Rheumatism
All the medicines that are mainly used to dispel the evil of rheumatism and are commonly used to treat rheumatic arthralgia are called rheumatism dispelling medicines.
This kind of medicine has a bitter taste and is warm or cool in nature. Xinneng San can work, which can dispel the evil of rheumatism and open the obstruction of meridians; the bitter taste dries dampness, so that the evil of rheumatism does not remain. Therefore, this class of drugs can dispel the evil of rheumatism remaining in the muscles, meridians, and bones, and some of them also have the functions of relaxing tendons, promoting blood circulation, dredging collaterals, relieving pain, or nourishing liver and kidney, and strengthening bones and muscles. Mainly used for rheumatism arthralgia pain in limbs, unfavorable joints, swelling, contracture of tendons and other diseases. Some drugs are also suitable for soreness of the waist and knees, flaccidity and weakness of the lower limbs, etc.
Rheumatism-dispelling medicines are divided into three categories: wind-damp-dampness-dispelling medicines, rheumatism-heat-dispelling medicines, and wind-damp-dampness-strengthening medicines according to their medicinal properties and efficacy. It is respectively suitable for wind-cold-damp arthralgia, rheumatism-heat arthralgia, and those with long-term arthralgia syndrome and weak muscles and bones.
Rheumatism-dispelling herbs that are pungent, warm and dry in nature can easily injure yin and consume blood, so those with deficiency of yin and blood should be used with caution.
Arthralgia syndrome is mostly a chronic disease. For convenience, it can be made into wine or pill powder, and wine can "help the medicine's potency and promote blood circulation" and enhance the efficacy of rheumatism medicine. It can also be made into a dosage form for external application and used directly on the affected area.
Dispelling wind, cold and dampness
The medicine in this section has a bitter taste, warm in nature, and enters the Liver, Spleen and Kidney Meridians. Xin can act to dispel wind, bitter can dry dampness, and warm to dispel cold. It has good effects of expelling wind, dehumidification, expelling cold, relieving pain, dredging meridians, etc., especially for analgesia. It can also be used for rheumatic fever after compatibility.
silkworm sand
It was first recorded in "Bielu of Famous Doctors".
This product is the dried excrement of Bombyx mori, a silk moth. Slight gas, light taste. It is better to be dry, black in color, solid, uniform and free of impurities. raw use.
[properties of medicine] sweet, pungent, warm. Return liver, spleen, stomach warp.
[Efficacy] Expelling wind and dampness, harmonizing stomach and eliminating dampness.
【application】
1. Wind-cold arthralgia
This product is pungent and sweet, can dispel wind, warm dryness and relieve pain, and is good at removing dampness and relaxing tendons, with mild effect, and can be used for various arthralgia syndromes.
2. Vomiting and diarrhea
When this product enters the spleen and stomach, it can harmonize the stomach and remove dampness, and when the dampness is removed, diarrhea can be stopped and tendons and arteries can be relaxed.
3. Rubella, eczema itching
This product is good at dispelling rheumatism, relieving itching, and treating rubella and eczema. It can be used alone for decoction for external washing, or in combination with other medicines.
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 5~15g; wrapped in Yibu and decocted. Appropriate amount for external use.
【Drugs for Differentiation】Both silkworm excrement and papaya can dispel wind-dampness, harmonize stomach and remove dampness, and treat dampness arthralgia and spasms caused by dampness resistance and vomiting, diarrhea and tendons in the middle burner. However, silkworm excrement has a slow effect and can dispel wind, so it can be used for rheumatic arthralgia, regardless of the severity of wind or dampness; In addition, it can also be used for blood deficiency and liver hyperactivity, lack of nourishment of tendons and arteries, and acute pain due to contracture.
