Do you know what medicine is most commonly used in the classic prescriptions, besides licorice? If you are a person who is proficient in classics and prescriptions, you must know that in "Span1span Treatise on Febrile Diseases ", apart from licorice, the most used medicine is ginger. Among them, 68 prescriptions were directly used, and there were 2 prescriptions plus or minus the medicine, a total of 70 prescriptions. Among the several prescriptions of Huayin to relieve vomiting, ginger is used as the main medicine, while ginger is mostly used as an auxiliary medicine in other prescriptions. Nowadays, many doctors often think that ginger is a dispensable thing, but it is not.
In " Shennong's Materia Medica", ginger is attached to the dried ginger, and in the "Famous Doctors", ginger is listed separately. Ginger is a common food in every kitchen. It is a typical medicinal and food congener. Why do medical saints like to use it so much? This is because ginger has many functions.
1. To stop vomiting
ginger can treat vomiting caused by various reasons, so Sun Simiao called it "the holy medicine of vomiting family", Li Dongyuan said: "Ginger is the holy medicine of vomiting family, and it is easy to disperse it. , Vomiting is not dissipating qi, but this medicine promotes yang and dissipates qi." One sentence summarizes the mechanism of ginger to treat vomiting. Modern pharmacology has also confirmed that ginger can increase gastric juice secretion, strengthen gastrointestinal motility, and stop vomiting by adjusting gastrointestinal function, whether it is phlegm drink vomiting, cold vomiting, heat vomiting, virtual vomiting, solid vomiting Vomiting or vomiting caused by cold and heat can be treated with ginger.
For example, in Xiaobanxia Decoction, ginger and Pinellia can reduce the vomiting of the drink, and relieve the poison of Pinellia. It is good at treating vomiting and vomiting. It can also add Poria cocos to invigorate the spleen and distill water to form a small Pinellia plus Fuling Decoction is used to treat vomiting and palpitations caused by cessation of drinking. These are all good prescriptions for treating phlegm and vomiting with ginger in Treatise on Febrile Diseases.
The evodia decoction and orange peel decoction used to treat cold vomiting also reuse ginger, and there is also a record of "adding ginger two liang" behind the two provisions of Lizhong Decoction and Tongmai Sini Decoction for treating symptoms of deficiency and cold. .
In addition, Xiao Chaihu Decoction, Chaihu Guizhi Decoction , Huangqin plus Banxia Ginger Decoction for treating Shaoyang gallbladder fever invading the stomach,Gardenia and Ginger Soy Soup for the treatment of chest and diaphragm heat and stomach, orange peel Zhuru soup for treating spleen and stomach deficiency and heat, Chaihu plus Glauber's salt soup for treating Yangming and dryness, etc., all have the sound shadow of ginger to relieve vomiting. This is why?
Actually, the cause of vomiting is the reversal of stomach qi, but the cause of the reversal of stomach qi may be phlegm, cold and heat, or deficiency and excess, or even a mixture of cold and heat. But no matter what the reason is, ginger, which is known as the "holy medicine for vomiting", can be used to treat vomiting. It is often used in combination with Pinellia ternata, combined with syndrome differentiation and other drugs, to treat vomiting caused by various reasons. Up.
2, Solution Quxie
Zhang Zhongjing treats the symptoms of exogenous evils and discord between the military and the health, usually with ginger and jujube, ginger is warm and divergent, and jujube is used for spleen and stomach fluid. The combination of the two can play a role in reconciling the camp and the guard.
For example, Guizhi Decoction, as the ancestor of traditional prescriptions, is often used to treat solar apoplexy syndrome. The ginger in this prescription can radiate external evils on the surface because of its pungent nature and flavor, which helps Guizhi We call the function of dispelling evils and relieving the surface, we call it strengthening the health; then the ginger and jujube are used together to support the spleen and stomach, and help the yin biochemical, we call it the treatment of weak. Using both ginger and jujube together is an excellent pair of medicines to neutralize Yingwei. But now many people, if they don't know it, think that ginger or jujube is not very useful, so they blindly remove it. This is a manifestation of the essence of the unsuccessful prescription.
3. Wenyang Tongbi
Astragalus and Guizhi Wuwu Decoction for the treatment of Xuebi, Zhigancao Decoction for the treatment of Maibi, Danggui Sini plus Evodia ginger decoction, all with ginger as the auxiliary medicine Wen Tongyang, and blood xuanbi. Then there are Fangji Huangqi Decoction, Guizhi Fuzi Decoction, Baizhu Fuzi Decoction for the treatment of rheumatism, and Guizhi Shaoyao Zhimu Decoction for the treatment of Lijie disease. They all use ginger as an auxiliary medicine to disperse rheumatism, and are combined with licorice, jujube and atractylodes. Such drugs are matched, and can play the role of cultivating soil and controlling moisture. Just as "Medicinal Properties Lei Ming" said: "Ginger removes dampness, but warms the spleen and stomach. The temperature of the spleen and stomach and the vitality of the spleen and stomach, the moisture will be removed."
4. Dispelling cold and relieving pain
Jingfang Those who use ginger to dispel cold and relieve pain have the following three conditions: ① Xiaojianzhong Decoction, Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction for the treatment of abdominal pain due to fatigue, and Angelica ginger and mutton soup for "postpartum abdominal pain...Ginger is used as an auxiliary medicine to relieve cold and relieve pain. "Introduction to Medicine" said: "Ginger, must be used after childbirth, with its ability to break blood and eliminate blood stasis." It can be seen that ginger can dispel cold and relieve pain. ② Guizhi Jiashaoyao Decoction and Guizhi Jiahuang Decoction for the treatment of Taiyin abdominal pain, using ginger as an auxiliary medicine to relieve cold and relieve pain. ③ Span1span Wenjing Decoction also uses ginger as an auxiliary medicine to warm menstruation and relieve pain.
5. Xuanhuatanyin
Span1span Shegan Mahuang Decoction , Zeqi Decoction, Yuemai plus Banxia Decoction, Tuckahoe and Licorice Decoction for the treatment of phlegm, cough and asthma , Guizhi Qushaoyao plus Mahuang Xixin Fuzi Decoction, Zhenwu Decoction, Banxia Houpu Decoction for the treatment of phlegm and qi stagnation, Houpu Ginger, Banxia Gancao and Ginseng Decoction for the treatment of spleen deficiency and phlegm blockage, and Yuemai Decoction for the treatment of Fengshui and treatment For skin water, Yuemaijiashu Decoction, etc., ginger is used as an auxiliary medicine, which not only internalizes phlegm, but also disperses the evil of yin, cold and water. In addition, the Tangerine Citrus aurantium decoction for treating chest obstruction, and the Guizhi ginger Citrus aurantium decoction for treating "heart ruffles, various inverses, and pain in the heart", both use ginger to get the power of drinking.
This is because ginger has the functions of invigorating the stomach and reducing the adverse effects, dispersing moisture and eliminating fullness. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Zhongjiao is the official of the decisive blasphemy, and the spleen and stomach is the hub of the Qi machine. At this time, ginger can be used to "warm the middle" and restore the Yang Qi, and then add licorice, ginseng, jujube and other drugs to reconcile it. Spleen and stomach, which makes the Qi machine rise and fall orderly. The evil of water wetness is also cohesive, so using ginger and other pungent products can get twice the result with half the effort.
6. Strengthening the spleen and stomach
Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are the foundation of the acquired, so the regulation and treatment of many diseases, in the final analysis, depends on the health of the spleen and stomach. Therefore, in the theory of Chinese medicine, the function of the spleen and stomach is The ups and downs play a decisive role in the outcome and prognosis of the disease, and ginger has a good effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach. As the "Medicinal Solution" said: "Ginger... the vitality of the middle Jiao is fixed, but the spleen and stomach cashier orders, evil cannot tolerate."
Therefore, the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing likes to use ginger very much, and it is a magical ginger. ,Many people now think that the ginger in the prescription is a dispensable product. This is wrong. We Chinese medicine practitioners should also carefully understand each medicinal material and understand their compatibility in the prescription. Only in this way can we provide ours Party skills.
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