diuresis and dampness medicine
The medicines with the main functions of clearing water channels and expelling water and dampness, and commonly used to treat internal stagnation of water dampness are called diuresis and dampness medicines.
This type of medicine tastes mostly sweet and bland or bitter, and mainly returns to the bladder, small intestine, kidney, and spleen meridians, and its action tends to be downward, with mildness to infiltrate benefits, and bitterness to reduce diarrhea. These medicines have the effects of promoting diuresis to reduce swelling, promoting diuresis to relieve stranguria, promoting diuresis and reducing jaundice.
Medicines for diuresis and dampness are mainly used to treat various diseases caused by water and dampness such as edema, dysuria, diarrhea, phlegm retention, stranguria, jaundice, eczema, leukorrhea, and dampness. To use diuretic and diuretic medicine, the corresponding medicine must be selected according to different diseases and syndromes, and the appropriate compatibility should be made.
Drugs for promoting diuresis and expelling dampness are easy to consume and damage body fluid. They should be used with caution or should not be used for patients with yin deficiency, less fluid, kidney deficiency, nocturnal emission and enuresis. Some drugs have a strong tonic effect, and pregnant women should use them with caution.
According to the differences in properties, efficacy and indications of diuretic and dampness-reducing medicines, they are divided into three categories: diuretic and swelling medicines, diuretic and strangury medicines, and dampness-reducing jaundice medicines.
Diuretic and swelling medicine
This kind of medicine is sweet and bland or slightly cold in nature and taste, and can excrete water and dampness after taking the medicine. It is used for edema, dysuria, diarrhea, and phlegm retention caused by water-damp internal stagnation. In clinical practice, appropriate combinations should be selected according to the etiology and pathogenesis of different syndromes.
Coix (yìyǐ) benevolence
It was first recorded in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica".
This product is the dried and mature seed kernel of the Gramineae Coix. Slight gas, slightly sweet taste. The ones with large grains, plumpness and white color are preferred. Use raw or fried.
[properties of medicine] sweet, light, cool. Return spleen, stomach, lung meridian.
[Efficacy] Diuretic and dampness expelling, invigorating the spleen and stopping diarrhea, eliminating numbness, draining pus, detoxifying and dissipating stagnation.
【application】
1. Edema, beriberi edema, difficulty urinating
This product has light osmosis, sweetness and nourishment, which can not only diuresis and reduce swelling, but also invigorate the spleen and nourish the middle. It is often used for edema, abdominal distension and dysuria caused by spleen deficiency and excessive dampness; to treat edema and dyspnea; beriberi and edema.
2. Spleen deficiency and diarrhea
This product can infiltrate and eliminate spleen dampness, invigorate the spleen and relieve diarrhea, and is especially suitable for treating diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency and excessive dampness.
3. Damp arthralgia spasm
This product is ginseng-damp and eliminates numbness, can relax tendons and arteries, and ease spasms. It is often used to treat dampness arthralgia and tendon contraction and acute pain; damp-heat flaccidity syndrome, numbness of both feet, flaccidity, swelling and pain; Points, headache aversion to cold, chest tightness and heavy body.
4. Lung abscess, intestinal abscess
This product clears the heat in the lung and intestine, expels pus and eliminates carbuncle. Treat lung abscess, chest pain, cough and spit thick phlegm, intestinal abscess.
5. Wart, cancer
Coix seed can detoxify and dissipate stagnation. It can also be used clinically for warts and cancer.
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 9~30g. It is suitable for raw use for clearing away dampness and heat, and it is suitable for stir-frying for invigorating the spleen and relieving diarrhea.
[Cautions for use] This product is slippery in nature, so pregnant women should use it with caution.
[Drugs for Differentiation] Coix seed and Poria both belong to the Spleen Meridian, both can invigorate the spleen, diuresis and exudate dampness. For the syndrome of spleen deficiency and excessive dampness, it must be used regularly. But Coix Seed is cool in nature and can eliminate numbness, drain pus, detoxify and dissipate stagnation, and is commonly used for damp arthralgia, lung abscess, intestinal abscess, warts, and cancer. Poria cocos is gentle in nature, and it is an important medicine for diuresis and dampness. Its diuresis and dampness and spleen invigorating power are stronger than those of coix seed. It can be used in combination with edema, regardless of cold, heat, deficiency or excess. It is used to treat dizziness, palpitations, coughs, etc. for phlegm-retention diseases. It also has a calming effect. It is often used to treat palpitations, insomnia and dreaminess.
