Diuretic and dampness-removing medicine
Drugs whose main functions are to unblock water channels and seep out water and dampness, and are often used to treat the syndrome of internal water-dampness, are called medicines for diluting water and expelling dampness.
This type of medicine tastes mostly sweet and bland or bitter, and is mainly directed to the bladder, small intestine, kidney, and spleen meridians. Its effects tend to be downward. The bland ones can penetrate and benefit, while the bitter ones can reduce diarrhea. This type of medicine has the effects of diuresis and swelling, diuresis and stranguria, diuresis and jaundice reduction.
The diuretic and dampness-removing medicines are mainly used to treat various diseases caused by water-dampness such as edema, difficulty in urination, diarrhea, phlegm, stranguria, jaundice, eczema, vaginal discharge, dampness and warmth. When using diuretic and dampness-removing drugs, the corresponding drugs must be selected according to different disease syndromes, and the appropriate combinations must be made.
Diuretic and dampness-removing drugs are easy to consume and damage body fluids. They should be used with caution or avoid use for those with yin deficiency and insufficient body fluids, kidney deficiency, spermatorrhea and enuresis. Some drugs have strong tonic effects and should be used with caution by pregnant women.
According to the different properties and main effects of diuretic and dampness-removing drugs, they are divided into three categories: diuretic and swelling drugs, diuretic and stranguria drugs, and diuretic and anti-jaundice drugs.
Dampness-reducing and jaundice-reducing medicine
This type of medicine has a bitter and cold nature and taste, and mainly enters the spleen, stomach, liver, and gallbladder meridians. Bitter cold can clear away dampness and heat, so it has the main functions of clearing away dampness and heat, promoting gallbladder and reducing jaundice. It is mainly used for damp-heat jaundice, with symptoms such as yellow eyes, yellow body, yellow urine, etc. The clinical syndrome can be matched according to the different emphasis on dampness, heat and cold-dampness of Yang Huang and Yin Huang.
money plant
It was first recorded in "Supplementary Materials of Compendium of Materia Medica".
This product is the dried whole plant of Primulaceae. Known as the big money grass. The smell is slight and the taste is light. It is better to have more leaves. raw use.
[Medical properties] Sweet, light, salty, slightly cold. Returns to the liver, gallbladder, kidney, and bladder meridians.
[Efficacy] Diuretic, reduce jaundice, diuresis and relieve stranguria, detoxify and reduce swelling.
【application】
1. Damp-heat jaundice, gallbladder distension and hypochondriac pain
This product can not only clear away the heat in the liver and gallbladder, but also remove dampness and heat from the lower scorch. It has the effect of clearing away heat, diluting dampness and reducing jaundice. This product can also clear away dampness and heat in the liver and gallbladder and eliminate stones.
2. Stone shower, hot shower, painful urination
This product is a diuretic and relieves stranguria, and is good at discharging stones. It is especially suitable for treating stone stranguria. It can be used as a large-dose decoction instead of tea.
3. Carbuncle swollen boils, poisonous snake bites
This product has the effect of detoxifying and reducing swelling, and can be used to treat malignant sores and venomous snake bites. Use the fresh product to make a juice for oral administration or external application, or use it with dandelion or wild chrysanthemum.
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 15~60g.
