Astringent and Antidiarrheal Herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Ebony Plum, Pomegranate Peel, Nutmeg, and Myrobalan | Natural Remedies

Astringent and Antidiarrheal Herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Ebony Plum, Pomegranate Peel, Nutmeg, and Myrobalan | Natural Remedies

Astringent and antidiarrheal medicine: It has the effect of astringent and antidiarrheal. It is suitable for chronic diarrhea and dysentery caused by deficiency and coldness of the spleen and kidneys, fecal incontinence, anal prolapse and uterine prolapse. In application, it can be used together with medicines that tonify the spleen and stomach and medicines that warm and tonify the spleen and kidneys.

 

 

ebony plum
It is a processed and smoked product of the immature fruit of the Rosaceae plant Plum. Harvest in May and June when the fruit is green and yellow (green plum), bake it with fire for 2 to 3 days and nights to dry it, and then simmer it for 2 to 3 days to turn the color black. Remove the core and use raw or stir-fried. Produced all over the country.
[Nature and flavor] Meridian distribution: sour, astringent, flat. Returns to the liver, spleen, lung, and large intestine meridians.
[Efficacy] Astringent the lungs, astringent intestines, promotes fluid production, and relieves ascariasis.
【application】
1. Used for cough due to lung deficiency. This product can converge lung qi to relieve cough. To treat chronic cough due to lung deficiency, it is compatible with coltsfoot, pinellia, almond, etc.
2. Used for chronic diarrhea. This product can astringe astringent intestines and stop diarrhea. Treat chronic diarrhea caused by Qi deficiency and spleen weakness.
It can be used with nutmeg, myrobalan, etc.; it can also be used with Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala and other qi-tonifying and spleen-boosting medicines.
3. Used for deficient heat and quenching thirst. This product has a sour taste and can produce fluid and quench thirst. To treat thirst and dry throat caused by deficiency heat, it is compatible with trichosanthin, Ophiopogon japonicus, kudzu root, etc.
4. Used for ascariasis: This product tastes sour, and the roundworms will succumb when they are sour, so it has the effect of relieving ascariasis. To treat abdominal pain, vomiting and other symptoms caused by roundworms, it can be combined with dried ginger, asarum, Phellodendri, etc., such as "Wumei Wan".
【Dosage】15~30g for horses and cattle; 6~10g for pigs and sheep; 3~5g for dogs.
【Taboo】Contraindicated in those with external and internal symptoms.

 

 

pomegranate peel
It is the dried peel of pomegranate, a plant in the pomegranate family. It is cultivated in most parts of the country. The fruits are picked when they are ripe and cracked at the top. Remove the seeds and pulp, take the peel or collect the peel after eating the pomegranate, wash, cut into pieces, and dry in the sun. For raw use.
【Nature and flavor】Sour, astringent, warm. Returns to the lung, kidney and large intestine meridians.
【Efficacy】Antidiarrhea and anthelmintic.
【application】
1. For chronic diarrhea and dysentery and anal prolapse:
This product has a strong astringent and intestinal astringent effect.
To treat chronic diarrhea, dysentery, blood in the stool and anal prolapse caused by deficiency and cold, it is compatible with myrobalan, nutmeg, dried ginger, coptis, etc.
To treat those with weak spleen and stomach and qi deficiency and subsidence, it can be combined with astragalus, cohosh, and atractylodes to replenish the middle qi and lift the subsidence.
2. Used for abdominal pain due to worm infestation. This product can repel roundworms, tapeworms, dayworms, etc., and is compatible with betel nut, etc., but the anthelmintic effect is not as good as that of pomegranate root bark.
3. Used for astringent essence, hemostasis, etc.
【Dosage】30~45g for horses and cattle; 6~8g for pigs and sheep; 1~3g for dogs and cats; 1~2g for rabbits and poultry.
[Taboo] Do not use if there is any serious evil.

 

 

nutmeg
It is the seed kernel of the nutmeg plant of the Myristicaceae family. It is soaked in lime milk for 1 day and then dried over slow fire. When using, wrap it in dough and simmer to remove the oil. It is cultivated in Guangdong, my country; it is also produced in India, the West Indies, the Malay Peninsula and other places.
[Nature and flavor] pungent, warm. Returns to the spleen, stomach and large intestine meridians.
【Efficacy】Astringent and antidiarrheal, warming and promoting qi.
【application】
1. Used for chronic diarrhea. This product can warm the spleen and stomach, and is good at astringent intestines to stop diarrhea.
To treat deficiency and coldness of the spleen and stomach and persistent diarrhea, it is compatible with cinnamon, myrobalan, costus, jujube, etc.
To treat diarrhea due to spleen and kidney yang deficiency, it can be combined with psoralen, Evodia, Schisandra, etc., such as Sishen Pills.
2. Used for abdominal distension and pain caused by deficiency and coldness of the spleen and stomach. This product regulates the spleen and warms the stomach, lowers the Qi and regulates the middle. To treat abdominal distension and pain caused by deficiency and coldness of the spleen and stomach, it is compatible with Acosta, Atractylodes, Pinellia ternata, dried ginger, etc.
【Dosage】15~30g for horses and cattle; 6~10g for pigs and sheep; 1~3g for dogs and cats; 1~2g for rabbits and poultry.
【Taboo】Contraindicated in those with hot diarrhea and dysentery.

 

 

Myrobalan
It is made from the dried fruits of the Terminalia chebula tree. Native to India, Malaysia, and Myanmar. Three batches can be harvested in a year. In September, October and November, the mature fruits are picked and sun-dried. Use raw or simmered. Crush or core when used. Now it is cultivated in Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places in my country.
【Nature and flavor】Bitter, sour, astringent, warm. Returns to the lung, stomach and large intestine meridians.
[Efficacy] It astringes the intestines and relieves diarrhea, astringes the lungs and soothes the throat.
【application】
1. Used for chronic diarrhea. This product can astringe the large intestine and stop diarrhea when simmered. To treat chronic diarrhea and dysentery, as well as consequent prolapse, it is compatible with Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, nutmeg, Poria cocos, etc.
2. Used for cough caused by lung deficiency. When used raw, this product can astringe the lungs and lower the qi and soothe the throat.
To treat cough and asthma due to lung deficiency, it is compatible with Codonopsis pilosula, nutmeg, Ophiopogon japonicus, Schisandra chinensis, licorice, etc.
To treat chronic cough due to lung heat and throat discomfort, it is compatible with Trichosanthes trichosanthes, Fritillaria fritillaris, Platycodon, etc.
【Dosage】30~60g for horses and cattle; 6~10g for pigs and sheep; 1~3g for dogs and cats; 1~2g for rabbits and poultry.
[Contraindications] It should not be used by those who have coughs or dysentery that have not been cleared away.

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