Refers to the treatment of dispelling cold and relieving exterior syndrome with pungent and warm drugs. It is suitable for exterior syndrome of wind-cold and exterior evil of rheumatism and geomantic omen. The main symptoms are aversion to cold, slight fever, anhidrosis, head and body pain, thin and white fur and tight pulse. Commonly used drugs are Herba Ephedrae, Ramulus Cinnamomi, Perillae Herba, Herba Schizonepetae, Notopterygii Rhizoma, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Asari and Rhizoma Ligustici. Representative prescriptions are Mahuang Decoction, Guizhi Decoction and Su Xiang Powder.
Pungent is one of the five flavors of traditional Chinese medicine.
Five flavors originally refer to the five flavors of drugs, namely pungent, sweet, sour, bitter and salty, and later expanded to reflect the functional classification of drugs.
Pungent taste has the functions of dispersing exterior, activating qi and promoting blood circulation, namely pungent powder. The function of promoting blood circulation is often used for exogenous exterior syndrome, qi stagnation and blood stasis.
Drugs for relieving exterior syndrome and drugs for activating qi and activating blood are generally pungent, and are mainly used for exterior syndrome and qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome.
"Divergence" means that pungent traditional Chinese medicine has the function of dispersing pathogenic factors, such as ephedra, which is often used to treat patients with exogenous diseases. "Promoting qi and blood circulation" usually means that pungent Chinese medicines, such as Radix Aucklandiae and Rhizoma Chuanxiong, have the function of promoting qi and blood circulation, and are often used to treat patients with qi stagnation and blood stasis. Drugs for relieving exterior syndrome and drugs for activating qi and activating blood are generally pungent, and are mainly used for exterior syndrome and qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome.