Moisture medicine
Any medicine that smells fragrant, is warm and dry in nature, and has the main function of dispelling dampness and invigorating the spleen is called dampness dispelling medicine.
The spleen likes dryness and dislikes dampness, "soil likes warmth and likes fragrance". This kind of medicine is pungent and warm-drying, and it mainly enters the spleen and stomach meridians. The aromatic products can wake up the spleen and remove dampness, and the warm-drying medicines can dry dampness and strengthen the brand. At the same time, its acridity can promote qi, its fragrance can ventilate, and can activate the qi mechanism of the middle burner to relieve the pathogenesis of stagnation of spleen and stomach qi caused by dampness. In addition, some medicines also have the functions of relieving heat and warding off filth.
Dampness-resolving medicines are mainly applicable to diseases such as internal resistance of damp turbidity, spleen dampness, and abnormal transportation and transformation, such as fullness in the abdomen and abdomen, vomiting with pantothenic acid, loose stools, lack of food and body fatigue, sweet mouth and excessive salivation, and white and greasy tongue coating. In addition, some medicines can also be used for dampness-temperature and summer-heat-dampness syndromes.
When using dampness-resolving medicines, proper compatibility and application should be carried out according to different conditions and concurrent syndromes of dampness. Such as dampness stagnation of qi, epigastric distention, fullness and stuffiness, it is often compatible with qi-promoting drugs; such as dampness resistance with cold dampness, cold pain in the abdomen, it can be compatible with warming and dispelling cold medicine; such as spleen deficiency dampness, abdominal pain For those with poor appetite and mental fatigue, it is often used in combination with Qi-invigorating and spleen-invigorating drugs; if it is used for damp-warm, damp-heat, and summer-heat-dampness, it is often used together with products for clearing away heat and dampness, relieving heat, and promoting dampness.
Dampness-removing medicines are aromatic and contain volatile oils. They are usually taken as powders for better curative effect. If they are put into decoctions, they should be taken after decoction, and should not be decocted for a long time, so as to avoid the loss of volatile active ingredients and reduce the curative effect; most of these medicines are pungent and fragrant. Dry products tend to consume qi and damage yin, so those with yin deficiency, blood dryness and qi deficiency should use it with caution.
Pei Lan
It was first recorded in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica".
This product is the dry aerial part of Perrin of Compositae.
[properties of medicine] pungent, flat. Return spleen, stomach, lung meridian.
【Efficacy】Aromatic and dampness-removing, refreshing the spleen and appetizing, expressing and relieving heat.
【application】
1. Dampness and turbidity in the middle, abdominal pain and nausea
This product has a fragrant smell, and its function of removing dampness and harmonizing the middle is similar to that of Huoxiang. It can be used for treating dampness and middle-burn syndrome.
2. The spleen meridian is hot and humid, the mouth is sweet and greasy, bad breath, excessive salivation
This product is flat in nature, aromatizes dampness and turbidity, refreshes the spleen and appetizers, and removes staleness. It is used to treat dampness and heat in the spleen meridian, sweet and greasy mouth, excessive salivation, and bad breath. It can be used alone or in combination with decoction.
3. Heat-dampness exterior syndrome, with the onset of dampness and temperature, fever and fatigue, chest tightness and discomfort
This product can not only dispel dampness, but also relieve summer heat, and treat the symptoms of summer heat and dampness, and the initial rise of dampness and temperature.
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 3~10g.
