diuresis and dampness medicine
Drugs whose main functions are to unblock water channels and seep out water and dampness, and are often used to treat the syndrome of internal water-dampness, are called medicines for diluting water and expelling dampness.
This type of medicine tastes mostly sweet and bland or bitter, and is mainly directed to the bladder, small intestine, kidney, and spleen meridians. Its effects tend to be downward. The bland ones can penetrate and benefit, while the bitter ones can reduce diarrhea. This type of medicine has the effects of diuresis and swelling, diuresis and stranguria, diuresis and jaundice reduction.
The diuretic and dampness-removing medicines are mainly used to treat various diseases caused by water-dampness such as edema, difficulty in urination, diarrhea, phlegm, stranguria, jaundice, eczema, vaginal discharge, dampness and warmth. When using diuretic and dampness-removing drugs, the corresponding drugs must be selected according to different disease syndromes, and the appropriate combinations must 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 strong tonic effects and should be used with caution by pregnant women.
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.
Winter melon rind
It was first recorded in "Kaibao Materia Medica".
This product is the dry outer peel of wax gourd of Cucurbitaceae plant. When eating winter melon, wash it, peel off the outer peel, and dry it in the sun. This product has a slight gas and a light taste. The ones with thin slices and gray color are better. raw use.
[properties of medicine] sweet, cool. Return spleen, small intestine channel.
【Efficacy】Diuresis, reducing swelling, clearing away heat and relieving summer heat.
【application】
1. Swelling and fullness, difficulty in urination
The taste is sweet, the medicinal properties are mild, and it is good at reducing water and reducing swelling. Used to treat edema, difficulty in urination, and edema due to physical weakness.
2. Thirst due to summer heat, short and red urine
This product is cool in nature and has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Use it to control summer heat and thirst, short red urine; heat-dampness syndrome.
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction and take, 9~30g.
【Additional medicine】Winter melon seeds
This product is the dry mature seed of Cucurbitaceae wax gourd. Sweet in nature and slightly cold in flavor; returns lung, spleen, small intestine meridian. Function: clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, draining pus and promoting dampness. It is suitable for cough due to phlegm heat, pulmonary abscess, intestinal abscess, leukorrhea, white turbidity. Decoct and take 10~15g.
