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.
Diuretic and stranguria medicine
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 stranguria-relieving drugs should be selected according to the disease condition, and appropriate compatibility should be made to improve the efficacy of the drugs.
rushes
It was first recorded in "Kaibao Materia Medica".
This product is the dried stem marrow of the rush plant of the family Rucus. The smell is slight and the taste is light. The one with white color is better. For raw use or charcoal making.
[Medical properties] Sweet, light, slightly cold. Gui Xin, Lung, Small Intestine Meridians.
[Efficacy] Facilitate urination and clear away heart fire.
【application】
1. Hot stranguria, oliguria, astringency and pain
This product is sweet and light and can ooze dampness, and cold in nature can clear away heat, so it can clear away heat and diuresis. It is suitable for hot stranguria, dysuria, oliguria, astringent pain. Because of its light weight and thin strength, it is often used in combination.
2. Upset and insomnia, mouth sores
It is cold in nature, can enter the heart and clear the heart-fire, and can diuresis and expel heat to guide the decline of the heart-fire. It is used for upset and insomnia, little urination, astringent pain; for children with hot heart and night cry; for treating mouth sores and sore throat, grind the wick charcoal into powder, apply it to the affected area or dip it in salt and blow on the throat.
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 1~3g.
