First of all, Bupleurum is used to tonify yang and strengthen stomach.
? Based on the experience of various families, Bupleurum has three major effects.
? First, the effect of relieving summer heat is good: Bupleurum can be used for all exogenous fever, and it is used for muscle surface fever in combination with Pueraria lobata and Ramulus Cinnamomi. Often combined with Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, half exterior and half interior, cold and heat are mixed. It is often used to relieve fever through body surface infiltration, and the dose can reach 15 ~ 30g.
? Second, the role of soothing the liver and relieving depression: For diseases caused by stagnation of liver and gallbladder qi, especially gynecological diseases, Bupleurum has a good effect of soothing qi and blood, and is often compatible with Angelica sinensis and Paeonia lactiflora.
? Third, the role of rising yang to relieve depression: all the symptoms caused by deficiency of spleen and stomach and stagnation of yang qi, such as sagging viscera and low blood pressure, are often combined with Cimicifuga rhizome, and with tonics such as Codonopsis pilosula and Astragalus membranaceus, and the effect is better. The dosage of Bupleurum DC. Disperse when it is big and increase when it is small. Proper amount (10 ~ 15g) has the best effect of soothing the liver and relieving depression.
? Second, Bupleurum medicinal diet
Gan Ping Qingre Tea: vinegar Bupleurum, Radix Gentianae and Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong each 65438±0.8g, Flos Chrysanthemi and Radix Rehmanniae each 3g, * * * is fine powder, which is decocted in water or brewed in boiling water, with 65438 0 ~ 2 doses per day.
? The tea is mainly used for catarrhal otitis media caused by stagnation of liver meridian.
Third, the experience of health care.
? 1. Xiaochaihu Decoction (Treatise on Febrile Diseases): Bupleurum 12g, Scutellaria baicalensis, Codonopsis pilosula 9g, Pinellia ternata 9g, Ginger 9g, Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata 6g, Jujube 4g (broken), decocted in water.
? This prescription is a representative prescription for relieving shaoyang, which is widely used for exogenous fever, hepatitis, cholecystitis, gastritis, pancreatitis, chronic enteritis, gastrointestinal neurosis, infantile diarrhea, nervous vomiting, infiltrative pleurisy, migraine, sinusitis, acute pyelonephritis, irregular menstruation and so on. It also has obvious antipyretic effect, can promote digestion, and has the functions of stopping vomiting, eliminating phlegm, relieving cough and protecting liver.
2. Zhengchaihu Drink (Complete Book of Jingyue): Bupleurum10g, dried tangerine peel 5g, red peony root 6g, Saposhnikovia divaricata 3g, licorice root 3g, ginger 3g, decocted in water.
? This recipe has the effects of relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling cold, regulating qi and relieving depression. In the mid-1980s, the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine of China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine conducted clinical and experimental research on Zhengchaihu Decoction.
? Clinical treatment of 66 cases of common cold without complications has achieved satisfactory results. It has a high disappearance rate for symptoms of general malaise, limb and body pain, headache and dizziness (headache and body pain).
? The disappearance rate of symptoms within 48 hours was 86.8% ~ 565,438 0.8%. The order of symptom disappearance rate is tears, limb pain, general malaise, sneezing, headache, dizziness, runny nose, stuffy nose, sore throat and cough. The disappearance rate of three main local symptoms (nasal congestion, sneezing and runny nose) and two main systemic symptoms (general malaise and limb pain) was significantly higher than that of the control group. Among them, 32 cases had fever symptoms, and 28 cases' body temperature dropped to normal within 48 hours. No obvious side effects were found during clinical use.
? This prescription is suitable for cold and cold. Through the experimental prevention and treatment of mice infected with influenza virus, it is found that this prescription has antibacterial, sedative, analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and immune functions. The research of prescription science shows that the efficacy of the whole prescription will be weakened if any medicine is reduced. The drugs in the prescription have the functions of mutual whiskers (Bupleurum-Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae-Radix Saposhnikoviae, Radix Saposhnikoviae-Ginger), mutual enemies (Bupleurum-Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Bupleurum-Radix Saposhnikoviae, Radix Saposhnikoviae-Ginger) and mutual evils (Radix Paeoniae Rubra-Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Radix Paeoniae Rubra-Radix Saposhnikoviae). It has been developed into granules and widely used in clinic.