I remember that one year just after the Beginning of Autumn, I was giving a lecture in Lhasa, Tibet. Suddenly I received a call for help, saying that an old man suddenly lost energy and lay in bed during the day. He refused to eat or drink, was unwilling to talk, and was drowsy. . Ask me what to do?
I asked how many days has this been going on? The other party replied that it has been a few days. I looked at the calendar and it started from the day of Liqiu. I thought to myself, solar terms are really amazing! So accurate! My judgment at that time was that the weather started to get cooler during the beginning of autumn. Autumn corresponds to gold, and its Qi is pure. People with weak Yang Qi will feel it.
However, people with insufficient kidney yang will have the performance of "but want to sleep" due to lack of energy and always want to sleep. Therefore, I suggest that they give the elderly Jinkuishenqi pills to warm and invigorate the kidney yang, and see how it works.
As a result, when I received a call later, the old man regained his energy the night of the persuasion, got up and watched TV for two hours, and then gradually recovered.
This is the magical place of Chinese medicine. We feel this magic every day, so we love it even more and admire the wisdom of the ancients even more.
So, what exactly is this Jingui Shenqi Pill?
Let me introduce to you its magical origin!
Let’s talk about the name first. There may be something you don’t know about it! The earliest source of this prescription that we see now is Zhang Zhongjing's book "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber", but in this book, it has three names, namely: Shenqi Pills, Bawei Shenqi Pills, and Cui’s Bawei Wan.
Judging from the name Cui's Baweiwan, Zhongjing also quoted it back then. Of course, some people think that this was added to the book by later generations. This is a matter of literature research, so I won’t introduce it to you!
So, in the book "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber", what diseases does this prescription treat? Let me summarize it for you. There are five situations:
1 "Athlete's beriberi is progressive, and the abdomen is not benevolent". Everyone took a look and thought, oh my god, this Jingui Shenqi Pill can also treat athlete’s foot?
, please don’t misunderstand! This athlete's foot is not today's fungal infection athlete's foot! The athlete's foot mentioned by the ancients refers to various problems caused by excessive moisture and turbid air rushing from bottom to top. Because it often starts from the bottom, from the feet and legs, it is called athlete's foot!
Therefore, if you read ancient books and see the word "athlete's foot", you should understand it in your heart.
It is written in the book "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber", which means that the cold and damp air is very strong, causing cramps and pain in the lower abdomen, and this prescription is used to treat it.
2. "Those who suffer from low back pain due to fatigue, tightness in the lower abdomen, and difficulty in urination", Zhang Zhongjing pointed out in this article that this is caused by kidney deficiency! Symptoms include insufficiency of the kidney, low back pain, and difficulty in urinating, in addition to the previous symptoms of unkindness and urgency.
Therefore, friends with kidney deficiency and low back pain should pay attention.
So, what are the symptoms of difficulty urinating? When I first started studying Chinese medicine, I experienced and thought about it for a long time. Now I will briefly explain it to you, it is the feeling of frequent urination, but each time it is not so smooth, the amount each time is not large, but the frequency is high.
3 "Short breath and slight drinking should be eliminated from childhood. Lingguishugan Decoction can treat this, and Shenqi Pills can also treat it." In this article, Zhang Zhongjing added a description of the symptoms of Shangjiao.
When there is heavy cold and dampness in a person's body, dampness and turbidity will rise, which will cloud the heart yang and affect breathing. Therefore, such people often feel stuffy. At this time, the dampness should be urinated. For elimination, you can also use Jingui Shenqi Pills.
4 "When a man is thirsty, he urinates profusely. He drinks a bucketful and urinates a bucketful." This description reminds everyone of some types of diabetes today, that is, yang deficiency type diabetes. At a certain stage, you will be thirsty and drink water constantly, but you will urinate as much as you drink.
Therefore, taking Jinkuishenqi Pills for diabetic patients with yang deficiency type can control the effect well.
In addition, for diabetes insipidus caused by certain factors, the effect of this prescription is also good.
5 A woman who is reincarnated must not drown. The so-called "transcytosis" is a specialized term in traditional Chinese medicine. It refers to the symptom that when a woman is pregnant, the fetus presses on the bladder, causing difficulty in urinating. The reason is mostly a lack of healthy qi. Zhang Zhongjing pointed out here that it is a lack of kidney qi, so use warm Treat it by nourishing kidney qi and promoting urination.
Speaking of this, I would like to summarize for everyone that this Jin Kui Shen Qi Pill treats various problems caused by the stagnation of water and dampness caused by the deficiency of kidney yang.
The deficiency of yang qi mentioned in my previous article, especially the deficiency of kidney yang, can be treated with Jinkui Shenqi Pill. In the drug instructions, it is written: warming and tonifying kidney yang, transforming qi and promoting water. For edema due to kidney deficiency, soreness of the waist and knees, dysuria, chills and cold limbs.
Let me use an analogy to address these issues: the human body is like a steam engine. A fire is ignited below, and water is injected into the water pipe from the faucet. Under the heating of the fire, the water inside turns into steam, which drives the entire machine to operate.
However, now that the fire below has been extinguished and the machine has cooled down, the water cannot turn into steam and the entire machine cannot operate. However, the water inlet faucet is still open, and there is more and more water in the machine. So what should we do at this time? The most effective way is: while lighting the fire, drain some of the excess water! Yes, this is what Jin Kui Shen Qi Pill does.
It is really a crime for me to use modern machines as a metaphor for the incomparably delicate human body, but I think everyone can understand the reason for this, right?
So, what exactly is this Jin Kui Shen Qi Pill, what kind of medicine is in this prescription that is so effective? What recipe?
This recipe is amazing, let me break it down for you.
The composition of the prescription is: 8 liang of Rehmannia glutinosa, 4 liang of Chinese yam, 4 liang of cornus, 3 liang of Poria cocos, 3 liang of Alisma, 3 liang of paeonol bark, one liang of cassia twig, and one liang of aconite.
This recipe contains a total of eight herbs, the first six of which are the famous Liuwei Dihuang Pills.
Therefore, the main part of the Jingui Shenqi Pills for tonifying yang and the largest dosage of medicine is actually the Liuwei Dihuang Pills for tonifying yin, and then only a small amount of Guizhi and Aconite are added (later changed to Cinnamon and Aconite). , it becomes a prescription for replenishing yang!
Strictly speaking, the cooked rehmannia in the prescription nourishes kidney essence. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that essence transforms into qi, and kidney essence transforms into yin and yang, producing kidney yin and kidney yang.
In Liuwei Dihuang Pills, the medicine is directed to generate kidney yin from kidney essence, while in Jingui Shenqi Pills, a little warm cinnamon and aconite are added to assist kidney essence to transform and generate kidney yang.
Judging from the amount of medicine, the main ingredient in Jingui Shenqi Pills is Liuwei Dihuang Pills. Why does adding a little cinnamon and aconite turn it into a prescription for nourishing kidney yang?
Let me explain it to you!
The ancients believed that yin and yang are mutually reinforcing. If there is no yang, there is no yin. Similarly, only when yin is sufficient, yang can be produced. Without any one of them, the other will become a lonely yin and a yang, and both will perish. Therefore, sufficient yin is the basis for the survival of yang. In this recipe, the yin is first supplemented, and then cinnamon and aconite are used to guide them to transform into yang.
Let me give you an analogy. Yin is the material basis for tranquility and moisture. We can compare it to a barrel of gasoline. The gasoline itself will not catch fire. What is needed? I need a match. I light the match and throw it into the oil barrel, and the gasoline turns into a raging fire. Do I need a box of matches at this moment? If you don’t need it, one stick is enough, that’s the truth.
The drug ratio of this Jingui Shenqi Pill seems to be like this.
Okay, I’ll stop talking about this recipe today, but I’d like to remind everyone:
What we are talking about is Jingui Shenqi Pills in "Jingui Synopsis". The current name of this medicine in pharmacies is: Guifu Dihuang Pills.
The Jingui Shenqi Pills now available in pharmacies are actually called Jisheng Shenqi Pills, which are Guifu Dihuang Pills (that is, the authentic Jingui Shenqi Pills) plus two herbs: Plantago Seed and Achyranthes Root. For the purpose of removing dampness, if you have severe dampness, you can choose Jingui Shenqi Pills from the drug store today.
Let’s talk carefully about the principles of traditional Chinese medicine. There is a lot of interesting content. Let’s talk more about this prescription when we have the opportunity!
