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.
pawpaw
It was first recorded in "Bielu of Famous Doctors".
This product is the dry and near-ripe fruit of the Rosaceae plant Begonia japonicus. Producers in Xuancheng, Anhui call it "Xuan Papaya" and are of good quality. The gas is slightly fragrant, and the taste is sour. It is better to be big, wrinkled and purple. Slice and serve raw.
[properties of medicine] sour, warm. Return liver, spleen channel.
【Efficacy】Relaxes tendons and activates collaterals, harmonizes stomach and reduces dampness.
【application】
1. Damp arthralgia spasms, soreness and pain in the waist and knee joints
This taste is sour and enters the liver. It is good at relaxing tendons and activating collaterals, and can dispel dampness and numbness. It is especially an important medicine for dampness and tendon spasms. It is also commonly used for soreness and pain in the waist and knee joints.
2. Beriberi edema
This product is warm and clear, dispels dampness and relaxes muscles and tendons. It is a commonly used medicine for beriberi and edema.
3. Vomiting and diarrhea due to heat-dampness, spasms and cramps
The warm fragrance of this product enters the spleen, can dispel dampness and harmonize the stomach, and when the dampness is removed, the middle burner will be transported, and diarrhea can be stopped; the taste is sour and enters the liver, relaxing tendons and activating collaterals, and relieving spasms. Treat abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea and tendons in the middle burner due to dampness resistance.
In addition, this product also has the function of digestion, which is used for indigestion; it can also produce body fluid and quench thirst, which can cure thirst in fluid wounds.
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction, 6~9g.
【Caution】It is not suitable for people with hyperacidity.
