Ephedra
Herbaceous stems of herbaceous small shrubs of Ephedraceae, Ephedra xylophilus and ephedraceae. Autumn to frost harvested, dried, cut. Raw, honey-roasted or pounded velvet with. Mainly produced in Shanxi, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Gansu and other places.
【Sexual flavor and meridian】: Pungent, slightly bitter, warm. Attributed to the lung and bladder meridians.
【Efficacy】: Sweating and relieving exopathogens, promoting the lungs and calming asthma, inducing diuresis and subduing swellings.
Application
1. Used for wind-cold cold, this flavor is pungent, warm and disperses cold, so it is used for sweating and dispersing wind-cold, and is an important medicine for dispersing wind-cold with pungent and warmth. Mostly used for external wind-cold, cold, no sweat, fever, floating pulse and tight cold and flu, that is, external wind-cold table solid evidence, and Gui Zhi must be used, such as ephedra soup.
2. For coughing and asthma, this product is pungent, bitter, warm and smooth, people lung meridian, external can disperse wind-cold, internal can open and promote the lung qi, has a good function of promoting lung asthma.
It can be used in the treatment of wind-cold external beam, lung qi congestion and coughing, with almonds, licorice, such as San'ao Tang.
Cold and phlegm stop drinking, cough and asthma, phlegm more clear and thin, with fine Xin, dry ginger, half-summer, etc., such as Xiaoqinglong Tang.
For the treatment of lung-heat congestion, high fever and shortness of breath, with gypsum, almonds, licorice, such as hemp apricot Shi Gan Tang.
3. For edema, this product opens the lung qi upwards, and transports the bladder downwards, and is a key drug for promoting lung diuresis. It can be used to treat oedema and urination with surface evidence when the lungs are not declared and sent down by the wind, and it is used together with licorice, such as Licorice and Ephedra Soup.
4. For chicken respiratory disease treatment of chicken infectious bronchitis, infectious laryngotracheitis, etc., with almonds, Yam bean root, honeysuckle, blue roots, etc.
【Dosage】 Horse, cattle 15-30g; pigs, sheep 3-10g; dogs 3-5g; rabbits, poultry 1-3g.
【Contraindications】 This product has strong dispersing power, and should be used with caution in all cases of surface deficiency and spontaneous sweating, yin deficiency and night sweating, as well as asthma.
Gui Zhi
It is the young branch of cinnamon, an evergreen tree of Camphoraceae. Often cut in the spring, dried in the sun or shade, sliced or cut into pieces with the main production of Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan Province.
【Sexual flavor and meridian】: Pungent, sweet, warm. Attributed to the heart, lung and bladder meridians.
【Efficacy】: Expelling and relieving muscles, warming the channels and passes the veins, and promoting Yang and qi.
Application
1. For wind-cold cold, this product is pungent, sweet and warm, sweet and warm through the yang to support the guard, so it helps the guard solid surface, external dispersal of wind-cold function.
The treatment of wind-cold surface solid without sweating, with ephedra, etc., in order to open the lung gas, dispersal of wind-cold, such as ephedra soup.
For cases of sweating on the surface of deficiency, it is used with white peony to promote sweating and detoxification of the muscles, and to harmonize the camp and the guards, such as Gui Zhi Tang.
2. For wind-cold-dampness paralysis, this product warms menstruation and relieves pain.
It can be used to treat wind-dampness pain in the limbs, together with Radix et Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori, such as Gui Zhi and Radix et Rhizoma Polygoni Soup. It is especially good at treating muscle and joint pain of the forelimbs, and is used with Qiang Wu, Duhu, Qin Wu, etc. It is also often used as a medicine for inducing menstruation in the forelimbs.
3. This product is sweet and warm, and it is used to promote Yang qi. If the bladder qi can not be, edema urinary disadvantage, and pig ling, ze diarrhea, etc., such as five Ling San.
【Dosage】 Horse, cattle 15~45g; pig, sheep 3~10g; dog 3~5g; rabbit, poultry 1~2.5g.
【Contraindications】: This product is pungent and warm, easy to injure the yin and blood, all external heat disease, yin deficiency and fire, blood heat and other evidence should be avoided.
perilla
It is the stems and leaves of perilla, an annual herbaceous plant of the Lamiaceae family. It is produced equally in the north and south of my country. Harvested in summer and autumn. Dry in the shade and use raw.
[Nature and flavor] pungent, warm. Returns to the lung and spleen meridians.
【Efficacy】Promotes sweating, relieves symptoms, circulates qi and helps relieve miscarriage.
【application】
1. Used for colds and colds. This product induces sweating and relieves the surface, relieves the lungs and relieves coughs. It is used equally with Qianghuo and Fangfeng.
For asthma and cough, it can be combined with Pediculus, almonds, etc., such as Xingsu powder.
For qi stagnation and chest tightness, it can be combined with Cyperus rotundus, tangerine peel, etc., such as Xiangsu powder.
2. Used for spleen and stomach qi stagnation. This product can promote qi and expand the middle, harmonize the stomach and stop vomiting. It also has the effect of regulating qi and relieving miscarriage.
To treat external wind-cold, internal injury due to dampness, poor Qi movement, vomiting and inability to eat, it can be combined with Huoxiang, tangerine peel, pinellia, etc. such as Huoxiang Zhengqi Powder.
To treat upward and downward fetal qi and restless fetal movements, it can be combined with amomum villosum, dried tangerine peel and other qi-regulating and fetal-preventing medicines.
【Dosage】15~60g for horses and cattle; 5~15g for pigs and sheep; 3~8g for dogs; 1~2.5g for rabbits and poultry.
Attached medicine:
Perilla stalk is the stem of perilla. The nature and flavor are pungent, sweet, and slightly warm. Returns to the lung, spleen and stomach meridians. Functions: Broaden the chest, promote diaphragm, smooth the flow of Qi and relieve miscarriage. It is suitable for symptoms such as thoracic and abdominal qi stagnation and uneasy fetal movement. It is worse than perilla in dispersing wind and cold, but has better effect in regulating qi and relieving miscarriage. Compatible with Cyperus rotundus and tangerine peel.
Perilla is the seed of perilla, pungent and warm, and returns to the lung meridian. Function: lowering qi, eliminating phlegm, moistening intestines and laxative. It is suitable for cough, asthma, intestinal dryness and constipation.
ginger
It is the rhizome of ginger, a perennial herbaceous plant of the Zingiberaceae family. Produced everywhere. Excavate in autumn and winter, remove fibrous roots and slice them into slices.
[Nature and flavor] pungent, warm. Returns to the lung, spleen and stomach meridians.
[Efficacy] Produce sweating and relieve the symptoms, warm the body to relieve vomiting, warm the lungs and relieve cough.
【application】
1. Used for wind-cold and cold. This product can induce sweating, relieve the surface, dispel wind and cold, but its effect is weak, so it is suitable for mild cases of wind-cold and cold.
It can be used alone or combined with scallion white decoction, or added as an auxiliary drug to other pungent and warm expelling agents to increase the power of sweating and exfoliating. For example, this product is included in prescriptions such as Guizhi Decoction.
2. Used for stomach cold and vomiting. This product warms the stomach and dispels cold, harmonizes the middle and lowers the inverse, and is good at stopping vomiting.
To treat stomach cold and vomiting, it is compatible with Pinellia ternata, that is, Xiao Banxia decoction.
To treat stomach heat and vomiting, it is compatible with Coptis chinensis, Bamboo rhubarb, etc.
3. Used for wind-cold cough. This product has the effect of warming the lungs, dispersing cold, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. For those with wind-cold in the lungs and cough with excessive phlegm, it can be combined with almonds, perilla, tangerine peel, pinellia and other medicines.
4. Antidote to poison: Ginger can detoxify pinellia, aroids and fish and crab poisons.
【Dosage】15~60g for horses and cattle; 5~15g for pigs and sheep; 1~5g for dogs; 1~3g for rabbits and poultry.
[Taboo] This product hurts yin and helps fire, so people with yin deficiency and internal heat should not take it.
Attached medicine:
Ginger peel is the outer skin cut from the ginger rhizome. The nature and flavor are pungent and cool. It functions to promote water circulation in the stomach and reduce swelling. It is mainly used for edema and difficulty in urination.
Ginger juice is used as medicine by pounding ginger juice. It has the same functions as ginger, but it is more effective in relieving phlegm and relieving vomiting, making it convenient for clinical emergency use. In case of poisoning of Nanxing and Pinellia ternata, the juice can be taken as a drink, which is easy to administer. It can also be fed with bamboo juice.
windproof
It is the root of the wind-resistant perennial herbaceous plant of the Umbelliferae family. It is excavated in spring and autumn, dried in the sun, sliced, and used raw or stir-fried with charcoal. Mainly produced in Northeast China, Hebei, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.
[Meridian distribution of nature and flavor] Pungent, sweet, slightly warm. Returns to the bladder, liver, and spleen meridians.
[Efficacy] It dispels wind, overcomes dampness and relieves pain, relieves spasm and relieves diarrhea.
【application】
1. Used for external symptoms. This product is pungent and warm, with a rising odor. It is used as a pungent medicine and is good at treating wind. It not only disperses wind evil on the surface of the muscles, but also removes moisture from the meridians. It is good at relieving pain and is slightly warm but not dry.
To treat superficial symptoms of wind-cold, such as limb aches and aversion to wind-cold, it can be combined with Schizonepeta, Qianghuo, Duhuo and other medicines, such as Jingfangbaidu Powder.
For the treatment of superficial wind-heat syndrome, fever, bad wind, sore throat and slight cough, it can be combined with peppermint, cicada, forsythia and other pungent and cooling exterior medicines.
To treat rubella and itching, it can be combined with sophora flavescens, Schizonepeta, Angelica sinensis and other wind-dispersing and itching-relieving, blood-activating and blood-stasis dispersing medicines, such as Xiaofeng Powder.
2. Used for rheumatic arthralgia. This product dispels wind and cold, overcomes dampness and relieves pain. To treat wind-cold-damp paralysis, limb and joint pain, and acute tendon and pulse spasm, it can be combined with rheumatism-removing drugs such as Qianghuo, Guizhi, and Turmeric.
3. Used for tetanus syndrome. This product can dispel wind and relieve spasm. To treat tetanus syndrome, it can be combined with Gastrodia elata, Aracenia, White Aconite and other medicines, such as Yuzhen Powder.
4. Used for liver stagnation, insult to the spleen, abdominal pain and diarrhea. This product can stop diarrhea when stir-fried. It is compatible with tangerine peel, white peony root, Atractylodes, etc., such as painful diarrhea; stir-fried with charcoal to treat intestinal wind and blood.
【Dosage】15~60g for horses and cattle; 5~15g for pigs and sheep; 3~8g for dogs; 2~5g for rabbits and poultry.
【Taboo】Use with caution in patients with yin deficiency and excessive fire, blood deficiency and convulsions.