1 and Liuwei Dihuang pills can be eaten for a long time?
I don't know when it began to be popular in society to take Liuwei Dihuang Pill, which is considered suitable for men, women and children. Liuwei Dihuang Pill is an elixir, is it a good health care product?
Liuwei Dihuang Pill is an over-the-counter drug. This medicine originated in the Song Dynasty. Qian Yi, a pediatrician at that time, recorded this prescription in the book "Prescription for Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment in Pediatric Medicine". It was originally named Dihuang Pill, which was designed for children with growth retardation and dysplasia. It is mainly used to treat children's craniotomy, that is, the fontanel can't be closed after the baby is born to one year old. This aspect has strong pertinence and limitations.
Relieve cranium due to deficiency of kidney essence and brain marrow, so tonifying kidney and nourishing yin, strengthening brain and generating marrow should be the treatment. This prescription takes Radix Rehmanniae Preparata as the main medicine, and is supplemented with Chinese yam, Cornus officinalis, Poria cocos, Alisma orientale and Cortex Moutan. Because of its strict prescription and remarkable curative effect, it has been widely used in the treatment of diseases such as internal medicine, gynecology, pediatrics and ent, and is called Liuwei Dihuang Pill, which has been used ever since.
Liuwei Dihuang Pill plays an important role in the tonic prescription of TCM. It is the representative and basic prescription for nourishing kidney yin, and is called "the essential medicine for tonifying kidney" by doctors.
Kidney tonics are in full swing.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidney belongs to one of the five internal organs and is the "innate foundation" in human life activities. The "kidney" mentioned in TCM is not a simple kidney entity, but also includes the functional activities of multiple systems and organs. Whether it is innate essence, acquired essence or reproductive essence, it is hidden in the kidney to maintain the growth, development and reproduction of the human body; Kidney governs water, that is, the transportation and excretion of water and liquid to human body; The kidney governs the bone, produces marrow and leads the brain, that is, the texture of the main bone and the activities of joints, including the filling of bone marrow and brain marrow; Kidney governs qi, that is, the clear qi inhaled by lung is absorbed and utilized to replenish vitality; The kidney opens in the ear and its flowers are in the hair, that is, to maintain the hearing of the ear and the growth and moistening of the hair. Kidney in TCM is closely related to reproductive system, urinary system, skeletal system, nervous system, respiratory system, ears, hair, teeth, vulva and other tissues and organs. Once the kidney is abnormal (kidney deficiency), a series of pathological changes will occur accordingly. In addition, kidney can be divided into kidney yin and kidney yang. Kidney yin refers to the material basis of kidney essence, and kidney yang refers to the functional activities of kidney. Therefore, kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency are two completely different diseases, and there are fundamental differences in treatment.
Liuwei Dihuang Prescription in Treating Kidney Yin Deficiency
Liuwei Dihuang Pill is a tonic for kidney yin deficiency. The manifestations of deficiency of kidney yin mainly include weakness of waist and knees, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, night sweats and nocturnal emission, bone steaming and hot flashes (joint fever at intervals, such as steaming sensation), or fever of hands and feet, or thirst and dry throat, or toothache due to asthenic fire, or insomnia due to asthenic fire, red tongue with little fur and thready pulse. Clinically, both kidney yin deficiency and kidney yang deficiency have soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, and the difference between them lies in their reaction to cold and heat. The so-called "yin deficiency with internal heat and yang deficiency with external cold". The above-mentioned bone steaming hot flashes, hand and foot heart fever, dry mouth and throat, and red pulse on the tongue are all internal heat syndromes, so the syndrome belongs to kidney yin deficiency and is suitable for taking this medicine. There are many symptoms of kidney-yin deficiency, which often involve many diseases in modern medicine, such as chronic nephritis, chronic pharyngitis, chronic periodontitis, recurrent oral ulcer, hypertension, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, neurasthenia, rickets in children, and menopausal syndrome in women. , can have symptoms of kidney yin deficiency. Anyone who meets the symptoms of kidney yin deficiency in traditional Chinese medicine can take Liuwei Dihuang Pill. In addition, taking Liuwei Dihuang Pill also has a certain therapeutic effect when there are signs of premature aging such as memory loss, fatigue of waist, back, knees and feet, visual fatigue, loose teeth and premature aging. It has a history of nearly a thousand years since Liuwei Dihuang Pill was created. "There is evidence, medicinal". Only when it meets the diagnostic criteria of kidney yin deficiency in traditional Chinese medicine is it suitable to take this medicine.
Later generations also made some improvements on the basis of Liuwei Dihuang Pill, thus evolving some new drugs. For example, on the basis of Liuwei Dihuang Pill, Anemarrhena asphodeloides and Cortex Phellodendri are added, which enhances the efficacy of clearing asthenic fire, and is used for patients with hyperactive fire due to yin deficiency and vexed five hearts (palm, foot, heart and chest); In the original prescription, Lycium barbarum and Chrysanthemum were added, named Qijudihuang Pill, which was used for treating yin deficiency of liver and kidney, decreased vision and dry eyes. Black eyes are unknown; Ophiopogon japonicus and Schisandra chinensis were added to the original prescription, named Maiwei Dihuang Pill, which was used for deficiency of lung and kidney yin, adverse throat, hoarseness, dry cough and less phlegm. Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Paeoniae Alba, and Mingshao Dihuang Pill were added to the original prescription for treating deficiency of liver and kidney yin and blood, dull complexion, dizziness and tinnitus, and irregular menstruation. In the original prescription, Schisandra chinensis was added as a medicine, and Mingqi Pill was used to treat lung and kidney deficiency, qi deficiency, laziness in speaking, and asthma when moving.
Treating kidney-yang deficiency with Liuwei Dihuang is even worse.
Like other drugs, taking Liuwei Dihuang Pill may cause some adverse reactions and have certain contraindications. Adverse reactions include chest and diaphragm fullness, abdominal distension, fire sticking, loss of appetite, loose stool, etc. The reason is that the nature of Radix Rehmanniae Preparata in the prescription is too greasy. If you take Xiangsha Zhi Zhu Pill or Xiangsha Yangwei Pill at the same time, the above adverse reactions can be alleviated or eliminated. There are three main taboos: first, people who have a cold, fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea should not take Liuwei Dihuang Pill even if they have kidney yin deficiency syndrome, because Liuwei Dihuang Pill is a nourishing product and has the disadvantage of restraining evil spirits. It is easy to close the door when you take it here, and you must wait until the evil is cured. Second, people with excessive phlegm and cough, full stomach with loose stool and greasy tongue coating should not take it, because such patients are full of phlegm and dampness, and taking non-Dan is useless, but it will aggravate the condition; Three, kidney yang deficiency, soreness of the waist and knees, frequent urination, loose stool, cold limbs should not be taken. Because of kidney-yang deficiency, it is necessary to adopt the method of warming and tonifying kidney-yang, and taking Liuwei Dihuang is tantamount to adding insult to injury.
2. What is not suitable for Liuwei Dihuang Pill?
1, people with kidney-yang deficiency
There was a case in clinic: I ate Liuwei Dihuang Pill for half a year, but my appetite was not very good, but I didn't want to eat recently, and my appetite was always bloated. Only under the recommendation of others, I found a Chinese medicine conditioner. After the doctor asked about the symptoms of medical history, he found that the tongue coating was thick and greasy, and the pulse was fine and smooth. Why does this symptom appear? This patient is full of spleen deficiency and dampness, and needs to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness. However, if Liuwei Dihuang Pill is not treated, it will make things worse. This is because Liuwei Dihuang Pill is a traditional Chinese medicine for tonifying kidney, but it is only suitable for people with kidney yin deficiency.
If you have kidney yin deficiency, you often feel feverish and upset in your hands and feet. After sleeping at night, you are prone to sweating, dry mouth, insomnia and dreaminess, coupled with backache, deafness and tinnitus, and the tongue coating is not thick, you can take Liuwei Dihuang Pill, but you must not take Liuwei Dihuang Pill as a panacea for tonifying kidney. For example, people with kidney-yang deficiency often urinate more at night, have irregular stools, always feel cold, have cold hands and feet, and have poor appetite while feeling weak waist and knees. Eating Liuwei Dihuang Pills is tantamount to adding insult to injury!
2. Deficiency of the spleen and stomach and excess of phlegm and dampness.
Men with spleen and stomach deficiency and phlegm dampness can't take Liuwei Dihuang Pill either. This kind of people usually have poor appetite, chest tightness, abdominal distension, loose stool and thick tongue coating. Rehmannia glutinosa and Cornus officinalis in Liuwei Dihuang Pills are too greasy, which will aggravate the condition after taking them.
3. People with kidney yin deficiency but cold diarrhea.
During the period of cold and fever, acute gastroenteritis, abdominal pain and diarrhea, even if symptoms of kidney yin deficiency appear, it is not appropriate to take Liuwei Dihuang Pill temporarily, and it must be taken after the pathogenic factors are cured.
4. Healthy people
For healthy people, if there are no obvious symptoms of kidney yin deficiency, it is not suitable for taking Liuwei Dihuang Pill for a long time.
Although Liuwei Dihuang Pill is a good medicine for nourishing kidney yin, it cannot be taken as a vitamin every day. Generally speaking, after taking it for one month, stop using it for one week; Or eat for a week and stop for a day or two.
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