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.
Take the medicine
Most of these medicines are bitter and cold, and mainly enter the stomach and large intestine meridians. It not only has a strong laxative effect, but also has the effect of clearing away heat and purging fire. It is mainly suitable for those with stagnant excess heat, constipation, and dry feces.
rhubarb
It was first recorded in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica".
This product is the dry root and rhizome of Rhubarb palmatum, Rhubarb tangutica or medicinal rhubarb of Polygonaceae. Gas fragrance, bitter and slightly astringent. It is better to have obvious brocade grains on the cut surface, fresh fragrance, bitter and slightly astringent taste. It can be used raw, or roasted with wine (the slices are called rhubarb), stewed or steamed (the slices are called cooked rhubarb), and charcoal-fried (the slices are called rhubarb charcoal).
[properties of medicine] bitter, cold. Return spleen, stomach, large intestine, liver, pericardium channel.
[Efficacy] Purging blood to attack stagnation, clearing heat and purging fire, cooling blood and detoxification, hemostasis, dispelling blood stasis and dredging menstrual flow, promoting dampness and reducing jaundice.
【application】
1. Constipation caused by stagnant excess heat
This product has a strong purging effect, can cleanse the intestines and stomach, expel the old and promote the new, and is an important medicine for treating stagnant constipation. Because of the bitter cold and subsidence, it is good at venting heat, so it is especially suitable for constipation caused by excess heat and stagnation.
2. Blood heat, spit nosebleed, red eyes, swollen throat, swollen gums
The bitterness of this product can make the fire of upper inflammation vent down, and has the functions of clearing away heat and purging fire, cooling blood and stopping bleeding.
3. Carbuncle swollen furuncle, intestinal carbuncle abdominal pain
Oral administration of this product can clear heat, cool blood and detoxify, and use its purging and laxative effect to make heat and toxin go down.
4. Blood stasis amenorrhea, postpartum stasis, bruises
This product has a good effect of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and dredging menstrual flow, which can not only relieve blood stasis, but also clear stasis and heat. It is a commonly used medicine for treating blood stasis syndrome.
5. Damp-heat dysentery, jaundice, red urine, stranguria, edema
This product has the function of purging and defecating, and can guide dampness and heat to go out.
6. Burns
This product is bitter and cold, clears heat and purifies fire, cools blood and detoxifies, and is used externally to treat burns and scalds. The powder can be used alone, or mixed with Burnet powder and sesame oil to apply to the affected area.
In addition, rhubarb can "break phlegm", clear viscera, reduce dampness and turbidity, and is used for people with old phlegm congestion, dyspnea who cannot lie down, and constipation.
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 3~15g. Appropriate amount for external use, powdered and applied to the affected area. Raw rhubarb has a strong purging effect, so it should be used raw for those who want to conquer it. It should not be decocted for a long time, or soaked in boiling water, as long-term decoction will weaken the purging effect. Liquor rhubarb is good at clearing the heat and toxin of the blood in the upper jiao, and it is used for conjunctival congestion, throat swelling, and gingival swelling and pain; cooked rhubarb has a slow purging effect, purging fire and detoxifying, and is used for fire poison sores. Rhubarb charcoal cools blood, removes blood stasis and stops bleeding, and is used for blood heat with stasis and bleeding syndrome.
【Cautions】Use with caution during pregnant women, menstruation and lactation. And this product is bitter and cold, easily injures stomach qi, and those with weak spleen and stomach should also use it with caution.
