Shaoyao Gancao Decoction is a famous prescription in "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" by Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage of the Han Dynasty. It consists of white peony and licorice in the same amount.
This prescription effectively relieves muscle spasm and relieves the corresponding symptoms. It is The basic prescription for relieving spasm and pain . It is the main prescription for the treatment of "anxious foot spasm". The ancients referred to the calf as a foot, and "anxious foot spasm" meant that the calf was not bent or extended, which is today's gastrocnemius spasm. "Zhu’s Collected Prescriptions" records that Shaoyao Gancao Decoction treats weak feet and difficult walking. is also known as 去长汤. The name of the party implies that the function of the lower limbs can be restored after taking this prescription, and the patient can throw away the crutches.
The white peony has a bitter, acidic and slightly cold taste, which can nourish blood, benefit the liver and spleen and true yin, so it can absorb the disorganized spleen and the arrogant liver qi. It has the functions of nourishing blood and regulating menstruation, suppressing liver yang, softening liver and relieving pain, and astringent yin fluid. Licorice is sweet in taste, invigorating the spleen and replenishing qi, restoring the pulse and soothe the nerves, expectorating and relieving cough, and relieving emergency and pain. Compatibility of white peony and licorice, the combination of sweetness and bitterness, the smell of ginseng, double tonifying qi and blood, sour and sweetening and nourishing yin, the two medicines interact with each other to replenish and converge, soften the liver and relieve the emergency, reconciles the liver and spleen, and relieves Spasm and pain , relieve cough and relieve asthma, nourish the heart and calm the nerves.
Modern pharmacological studies have confirmed that the main ingredient of Radix Paeoniae Alba is albiflorin, which works in concert with licorice, can significantly inhibit the contraction of smooth muscle and skeletal muscle, and has a good antispasmodic and analgesic effect on the pain caused by internal and external muscle spasm. ; It has obvious effects on the sedation of the central nervous system, lowering body temperature and anticonvulsions; it has a dilation effect on the coronary arteries and blood vessels, and can effectively relieve angina pectoris.
is now used for 血虚津伤 gastrocnemius spasm, intercostal neuralgia, gastric cramps, stomach pain, abdominal pain, sciatica, gynecological inflammatory abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea syndrome, etc., which belong to the deficiency of Yin and blood. Those with liver and spleen disorders.
