Depending on the individual’s constitution and condition, different medicines are used and no generalizations can be made. Generally speaking, to regulate prolonged cold, Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum is used to warm prolonged cold, while Radix et Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori is hot and strong in dispersing cold, which is more suitable for the treatment of acute loss of yang qi.
1. Cornus officinalis belongs to the warming herbs, because it has a small poison and is hot, so it can be used with other medicines to regulate prolonged cold and improve the pain in the epigastrium (abdomen), nausea, and vomiting caused by the condensation of cold in the viscera and bowels. Cold attack on the lower Jiao can also appear as diarrhea, such as water, can be warmed to disperse cold (to warm the spleen and stomach medicine to dispel the cold) to relieve pain, warming power to ease.
2. Pilosula is a medicine to restore yang and save the body (by warming yang qi to save fainting and unconsciousness, etc.). When the body suddenly loses a large amount of yang qi, resulting in syncope (unconsciousness, accompanied by cold limbs, even to the elbows and knees), Pilosula can be used with a strong warming effect, but it also has a large toxicity, so attention should be paid to prevent toxic reactions in clinical matching and decocting.
When it is necessary to treat prolonged cold, the choice of drugs should be made under the guidance of a professional physician, and should not be used without authorization, so as not to delay the condition.