malt was first published in "Theory of Medicine", also known as barley tiller and barley germ . Ming Dynasty " Compendium of Materia Medica " was originally called malt. Malt is flat, slightly warm and sweet. Return to the spleen, stomach and liver meridian. It has the effects of promoting qi and eliminating food, invigorating the spleen and appetizing the appetite, reducing milk and reducing swelling. It is suitable for food accumulation, abdominal distension and pain, spleen deficiency and lack of food, milk stagnation, breast tenderness, women weaning, liver depression and hypochondriac pain, liver and stomach qi pain, etc.
Raw malt invigorates the spleen and stomach, soothes the liver and promotes qi, suitable for spleen deficiency and lack of food, and stagnation of milk; fried malt to promote qi and digestion to restore milk, suitable for food accumulation, women weaning; burnt malt for digestion Stagnation, suitable for undiminished food accumulation, abdominal distension and pain. Decoction, 10~15g, large dose 30~120g; or into pills, powder .
Soothing the liver and relieving depression
Malt is sweet, enters the liver meridian, and has a soothing effect. The famous physician Zhang Xichun " Chinese and Western References of Chinese Medicine" records: "Barley malt can invigorate the spleen and stomach, digest all food and accumulate. It is an adjuvant that supplements the spleen and stomach. It can replenish its energy without causing fullness, it is good for digestion, and can improve both stools. Although it is a medicine for the spleen and stomach, it is really good for soothing liver qi. The husband's liver controls the flow of qi, promotes qi for the kidneys, and its energy Soothing the liver, helping the liver tree and venting to promote kidney qi..."
He also pointed out that malt "although it is a medicine for the spleen and stomach, it is good at soothing the liver qi (the liver is good for health, but it is invalid if used).Covering the liver is spring in time and wood in the five elements. It was originally the bud of qi transformation of the human body. The malt and liver are in the same phase, so it is good to relax."
It is recorded that Zhang Xichun used malt to sooth the liver. For example, Zhengan Xifeng Decoction does not use Bupleurum for soothing the liver, but uses , Artemisia spp. and raw malt, which are also used for soothing the liver and promoting qi.
Zhang Xichun has a deep understanding of the liver-soothing effect of raw malt. He believes that Bupleurum has a great power to raise liver qi, and it is inappropriate to use it. He always raises those who walk under stomach qi up and down, although raw malt can Uplifting the liver does not hinder the decrease of stomach qi, covering its budding nature, and seeking the same phase as the liver wood, can promote the stagnation of liver qi, that is, Bupleurum chinensis regulates the liver, which is to increase the liver, and the growth of malt is to regulate the liver.
Modern doctors often use malt and malt to treat liver-qi stagnation or liver-stomach discrepancy 's chest and hypotension, hypochondriac pain, abdominal pain, or liver and spleen discordance, belching, lack of food and other syndromes. Soothing liver and regulating qi medicines (such as citron, bergamot) are used equally to increase the effect of soothing liver and stomach .
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Malt can invigorate the spleen and stomach, enter the spleen, stomach meridian. The spleen is for thinking, and if you think too much, the qi will become stagnant, and the qi stagnation means that the qi machine does not run smoothly, and you can see depression. It is easy to care about things and is very easy to feel inferior and guilt.Melancholy hurts the spleen, spleen injury will lead to poor appetite, insufficient biochemical sources, deficiency of camp blood, and inability to nourish the mind, so that the mind is uneasy, insomnia, etc.
The spleen is the acquired foundation , which is in phase with the stomach, the spleen rises and the stomach falls, and the Qi machine is smoothed. Failure of the spleen, phlegm and dampness block, blinding the qi machine, dampness and greasy stagnation, stagnation and obstruction of the qi, and vomiting and suffocation.
If the spleen fails to function well, and the blood and biochemical sources are depleted, there is no way to nourish the viscera and brain, and there will be continuous fatigue. For liver qi stagnation , Mu Kang takes the soil and the disease will reach the spleen and stomach. Therefore, the spleen should be cultivated while soothing the liver, so that the liver qi is calm and the spleen is healthy, and the liver disease cannot be transmitted to the spleen.
"Difficulty Sutra · Seventy Seven Difficulties" said: "When you see the disease of the liver, you know that the liver should be passed on to the spleen, so you must first confirm its spleen." Malt is used in certain depression treatments. Through its power of invigorating the spleen and digesting food and stomach, the spleen can be increased, and the gas can be reduced, and finally , soothing the liver and regulating qi, and reducing the stomach, invigorating the spleen and eliminating pimple.
Zhang Xichun’s "Peipi Shugan Decoction" in "Medical Inheritance and Western Records · Medical Prescriptions" is used to treat liver qi insufficiency due to and Muyu Ketu, causing the spleen and stomach qi to be unable to rise and fall, and the chest is full. Often short-breathed. Atractylodes macrocephala, raw astragalus , raw malt, tangerine peel, Chuan Magnolia , ginger, cassia twig , Bupleurum, raw Hangzhou peony , decoction.
He pointed out that although malt is a medicine for the spleen and stomach, it is good at soothing liver qi (the liver is good for health, but it is invalid if used for frying). The reason for the malt in this prescription is that this medicine is the bud of the valley, and it is the same as the liver, so it can enter the liver meridian and reach the liver qi with the strips.It is also a wonderful product for soothing the liver.
Conclusion
Malt is commonly used in clinical medicine. Modern research has found that malt contains α- and β-amylase, catalytic enzymes, invertase, B vitamins, fat, phospholipids, dextrin, maltose, glucose and other effective ingredients, which are good for digestion, Soothing the liver and promoting qi, regulating the liver, invigorating the spleen, promoting lactation and returning milk.
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