The pungent and warm method of relieving superficial syndrome refers to the treatment method of using drugs with pungent and warm nature to dispel wind and cold and relieve superficial syndrome. It is suitable for those with symptoms of wind-cold syndrome and those with both rheumatism and feng shui. The main symptoms are severe aversion to cold, mild fever, no sweat, headache and body pain, thin and white coating, and floating and tight pulse. Commonly used drugs include ephedra, cinnamon twig, perilla, schizonepeta, qianghuo, saposhnikovia, angelica dahurica, asarum, ligusticus, etc. Representative prescriptions include Ephedra Decoction, Guizhi Decoction, Xiangsu Powder, etc.
Xinliangjiexieyu refers to the treatment method of using drugs with pungent and cool nature to disperse wind-heat and relieve superficial syndrome. It is suitable for the symptoms of wind-heat syndrome, the onset of febrile diseases, the onset of acne rash, etc. The main symptoms are severe fever, mild aversion to cold, dry throat, thirst, thin yellow coating, and floating pulse. Commonly used medicines include mint, nepeta, burdock, mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, kudzu, cohosh, and vitex. Representative prescriptions include Sangju Yin, Yinqiao Powder, Cimicifuga Gegen Decoction, etc.
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Pungent and warm relieve the symptoms and pungent and cool relieve the symptoms reflect the four qi and five flavors in traditional Chinese medicine.
1. The four Qi refers to the four properties of cold, hot, warm and cool properties of medicine. Cold and cool and warm and hot are two opposing medicinal properties, and the differences between cold and cool, hot and warm are only degrees. In addition, there is Pingxing, that is, the medicinal properties are mild.
2. Generally, cold and cool medicines have the functions of clearing heat, detoxifying, purging fire, cooling blood, nourishing yin, etc., and are mainly used to treat various fever diseases. Many warm medicines have the functions of warming the middle, dispersing cold, supporting yang, and replenishing fire, etc., and are mainly used to treat various cold diseases. In addition, there are some neutralizing drugs, which refer to drugs with less obvious cold or heat properties and relatively mild effects.
3. The five flavors originally refer to the five flavors of medicine: pungent, sweet, sour, bitter, and salty.
The pungent taste has the effect of dispersing and relieving the surface, promoting qi and blood circulation. Generally, the drugs for relieving external symptoms, promoting Qi, and promoting blood circulation have a pungent taste and are mainly used to treat superficial syndromes and Qi stagnation and blood stasis syndromes.
The sweet taste has the functions of nourishing, harmonizing and relieving pain and relieving pain. Generally, it is a nourishing and replenishing medicine, a harmonizing drug, and analgesic. It has a sweet taste and is mainly used to treat deficiency syndrome and pain syndrome.
The sour taste has the effect of astringing and fixing astringency. Generally, antiperspirant, antitussive, antidiarrheal, and semen-stabilizing medicines have a sour taste and are mainly used to treat excessive sweating, chronic cough, diarrhea, spermatorrhea, enuresis and other syndromes.
The bitter taste has the effect of clearing away and removing dampness. Generally, medicines for clearing away heat, purging fire, laxative, and drying dampness usually have a bitter taste and are mainly used to treat heat syndrome, fire syndrome, and dampness syndrome.
The salty taste has purgative, softening and dispersing effects. Generally, laxative drugs are used to soften hardness, dissipate lumps, and purge. Most of them have a salty taste. They are mainly used to treat dry stools, scrofula, gall tumors, and lumps in the abdomen.
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