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.
cardamom
It was first recorded in "Bielu of Famous Doctors".
This product is the dry and ripe fruit of the herbaceous plant white cardamom or Javan white cardamom. According to different places of origin, it is divided into "original cardamom" and "Indonesian white cardamom". The original cardamom is fragrant, and the taste is pungent and cool, slightly like camphor; the Indonesian white cardamom has a weaker smell. It is better to be big, plump, with a complete shell and strong smell. Used raw, crushed when used.
[properties of medicine] pungent, warm. Return lung, spleen, stomach warp.
[Efficacy] Dispelling dampness and promoting qi, warming the middle and stopping vomiting, appetizing and eliminating food.
【application】
1. Moderate blockage of dampness and turbidity, stagnation of spleen and stomach qi, lack of appetite, distension and pain in the chest and abdomen, persistent indigestion
This product can not only dispel dampness and promote Qi, but also appetizing and eliminating food. Treat dampness in the middle of the burner, fullness in the abdomen and abdomen, and not thinking about eating; spleen deficiency and dampness in the chest and abdomen, lack of appetite and weakness; spleen and stomach qi stagnation, food accumulation, chest and abdomen distension and pain.
2. At the beginning of humidity and temperature, chest tightness and no hunger
The pungent dispersal of this product penetrates into the lungs to dissipate damp pathogens, so it is often used for the early onset of dampness and temperature, chest tightness and no hunger.
3. Cold and damp vomiting
This product can promote qi and broaden the middle, warm the stomach and stop vomiting, especially suitable for vomiting caused by stomach cold and damp blocking qi stagnation. It can be used alone as a final dose, or it can be used in combination for children with cold stomach and those who vomit milk and refuse to eat.
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 3~6g, and then take.
[Cautions for use] Use with caution in patients with yin deficiency and blood dryness.
[Drugs for Differentiation] Cardamom and Amomum are both dampness-removing medicines. They have the functions of dispelling dampness and promoting qi, warming middle-temperature, relieving vomiting, and stopping diarrhea. However, the power of cardamom for dispelling dampness and promoting qi is more focused on the middle and upper energies, while amomum is more focused on the middle and lower energies. Therefore, cardamom can be used clinically for dampness, warming and stuffy feeling, warming the middle part of the stomach and good at stopping vomiting;
[with medicine] cardamom shell
This product is the husk of white cardamom or Javan white cardamom, an herb of the ginger family. The taste and effect are similar to those of cardamom, but the temperature is not strong, and the force is also weak. It is suitable for abdominal fullness, loss of appetite, and vomiting caused by spleen and stomach dampness and qi stagnation. Decoction, 3~6g.
