Qi medicine
Drugs whose main function is to regulate qi and are often used to treat qi stagnation and qi inversion caused by qi imbalance are called qi-regulating drugs, also known as qi-moving drugs. Among them, those with strong qi-moving power are also called qi-breaking medicines.
This type of medicine has a bitter, warm and aromatic nature and flavor, and is mainly directed to the spleen, stomach, liver and lung meridians. The pungent fragrance can be dispersed, the taste is bitter and can be relieved, and the warmth can be circulated, so it has the effect of regulating the qi mechanism, and can achieve the effects of relieving pain, dispersing stagnation, and reducing indigestion by regulating the qi mechanism. It is mainly used to treat qi stagnation and qi inversion caused by qi imbalance. Due to the different action sites and characteristics, they have the effects of regulating qi and invigorating the spleen, soothing the liver and relieving stagnation, regulating qi and widening the chest, promoting qi and relieving pain, breaking qi and dispelling stagnation, reducing adverse flow and relieving vomiting. It is respectively suitable for the treatment of abdominal distension and pain, belching and acid regurgitation, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea or constipation caused by stagnation of spleen and stomach Qi; distending pain in hypochondrium and ribs caused by stagnation of liver qi, depression, hernia pain, breast distending pain, irregular menstruation, etc. ; Chest tightness, chest pain, coughing and asthma caused by stagnation of lung qi.
This type of medicine is pungent, warm, fragrant and dry, and can easily consume qi and damage yin, so those with insufficient qi and yin should use it with caution.
Zhi (zhǐ) real
It was first recorded in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica".
This product is the dry young fruit of Rutaceae lime and its cultivars or sweet orange. The smell is fragrant, and the taste is bitter and slightly sour. The ones with black-green skin and strong aroma are better. Use raw or fried with bran.
[Medical properties] Bitter, pungent, sour, slightly cold. Returns to the spleen and stomach meridians.
[Efficacy] Destroys qi, eliminates accumulation, resolves phlegm and disperses pimples.
【application】
1. Internal stagnation, fullness and pain, severe diarrhea and constipation
This product is pungent and bitter, and enters the spleen and stomach meridian. It can not only break up qi and eliminate pimples, but also eliminate accumulated qi and guide stagnation. Therefore, it can be used to treat gastrointestinal stagnation and stagnation of qi.
2. Phlegm blocks Qi stagnation, chest numbness, and chest knots
This product can promote qi and resolve phlegm to eliminate pimples, break qi and remove congestion and relieve pain. It can be used to treat chest paralysis due to turbid phlegm and lack of chest yang, fullness and pain in the chest; phlegm-heat binding to the chest; fullness in the heart and loss of appetite.
3. Organ ptosis
For the treatment of gastric dilatation, gastroptosis, uterine prolapse, anal prolapse and other organ ptosis, this product can be used alone or in combination.
[Usage and Dosage] Decoction and take, 3~10g. After frying, the properties are milder.
[Notes] Pregnant women should use with caution.
[Additional medicine] Fructus Aurantii
This product is the dried immature fruit of lime and its cultivated varieties of Rutaceae plant. The nature, flavor and meridian tropism are the same as those of Citrus aurantium, but the effects are milder. The function regulates qi and widens the middle, stagnates and relieves swelling. It is used for chest and hypochondrium qi stagnation, fullness and pain, food accumulation that cannot be resolved, phlegm and fluid retention, and organ sagging. Decoction, 3~10g. Pregnant women should use with caution.
