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.
Yin Chen
It was first recorded in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica".
This product is the dry above-ground part of Artemisia chinensis or Artemisia capillary. Those harvested in spring are called "Mianyinchen", and those harvested in autumn are called "Huayinchen". Mian Yin Chen Qi is fragrant and slightly bitter in taste; Hua Yin Chen Qi is fragrant and slightly bitter in taste. It is better to be tender, soft, off-white in color and strong in aroma. raw use.
[properties of medicine] bitter, pungent, slightly cold. Returns to the spleen, stomach, liver, and gallbladder meridians.
[Efficacy] Clear away dampness and heat, promote gallbladder and reduce jaundice.
【application】
1. Jaundice and oliguria
The bitter diarrhea of this product decreases, slightly cold and heat-clearing, good at clearing damp-heat in the spleen, stomach, liver and gallbladder, making it come out from the urine, and is an important medicine for treating jaundice.
2. Wet, warm and hot.
This product clears qi and fragrance, clears away dampness and heat, and treats exogenous dampness and heat or summer-dampness, body heat and fatigue, chest tightness and abdominal distension, and difficulty in urinating.
3. Eczema and itching
This product is bitter and slightly cold, and its function of clearing away dampness and heat can be used for eczema, pruritus, wind itching and hidden rashes accumulated in dampness and heat.
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction and take, 6~15g. Appropriate amount for external use, decoction and fumigation.
[Cautions for use] Use with caution in patients with blood accumulation and jaundice and in patients with blood deficiency and chlorosis.
