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.
Rheumatism and heat medicine
The nature and flavor of this class of medicines are mostly bitter and cold, and enter the Liver, Spleen and Kidney Meridians. Xin can dissipate, bitter can reduce diarrhea, and cold can clear away heat. It has good effects of expelling wind and removing dampness, dredging collaterals and relieving pain, clearing heat and reducing swelling, and is mainly used for rheumatism-heat arthralgia, joint redness, swelling and heat pain. It can also be used for wind-cold-damp arthralgia through compatibility.
豨莶 (xīxiān) grass
It was first recorded in "Xinxiu Materia Medica".
This product is the dry above-ground part of the Asteraceae plant, Scutellaria chinensis, Scutellaria spp. Slight gas, slightly bitter taste. It is better to have many leaves, tender quality, and gray-green color. For raw use or wine steaming.
[properties of medicine] pungent, bitter, cold. Return liver, kidney channel.
[Efficacy] Dispelling rheumatism, sharpening joints, detoxifying.
【application】
1. Rheumatic arthralgia, weakness of muscles and bones, soreness of waist and knees, numbness of limbs
This product is pungent and dry, can dispel rheumatism between muscles and bones, dredge channels and collaterals, and sharpen joints. It is cold in nature and suitable for rheumatism-heat arthralgia; after brewing, it has the function of nourishing liver and kidney. It is often used for rheumatic arthralgia, weakness of muscles and bones, soreness of waist and knees, and numbness of limbs. It can be used alone as a pill.
2. Stroke hemiplegia
This taste of Xinneng San can act, and has the function of dispelling wind and dredging collaterals. It can be used to treat apoplexy with oblique eyes and hemiplegia.
3. Rubella, eczema, carbuncle sore
The pungent energy of this product can disperse wind, and the raw use of bitter cold can clear away heat and detoxify, and remove dampness and heat. For treating rubella and eczema, it can be taken orally or washed externally, or it can be used in combination.
In addition, this product can lower blood pressure and treat hypertension.
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 9~12g. Appropriate amount for external use. It is suitable for treating rheumatic arthralgia and hemiplegia, and it is suitable for raw use for treating rubella, eczema, carbuncle and sore.
