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, so that water and dampness can be eliminated with urine and urine, so as to achieve the purpose of removing cessation of 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.
Gan Sui
It was first recorded in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica".
This product is the dry tuber root of Euphorbiaceae Gansui De. Slight gas, slightly sweet and spicy taste. Those with hypertrophy, white color and powdery feet are better. Used raw or broiled with vinegar.
[properties of medicine] bitter, cold; poisonous. Return lung, kidney, large intestine 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, reversing qi, coughing and dyspnea, and difficulty in defecation
This product is bitter and cold in nature, and has a strong purging and drinking force. After taking the medicine, it can be continuously purged to excrete the retained water from the body. It can be used for those who have edema, distended abdomen, stop drinking in the chest and flanks, and the righteousness is not weakened. It can be used alone or in combination with other medicines.
2. Wind-phlegm epilepsy
This product still has the effect of expelling phlegm and saliva.
3. Carbuncle sore
External application of this product can reduce swelling and dissipate stagnation, and treat sores, carbuncles, and swelling.
【Usage and Dosage】0.5~1.5g. After processing (burning with vinegar to reduce toxicity), it is often used in pills and powders. Appropriate amount for external use, raw use.
【Caution】Not suitable for pregnant women and the weak. It should not be used with licorice.
