea, it can be powdered and swallowed alone, or in combination.
3. Pregnancy resistance, fetal movement disturbance
This product can promote qi and neutralize it, stop vomiting and induce miscarriage. If you can't eat due to nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, it can be used alone or in combination; it can be used in combination with other medicines to nourish qi, nourish blood and prevent pregnancy. It can be used for those with insufficient qi and blood and restless fetal movement.
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 3~6g, and then take.
[Cautions for use] Use with caution in patients with yin deficiency and blood dryness.
【Medicine】Amomum shell
This product is the husk of Yangchunsha, Lvhusha or Hainansha. The nature, flavor and efficacy are similar to those of amomum, but the temperature is slightly less, and the medicinal power is weak. It is suitable for spleen and stomach dampness and stagnation of qi, abdominal distension and pain, nausea and poor appetite, etc. Decoction, 3~6g.
