diuresis and dampness 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.
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 strong tonic effects and should be used with caution by pregnant women.
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.
Diuretics
The nature and flavor of this type of medicine are mostly bitter and cold, or sweet and mildly cold. Bitterness can reduce diarrhea, coldness can clear away heat, and can remove dampness and heat in the lower Jiao. It has the main function of diuresis and treating stranguria, and is mainly used to treat hot stranguria, bloody stranguria, stone stranguria, and ointment stranguria. In clinical practice, corresponding diuretic and stranguriant drugs should be selected according to the condition and appropriately mixed to improve the efficacy.
Haijinsha
It was first recorded in "Jiayou Materia Medica".
This product is the dried mature spores of the Hyquinaceae plant Hyjinsha. The smell is slight and the taste is light. It is better to be yellow-brown in color, light in weight and smooth in hand twisting. raw use.
[properties of medicine] sweet, salty, cold. Returns to the bladder and small intestine meridians.
【Efficacy】clearing heat and dampness, clearing stranguria and relieving pain.
【application】
Hot shower, stone shower, blood shower, cream shower, urethral pain
The nature of this product is decreased, it is good at clearing damp heat in the small intestine and bladder, and it is especially good at relieving pain in the urethra. To treat hot stranguria and astringent pain, "Quanzhou Materia Medica" uses this product as the final ingredient, and take it with licorice decoction; to treat bloody stranguria, "Puji Prescription" uses this product as the final ingredient, take it with fresh water or sugar water; this product can also diuretic Reduce swelling.
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 6~15g. Pan-fried buns.
【Additional medicine】Haijin Shateng
This product is the dry above-ground part of the sea jinsha plant. The performance and efficacy are similar to Haijinsha, and it can also clear away heat and detoxify. In addition to treating stranguria and astringent pain, it is also used for carbuncle sores, mumps and jaundice. Decoct and take, 15~30g. Appropriate amount for external use, decocted for washing or smashed for applying.
