Heat-clearing medicine
Any medicine that has the main effect of clearing heat and relieving interior heat, and is commonly used to treat interior heat is called heat-clearing medicine.
This type of medicine is cold in nature and settles into the interior. The heat-clearing medicine can clear away the heat in the interior through different functions such as clearing heat and purging fire, clearing heat and dampness, clearing heat and detoxification, clearing heat and cooling blood, and clearing deficiency heat. That is, the principle of "treating heat with cold medicine" in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" in "Neijing".
Heat-clearing medicines are mainly used to treat febrile diseases with high fever and polydipsia, syndromes of excess heat in the lungs, stomach, heart, liver and other viscera, damp-heat diarrhea, damp-heat jaundice, warm-toxin spots, carbuncle sores and swollen toxins, and fever due to yin deficiency.
When using heat-clearing medicines, it is necessary to distinguish the deficiency and excess of heat syndrome.
Most of these medicines have cold and cool properties, which can easily damage the spleen and stomach, so those with weak spleen and stomach, less food and loose stools should be used with caution. Bitter and cold medicines tend to transform dryness and impair yin, and should be used with caution in patients with febrile disease impairing yin or yin deficiency and fluid loss. Heat-clearing medicines are contraindicated in syndromes of excess of yin and excess of yang or true cold and false heat.
According to the differences in properties, efficacy and indications of heat-clearing medicines, heat-clearing medicines can be divided into five categories: heat-clearing and purging medicines, heat-clearing and damp-drying medicines, heat-clearing and detoxifying medicines, heat-clearing and blood-cooling medicines, and deficiency-heat medicines.
Heat-clearing and detoxifying medicine
The nature and flavor of this kind of medicine are mostly bitter and cold, and the main function is to clear away heat and detoxify. Indications for various heat-toxin syndromes, such as sores, carbuncles, furuncles, erysipelas, febrile plaques, sore throat, mumps, diarrhea due to heat-toxins, insect bites, cancer, burns, etc.
This type of medicine is cold and cool in nature, easily injures the spleen and stomach, and will stop the disease immediately, so it should not be taken too much.
Patrinia
This product is the dried whole herb of Patrinaceae plants Huanghuapaticao and Baihuapaichai. Gas specific, slightly bitter taste. It is better to have multi-colored green leaves and strong air. Cut into sections and use raw.
[properties of medicine] pungent, bitter, slightly cold. Return stomach, large intestine, Liver Channel.
【Efficacy】clearing away heat and detoxification, eliminating carbuncle and draining pus, dispelling blood stasis and relieving pain.
【application】
1. Intestinal abscess, lung abscess, carbuncle sore
This product is pungent and bitter, expels cold and cool, can clear heat and detoxify, eliminate carbuncle and expel pus, and can activate blood and relieve pain. It is an important medicine for treating intestinal carbuncle and abdominal pain. To treat carbuncles and sores, it can be used no matter whether it has ulcerated or not. Fresh products are smashed and applied externally.
2. Postpartum stasis and abdominal pain
This product is pungent and stagnant, has the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, stimulating menstrual flow and relieving pain.
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 6~15g. Appropriate amount for external use.
[Cautions for use] People with weak spleen and stomach and diarrhea due to lack of food should not take it.
【Medicine attached】Tomb head back
This product is the root of Patrinaceae plants Patrinaceae Heterophyllum and Patrinia officinalis. Spicy, bitter, slightly cold in nature. The effect is similar to that of Patrinia, and it also has the effect of stopping bleeding and stopping bands. The usage, dosage and usage are the same as that of Patrinia.
