Patchouli, generally refers to the Chinese medicine patchouli, has the efficacy of dispelling summer heat and relieving symptoms, transforming dampness and stomach, and can be used for the treatment of dampness and obstruction, epigastric plague and vomiting.
Patchouli is the dried above ground part of the plant Patchouli, family Labiatae, with a pungent flavor, slightly warm nature, belonging to the lung, spleen and stomach meridian, its effect is to dispel summer heat and relieve the epidermis, dissolve the dampness and stomach, and it can be used for the treatment of summer dampness and colds, dizziness and chest tightness, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, vomiting and diarrhea, eczema, and so on. It is prohibited to be taken by people with yin deficiency and fire exuberance.
Clinical use of the drug is often combined with Cangzhu, Houpu, etc., to alleviate the cold and dampness caused by the spleen plumpness in the epigastrium (abdomen), less food and vomiting and other symptoms. If the summer months of external wind-cold, internal injury to cold, resulting in cold (cold) fever, headache and epigastric stuffiness, vomiting and vomiting and diarrhea summer dampness, often with perilla, thick Park, half-summer and other.
If you need to use patchouli, it is recommended to use under the guidance of a professional physician, do not blindly take on their own.