Heat-clearing and dampness-clearing medicine, which has the function of clearing away heat and drying dampness, and is used for diarrhea, jaundice and other damp-heat diseases.
skullcap
It is the root of Scutellaria baicalensis, a perennial herbaceous plant of the Lamiaceae family. Excavated in spring and autumn. Steam or boil water to moisten slices. Use raw, roasted in wine or stir-fried on charcoal. Mainly produced in Zhangjiakou, Chengde, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Henan, Shaanxi and other places.
【Nature and flavor】Bitter, cold. Returns to the lung, stomach, gallbladder and large intestine meridians.
[Efficacy] Clear away heat and dry dampness, purge fire and detoxify, cool blood and stop bleeding, remove heat and relieve miscarriage.
【application】
1. Used for damp-heat syndrome. This product is good at clearing heat and drying dampness. It is mainly used for damp-heat diarrhea, damp-heat, jaundice, hot stranguria, etc.
To treat damp-heat diarrhea, it is compatible with Pueraria lobata, Coptis chinensis, etc., such as Pueraria lobata Qinlian decoction.
To treat jaundice, it is compatible with gardenia, artemisia, etc.
To treat damp-heat stranguria syndrome, it is compatible with Akebia bark, Rehmannia glutinosa, etc.
2. Used for treating excess heat in the upper burner. This product clears and purges excess heat in the upper burner, and is especially good at clearing lung heat.
To treat cough due to lung heat, it is compatible with Anemarrhenae, Mulberry White Bark, etc.
To treat excessive heat caused by excessive heat, it is compatible with coptis, gardenia, gypsum, etc.
To treat wind-heat affecting the lungs, it is compatible with gardenia, almond, platycodon, forsythia, mint, etc.
3. Used for Shaoyang heat syndrome. This product also enters the Shaoyang gallbladder meridian and has the effect of resolving Shaoyang. Used together with Bupleurum, it can treat evil in Shaoyang with cold and heat syndrome, such as Xiao Bupleurum Decoction.
4. Used for carbuncles, sores, and sore throats. This product has strong heat-clearing and detoxifying properties. Treat carbuncles, sores, sore throat, etc. It can be used equally with honeysuckle, forsythia, burdock and isatis root.
5. Used for bleeding syndromes. Stir-fried with charcoal, this product has the effect of cooling blood and stopping bleeding. To treat blood heat and bleeding, such as vomiting blood and epistaxis, it is compatible with Rehmannia glutinosa, Imperata root, Panax notoginseng, etc.
6. Used for fetal dysphoria due to excessive heat. This product has the effect of removing heat and relieving fetus, and can treat fetal dysphoria caused by excessive heat. It is compatible with Atractylodes, Angelicae, etc., such as Angelica Powder.
[Dosage] 20~60g for horses and cattle; 5~15g for pigs and sheep; 3~5g for dogs; 1.5~2.5g for rabbits and poultry.
[Contraindications] This product is bitter and cold and hurts the stomach. It should not be used by those with spleen and stomach deficiency and those without damp-heat excess fire.
Coptis chinensis
It is the rhizome of the Ranunaceae perennial herb Coptis chinensis, Coptidis triangulata or Coptidis rhizome. Digging in autumn, drying
Dry, used raw or stir-fried, roasted with ginger, roasted with wine, or stir-fried with Evodia Fructus. Mainly produced in Sichuan, Yunnan and Hubei.
【Nature and flavor】Bitter, cold. Guixin, liver, stomach, large intestine meridians.
[Efficacy] Clear away heat and dry dampness, purge fire and detoxify.
【application】
1. Used for gastrointestinal damp-heat, diarrhea and vomiting. This product is bitter and cold. Its power of clearing away heat and drying dampness is better than that of Scutellaria baicalensis, especially in clearing damp-fire stagnation in the middle Jiao. It is good at removing damp-heat in the spleen, stomach and large intestine, and is an important medicine for treating damp-heat and diarrhea.
To treat damp-heat obstruction, sluggish Qi movement, and abdominal distension and distension, it can be used with Scutellaria baicalensis, dried ginger, and Pinellia ternata, such as Banxia Xiexin Decoction.
It can be used to treat damp-heat diarrhea. If it is mild, it will be effective when used alone. If it is diarrhea, abdominal pain, tenesmus, or severe tenesmus, it can be used together with Koxiang, such as Xianglian Wan.
To treat diarrhea and body heat, use Pueraria lobata, Scutellaria baicalensis, and licorice, such as Pueraria lobata and Qinlian decoction.
To treat dysentery, pus and blood, it can be combined with Angelica sinensis, cinnamon, white peony root, woody incense, etc., such as peony decoction.
2. Used for excessive heat, high fever and irritability. This product can purge fire and detoxify, and is especially good at clearing excess fire in the Heart Meridian.
To treat excess heat in the triple burner, high fever and irritability, it can be used equally with skullcap, phellodendron, and gardenia, such as Coptidis Coptidis Jiedu Decoction.
It can be used together with Scutellaria baicalensis and Rhubarb, such as Xiexin Decoction, to treat excessive heart fire, forced blood flow, vomiting blood and epistaxis.
3. Used to treat carbuncle and skin eczema. This product clears away heat and dampness, purges fire and detoxifies, and is especially good at treating poison.
To treat carbuncle and poison, it can be used equally with skullcap, gardenia, and forsythia, such as Coptis Jiedu Decoction.
To treat skin eczema, use coptis to make an ointment for external application.
To treat red and swollen eyes, use Coptis chinensis decoction to apply on the eyes.
4. Used for stomach-fire and vomiting. This product is good at clearing stomach-fire and treating vomiting due to excessive stomach-fire. It can be used together with bamboo root, orange peel and pinellia.
[Dosage] 20~60g for horses and cattle; 5~15g for pigs and sheep; 3~5g for dogs; 1.5~2.5g for rabbits and poultry.
[Taboo] This product is extremely bitter and cold. Taking it for a long time may damage the spleen and stomach. It should not be used by those with weak lungs and stomach. Bitter dryness damages body fluids, and should be used with caution in those with yin deficiency and body fluid impairment.
Phellodendron Bark
It is used to remove the cork from the bark of Rutaceae deciduous tree plants Corkberry (Guan Phellodendri) and Huangbark Tree (Sichuan Phellodendron). Before and after the Qingming Festival, peel off the bark, scrape off the rough bark, flatten and dry it, moisten it, slice or shred it, and use it raw or broiled in salt water, wine, or stir-fried on charcoal. Guan Cork is mainly produced in Liaoning, Jilin, Hebei and other places; Sichuan Cork is mainly produced in Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, Yunnan and other places.
【Nature and flavor】Bitter, cold. Returns to the kidney, bladder, and large intestine meridians.
[Efficacy] Clear away heat and dry dampness, purge fire and detoxify, reduce fever and remove steam.
【application】
1. Used for diarrhea and jaundice. This product is bitter and cold, clears away heat and dries dampness, and is better than clearing away dampness and heat in the lower Jiao.
To treat bladder dampness and heat, burning urine, dripping pain, etc., it can be combined with psyllium, talc, etc. to clear away heat, diuresis and relieve stranguria.
To treat damp-heat diarrhea, it can be combined with Pulsatilla, Coptidis, Qinpi and other medicines, such as Pulsatilla decoction.
To treat damp-heat jaundice and red urine, it can be used together with Gardenia, such as Gardenia Baipi Decoction.
2. Used for sores, swelling and pain, eczema and eczema. This product can not only clear away heat and dry dampness, but also purge fire and detoxify.
It can be used internally or externally to treat sores, swelling and poisoning. For internal use, it is mostly used with coptis and gardenia. For external use, grind this product into fine powder and apply it to the affected area with pig bile or egg white.
To treat eczema, itching and swelling of the vagina, it can be used equally with Schizonepeta, Sophora flavescens, and Cnidium monnieri. It can be taken internally or externally. It can also be mixed with Indigo Naturalis, Talc, and Licorice, grind into fine powder and spread for application.
3. Used for yin deficiency and fever. This product is good at clearing deficiency heat. It is used in conjunction with Anemarrhena and is compatible with Rehmannia glutinosa and Cornus officinale.
Meat, tortoise shell, etc. can nourish yin and reduce gunpowder, such as Zhibai Dihuang Pills.
[Dosage] 10~45g for horses and cattle; 20~50g for pigs and sheep; 5~6g for dogs; 0.5~2g for rabbits and poultry.
[Contraindications] This product is bitter and cold, which can easily damage stomach qi, so it should not be used by those with spleen and stomach deficiency.
Sophora flavescens
It is the root of Sophora flavescens, a perennial deciduous subshrub plant of the Leguminosae family. Harvested in spring and autumn, sliced, dried and used raw. Produced everywhere.
【Nature and flavor】Bitter, cold. Guixin, liver, stomach, large intestine, bladder meridians.
[Efficacy] Clear away heat and dry dampness, kill insects and promote diuresis.
【application】
1. Used for damp-heat diarrhea and jaundice. This product is bitter and cold, and has the function of clearing away heat and drying dampness.
It can be used to treat dampness and heat accumulated in the colon and stomach, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and diarrhea, pus and blood. It can be used alone or in combination with Acostalis.
It can be used to treat jaundice caused by the accumulation of warm heat and steam. It is used equally with gardenia and gentian. It has good effects on removing dampness and heat and reducing jaundice.
2. Used for eczema and scabies, where urination is difficult. This product can clear away dampness and heat from the lower body. It can also facilitate urination, so that dampness and heat can be discharged from the urine. It can kill insects and relieve itching.
To treat dampness and heat, eczema and itchy skin, it is compatible with Cortex Phellodendron, Cnidii Monnieri, etc., and can be taken orally or washed externally.
To treat scabies, mix with alum and sulfur to make an ointment and apply it to the affected area.
To treat damp-heat accumulation in the bladder, difficulty in urination, burning and astringent pain, it is compatible with dandelion, stone reed or angelica, plantain, akebia, etc.
[Dosage] 15~60g for horses and cattle; 6~15g for pigs and sheep; 3~8g for dogs; 0.3~1.5g for rabbits and poultry.
[Taboo] This product is bitter and cold and hurts the stomach and yin. It should not be used or should be used with caution in those with spleen and stomach deficiency and yin deficiency and body fluid injury. Veratrum veratrum.
Qin Pi
It is the stem bark of the ash tree or ash tree, a deciduous tree of the family Amaranthaceae. In spring and autumn, the trunk bark is peeled off, dried in the sun, and used raw. Mainly produced in Jilin, Liaoning, Henan, Hebei and other places.
【Nature and flavor】Bitter, astringent, cold. Returns to the large intestine, liver, and gallbladder meridians.
[Efficacy] Clear away heat, dry dampness, detoxify, and improve eyesight.
【application】
1. Used for heat-toxic diarrhea and dysentery. This product is bitter, cold, and astringent under humid tropical conditions. It can not only clear away heat, dry dampness, and detoxify, but also astringe and stop dysentery.
To treat diarrhea due to heat poisoning and tenesmus, it is compatible with Coptis chinensis, Cortex Phellodendri, Pulsatilla, etc., such as Pulsatilla decoction.
To treat dampness and heat, it is combined with paeonol bark, angelica root, etc.
2. Used for red, swollen and painful eyes, and shading on the eyes. This product can clear the liver and purge fire, improve eyesight and reduce shading.
To treat liver meridian fire stagnation, red and swollen eyes, and filmy eyes, use the decoction alone to wash the eyes, or mix it with chrysanthemum, coptis, gentian, etc.
【Dosage】15~60g for horses and cattle; 5~10g for pigs and sheep; 3~6g for dogs; 1~1.5g for rabbits and poultry.
【Taboo】Contraindicated for those with spleen and stomach deficiency.