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.
daphne flower
It was first recorded in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica".
This product is the dried flower bud of Daphne genkwa. Slight gas, sweet, slightly pungent. It is better to have many and neat flower buds, and the one with lavender color. Used raw or broiled with vinegar.
[properties of medicine] bitter, pungent, warm; poisonous. Return lung, spleen, kidney channel.
[Efficacy] Purging water by drinking, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough; external use to kill insects and treat wounds.
【application】
1. Fullness of edema, hydrops in the chest and abdomen, accumulation of phlegm and fluid, reversing qi, coughing and dyspnea, and difficulty in defecation
The purging effect of this product is similar to that of Gansui and Jing Euphorbia, but it is better at eliminating phlegm and relieving cough. Therefore, it is suitable for symptoms such as wheezing and coughing, chest and hypochondrium pain, whiplash under the heart, edema, and swelling caused by stopping drinking in the chest and flanks.
2. Scabies baldness, carbuncle, frostbite
This product can be used externally to kill insects and treat sores, and to treat head sores, alopecia areata, stubborn tinea, carbuncles, and chilblains. Treatment of skin diseases can be used alone into powder.
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 1.5~3g; grind into powder and swallow, 0.6~0.9g once a day, orally take it 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.
【Identification of drugs】
Gansui, Euphorbia, and Daphne are all water-repelling medicines, which have the effect of purging water and chasing drink, and the effect is severe. They are often used together to treat edema, bloating, and symptoms of cessation of drinking in the chest and flanks. But Kansui has the strongest effect, followed by Beijing Euphorbia, and the weakest is Daphne. But genkwa has the effect of eliminating phlegm and relieving cough. In addition, the three are poisonous and should not be used together with licorice; when taken orally, they should be made with vinegar to reduce their toxicity.
【Accompanied by medicine】chamasma
This product is the root of Daphne chamaejasma, a plant of the family Thymelaceae. Nature and flavor are bitter, pungent, flat, poisonous; return lung, spleen, liver channel. The function of purging water is to drink one by one, destroying accumulation and killing insects. It is suitable for edema and abdominal distension, accumulation of phlegm and insects, abdominal pain, accumulation of abdominal pain, tuberculosis, and mange. Decoction, 1~3g; or into pills or powder. Appropriate amount for external use, ground into powder for application, or ground with vinegar for application, or peeled and mashed fresh roots for application. This product is poisonous, it should be taken with caution when taken internally, and overdose may cause poisoning. It is contraindicated for weak constitution and pregnant women. It should not be used together with Amitabha.
