Overview of TCM
Cimicifuga is the rhizome of Cimicifuga macrophylla, a herb of Ranunculaceae. Pungent, sweet and slightly cold. Enter lung, spleen, large intestine and stomach meridian.
1. Eruption: used for exterior syndrome of wind-heat, measles and macula, such as (Yan's Xiaoer Decoction for Cimicifuga Gegen Decoction); And wind-heat cold, headache and sore throat. Such as (Acne Kernel Final Record Du Xuan Publishing Decoction).
2. Clearing away heat and toxic materials: used for headache, toothache, sore throat and sore mouth caused by Yangming stomach heat, such as (Wei Qing Powder and Burdock Decoction).
3. Shengyang Jieyu: It is used to treat shortness of breath, fatigue, uterine prolapse, proctoptosis and other symptoms caused by stagnation of middle qi, and has the function of clearing the qi of the spleen and stomach, such as Buzhong Yiqi Decoction (Shengyang Jieyu Decoction recorded by Shen Xi in medicine: Radix Astragali, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Radix Bupleuri, Radix Platycodi and Cimicifuga).
Pharmacological identification
Bupleurum is effective in clearing away heat and is good at dealing with cold and heat, but its lifting power is not as good as that of Cimicifuga. Cimicifuga has weak expressive force and is often used as an auxiliary medicine for relieving exterior syndrome, which is good at ascending and descending.
clinical application
This product is mixed with Gypsum Fibrosum and Coptidis Rhizoma, 6g each time, and can be used for treating heat toxicity of Yangming meridian, toothache due to stomach heat, sores on mouth and tongue, etc.
pharmacological action
It has inhibitory effect on mycobacterium tuberculosis. It can inhibit the heart, slow down the heart rate and lower blood pressure.
chemical composition
Contains picroside, Cimicifuga foetida, Cimicifuga foetida, Isoferulic acid, Dentine, Caffeic acid, Tannin, etc.
Dose usage
3- 10g, decocted in water. Shengyang is suitable for roasting.
Pay attention to use
It is not suitable for those with hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency, stagnation of qi and blood stasis, headache due to hyperactivity of liver yang, and macula. Excessive dosage can cause headache, shock, rigidity and contraction of limbs, dyspnea, etc.
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Honey Cimicifuga: slightly pungent, sweet and slightly cold. Enter lung, stomach and large intestine meridian. It has obvious promoting effect on Yang Qi, and is often used for qi deficiency, uterine prolapse, diarrhea, proctoptosis and so on. Often used with Radix Astragali, Ginseng, Bupleuri Radix and Atractylodis Rhizoma.
Traditional Chinese medicine taste
(1) Xin: "can disperse, can do", that is, it has the functions of dispersing, promoting qi and promoting blood circulation. Generally speaking, exterior-relieving drugs, qi-activating drugs and blood-activating drugs all have pungent taste. Therefore, spicy drugs are often used to treat exterior syndrome and qi-blood block syndrome. For example, Folium Perillae disperses cold, Radix Aucklandiae promotes qi circulation to reduce swelling, and Rhizoma Chuanxiong promotes blood circulation to remove blood stasis. In addition, Neijing said: "Xin Yi runs it." In other words, pungent drugs also have the function of moistening dryness and nourishing yin, such as coltsfoot flower moistening lung and relieving cough, and dodder nourishing kidney. Spicy drugs mostly work for dispersing, so the theory of "Xin Run" is not representative.
(2) Gan: "It can tonify, harmonize and slow down", that is, it has the functions of tonifying, harmonizing, harmonizing medicinal properties and relieving pain. Generally speaking, drugs that nourish and tonify deficiency, reconcile medicinal properties and relieve pain are mostly sweet. Sweet herbs are often used to treat weakness of vital energy, body pain, reconcile medicinal properties and rescue poisoning. For example, ginseng can tonify the middle energizer, rehmannia glutinosa can nourish essence and blood, maltose can relieve pain, and licorice can reconcile medicinal properties and detoxify food poisoning.
(3) Acid: "astringent", that is, it has the function of convergence and convergence. Generally, drugs for consolidating exterior surface, stopping sweating, astringing lung, relieving cough, astringing intestine, stopping diarrhea, arresting seminal emission and stopping leukorrhagia all have sour taste. Sour drugs are often used to treat body weakness, hyperhidrosis, lung deficiency, chronic cough, chronic diarrhea, intestinal slippery, nocturnal emission, frequent micturition, metrorrhagia and leakage. For example, Schisandra chinensis can strengthen the exterior and stop sweating, ebony can astringe the lung and stop cough, Galla chinensis can astringe the intestine and stop diarrhea, and Cornus officinalis can astringe the essence and stop leukorrhagia.
(4) Bitterness: "It can drain, dry and strengthen", that is, it has the functions of clearing heat, discouraging, dredging stool, drying dampness and strengthening yin (purging fire and hiding yin). Generally speaking, drugs that clear away heat and purge fire, reduce qi and relieve asthma, reduce adverse reactions, stop vomiting, promote defecation, clear away heat and dry dampness, purge fire and store yin all have bitter taste. Bitter medicine is often used to treat heat syndrome, fire syndrome, asthma, cough, nausea, constipation, dampness syndrome, yin deficiency and excessive fire. Such as Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi and Gardenia Gardenia, almond and prickly heat, Pinellia ternata and Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, rhubarb and immature bitter orange, clearing heat and relaxing bowels, Gentiana scabra and Coptidis Rhizoma, purging fire and storing yin, etc.
(5) Saltiness: "It can relieve constipation and soften hardness", that is, it has the function of relaxing bowels, softening hardness and resolving hard mass. Generally speaking, drugs for relaxing bowels or moistening intestines, softening and resolving hard mass are salty, and salty drugs are often used to treat dry stool, excessive phlegm, swelling and pain. Such as mirabilite for purging heat and relaxing bowels, seaweed oyster for eliminating gallbladder, and turtle shell for softening and resolving hard mass.