laxatives
Any medicine that can cause diarrhea, or lubricate the large intestine, and have the main function of purging and laxative is called laxative medicine.
This kind of medicine is the product of sedimentation, and it mainly returns to the large intestine meridian. It mainly has the effect of purging and laxative to eliminate gastrointestinal stagnation and dry feces. Or clearing heat and purging fire, so that excess heat and stagnant evil can be cleared and relieved by purging; or driving water to reduce swelling, making water damp stop drinking and excreting with urine and urine, so as to achieve the purpose of removing stop drinking and subsiding edema. Some medicines also have the functions of detoxification, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
Laxatives are mainly suitable for constipation, gastrointestinal stagnation, excess heat internal knots, edema and cessation of drinking. Some medicines can also be used for sore carbuncle, swollen toxin and blood stasis syndrome. When using Gongxia medicine and Junxia Zhushui medicine in laxative medicine, because of their severe effect or toxicity, they are easy to damage the righteousness and spleen and stomach, so the elderly and weak, weak spleen and stomach should be used with caution; women before and after childbirth and menstruation Period should not be used. When using strong laxatives, stop when they are effective, and do not overdose, so as not to damage the stomach qi. When using severe and toxic laxatives, strict processing procedures must be followed to control the dosage to avoid poisoning and ensure drug safety.
According to the strength of the purging medicine, it can be divided into attacking medicine, moistening medicine and steeping medicine.
Jun Xia Chasing Water Potion
Most of these drugs are bitter, cold and poisonous, and their potency is severe. They can cause severe diarrhea after taking them. Some of them can also diuretic, which can make the retained water in the body excreted through the second stool and eliminate swelling. It is suitable for symptoms such as general edema, distension and fullness of the abdomen, and cessation of drinking.
This type of medicine is poisonous, has strong attacking power, and is easy to damage the righteousness. It will stop the disease immediately in clinical application and should not be taken for a long time. Use often compatible tonics to protect righteousness. Use with caution in those with physical weakness, and pregnant women should not use it. At the same time, attention should be paid to the processing, dosage, usage and contraindications of this class of drugs to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the drug.
Euphorbia
It was first recorded in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica".
This product is the dry root of Euphorbiaceae plant Euphorbia. Slight gas, slightly bitter taste. It is better to cut the white one. Raw or boiled with vinegar.
[properties of medicine] bitter, cold; poisonous. Return lung, spleen, kidney channel.
【Efficacy】Drink water by diarrhea, reduce swelling and dissipate stagnation.
【application】
1. Fullness of edema, hydrops in the chest and abdomen, accumulation of phlegm and fluid, bad bowel movements
The effect of purging water by drinking this product is similar to that of Gansui, but its strength is slightly weaker. It can be used to treat edema and bloating without weakening of righteous energy.
2. Carbuncle sore, scrofula and phlegm nucleus
This product can reduce swelling and dissipate stagnation, and can be taken internally or externally. To treat pyretic, toxic, carbuncle, swollen and sore, it can be smashed and applied externally.
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 1.5~3g; pills and powder, 1g each time; internal use for broiling with vinegar to reduce toxicity. Appropriate amount for external use, raw use.
【Caution】Not suitable for pregnant women and the weak. It should not be used with licorice.
【Accompanying medicine】Red euphorbia
This product is the root of Rubiaceae plant Red Euphorbia. Also known as the red bud euphorbia, the vast halberd. Nature and flavor are bitter, cold, slightly poisonous; return lung, spleen, kidney channel. The function of purging water is to drink one by one, reducing swelling and dissipating stagnation. It is suitable for edema and fullness, hydrops in the chest and abdomen, accumulation of phlegm and fluid, dyspnea and cough due to inverse qi, dyspepsia, carbuncle sores, and scrofula with phlegm nucleus. Decoction, 1.5~3g; powdered pills, 1g each time; orally broiled with vinegar to reduce toxicity. Appropriate amount for external use, raw use. Pregnant women and the weak are contraindicated; it should not be used together with licorice.
