diuresis and dampness medicine
The medicines with the main functions of clearing water channels and expelling water and dampness, and commonly used to treat internal stagnation of water dampness are called diuresis and dampness medicines.
This type of medicine tastes mostly sweet and bland or bitter, and mainly returns to the bladder, small intestine, kidney, and spleen meridians, and its action tends to be downward, with mildness to infiltrate benefits, and bitterness to reduce diarrhea. These medicines have the effects of promoting diuresis to reduce swelling, promoting diuresis to relieve stranguria, promoting diuresis and reducing jaundice.
Medicines for diuresis and dampness are mainly used to treat various diseases caused by water and dampness such as edema, dysuria, diarrhea, phlegm retention, stranguria, jaundice, eczema, leukorrhea, and dampness. To use diuretic and diuretic medicine, the corresponding medicine must be selected according to different diseases and syndromes, and the appropriate compatibility should be made.
Drugs for promoting diuresis and expelling dampness are easy to consume and damage body fluid. They should be used with caution or should not be used for patients with yin deficiency, less fluid, kidney deficiency, nocturnal emission and enuresis. Some drugs have a strong tonic effect, and pregnant women should use them with caution.
According to the differences in properties, efficacy and indications of diuretic and dampness-reducing medicines, they are divided into three categories: diuretic and swelling medicines, diuretic and strangury medicines, and dampness-reducing jaundice medicines.
Diuretic and swelling medicine
This kind of medicine is sweet and bland or slightly cold in nature and taste, and can excrete water and dampness after taking the medicine. It is used for edema, dysuria, diarrhea, and phlegm retention caused by water-damp internal stagnation. In clinical practice, appropriate combinations should be selected according to the etiology and pathogenesis of different syndromes.
Poria cocos
It was first recorded in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica".
This product is the dried sclerotia of Polyporaceae Poria cocos. Slight gas, light taste. It is better to have a fine white cut surface and strong sticking power. raw use.
[properties of medicine] sweet, light, flat. Guixin, lung, spleen, kidney channel.
【Efficacy】Promoting water and expelling dampness, invigorating the spleen, calming the mind and calming the nerves.
【application】
1. Edema and oliguria
This taste is sweet and light, sweet can nourish, light can penetrate, the property of the medicine is mild, it can dispel evil, but also strengthen the body, diuretic without hurting the righteousness, it is actually an important medicine for diuresis and swelling, and can be used to treat various edema of cold, heat, deficiency and excess .
2. Dizziness and palpitations caused by phlegm retention
This product is good at oozing and draining water and dampness, so that the dampness will not gather, and the phlegm will not grow. It can cure the dizziness and palpitation caused by phlegm retention.
3. Spleen deficiency, lack of food, loose stools and diarrhea
This taste is sweet, enters the spleen meridian, can invigorate the spleen and nourish the middle, eliminate dampness and stop diarrhea, clear the middle burner and reduce turbidity, especially suitable for diarrhea due to excess dampness due to spleen deficiency.
4. Restlessness, palpitations and insomnia
This product nourishes the heart and spleen and calms the mind. It is often used to treat heart-spleen deficiency, palpitations caused by insufficient Qi and blood, insomnia, forgetfulness; heart-qi deficiency, unable to hide the mind, frightened and unable to lie down.
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 10~15g.
[Accompanying medicine] Poria cocos bark, Fushen
1. Poria skin
This product is the dry outer skin of Poria cocos sclerotia of Polyporaceae fungus. Nature and flavor are sweet, light, flat; GUIXIN, Lung, Spleen, Kidney meridian. Function diuretic swelling. Suitable for edema, dysuria. Decoction 15~30g.
2. Fushen
This product is the part with pine roots in the middle of the dry sclerotia of Poria cocos, a fungus of Polyporaceae. Nature and flavor are sweet, light, flat; GUIXIN, Lung, Spleen, Kidney meridian. The function is to calm the mind and calm the nerves. Suitable for restlessness, palpitations, forgetfulness, insomnia. Decoction 10~15g.
