Section 5: Digestive System Drugs 1: Food-decomposing drugs Food-decomposing drugs belong to the category of “eliminative drugs” in Chinese medicine. Malt (1) Breaks down food: Contains amylase and protease, which can break down food, similar to the effect of “elimination” in Chinese medicine, and can be used to treat dyspepsia, especially for “food stagnation and gastric distention” caused by improper consumption of rice and flour. (2) Returning breast milk. Usage】10g~15g, decoction in water, not suitable for long time, best used raw. It is best used raw. 60g ~ 120g is used for lactation, but should not be used during lactation. Hawthorn contains lipase, protease and organic acid, which can promote the secretion of digestive enzymes in the stomach and the decomposition of food, especially for “food stagnation in the stomach” in traditional Chinese medicine. Usage】 10g~15g, decoction with water. 2 Promoting gastrointestinal secretion It is used to promote gastrointestinal secretion and restore digestive function. It belongs to the Chinese medicine “spleen tonic” and “spleen strengthening medicine”, sometimes also called “qi tonic”. Cardamom [Actions and Uses] (1) Promotes gastrointestinal secretion: Promotes gastrointestinal secretion and increases intestinal peristalsis. It is used to treat indigestion and abdominal distension, similar to “tonifying the spleen” and “regulating qi” in Chinese medicine. (2) Stopping vomiting: similar to “subduing rebellion” in TCM. Usage】3g ~ 10g, decocted in water, followed by downward. 2g ~ 5g is suitable for dispersal. Dendrobium [Actions and Uses] (1) Enhancing digestive function: Promoting secretion of gastric juice and enhancing intestinal peristalsis, it can be used to treat indigestion. It is similar to the effect of “tonifying the spleen” or “regulating qi” in Chinese medicine. (2) Relieving fever: It is often used to treat chronic low fever, similar to the effect of “clearing deficiency fever” in Chinese medicine. (3) Analgesia. Usage】9g ~ 20g, decoction in water. Atractylodes Macrocephala [Actions and Uses] (1) Promoting gastrointestinal secretion: Enhancing digestive function and improving general condition. It is similar to the effect of “tonifying the spleen” or “tonifying Qi” in Chinese medicine. (2) Enhancing immunity: It enhances the phagocytosis of reticuloendothelial system, raises white blood cells, enhances cellular immunity and humoral immunity, and improves the body’s ability to fight diseases. It is similar to the effect of “tonifying the righteousness” in Chinese medicine. (3) It has hypoglycemic and long-lasting diuretic effects. Usage】3g ~ 12g, decoction in water. It can increase the secretion of gastric juice and acidity, enhance peristalsis, and accelerate emptying. It is used to treat indigestion caused by over-eating. It is similar to “tonifying the spleen” in Chinese medicine. Usage】3g ~ 9g, decoction in water; if grinded and swallowed, 3g each time. decoction is less effective. (1) Enhancing digestive function: It can promote intestinal fluid secretion and intestinal peristalsis, and can be used to treat digestive disorders, which is called “strengthening the spleen” in Chinese medicine. (2) anti-vomiting: the ginger oil ketone and oil ketone is the main component of anti-vomiting, commonly used ginger or simmered ginger. (3) Dilate skin blood vessels and sweating: can enhance the blood circulation of the skin, and can relieve the cold and wind symptoms of fever. Volatile oil can stimulate sweat gland secretion and relieve fever, commonly used in ginger. It is similar to the effect of “dispelling the surface” in Chinese medicine. Usage】3g ~ 9g, decoction with water. 3 Gastrointestinal motility medicine Weak gastrointestinal peristalsis and hypotonia are among the “qi stagnation” in TCM, and the treatment of abnormal gastrointestinal motility and tension often has a two-way regulating effect, similar to “qi management” in TCM, sometimes also called It is similar to “qi management” in Chinese medicine, and is also sometimes called “qi moving medicine”. Abdominal pain caused by increased peristalsis and tension is similar to “painful contracture of the epigastrium and abdomen” in TCM, and the TCM treatment for this condition is called “soothing the liver”. (1) Regulation of gastrointestinal nerves: It has the effect of promoting peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract, lowering the tension of the intestinal canal and antagonizing the effect of acetylcholine, and can be used to treat abdominal distension, spasm of the gastrointestinal tract and biliary tract caused by gastrointestinal dysfunction. It is similar to the effect of “qi” in Chinese medicine. (2) Promote the secretion of digestive tract, similar to the effect of “strengthening the spleen” in Chinese medicine. (3) Reducing muscle tension: It can be used for pain caused by spasm of skeletal muscle. Similar to “softening the liver” in Chinese medicine. (4) Excitatory effect: It has the effect of stimulating sympathetic nerves. Similar to the effect of “elevating (liver) yang” or “tonifying zong qi” in TCM. It can also excite the cerebral cortex, similar to the “refreshing” or “enlightening” effects of TCM. Usage】3g ~ 12g, decoction in water. (1) Regulating the activity of the gastrointestinal tract: It can regulate the activity of the gastrointestinal tract in both directions. It is used to treat gastrointestinal disorders, similar to the “qi” effect in Chinese medicine. (2) Calming asthma: It can relax the smooth muscle of trachea. (3) Elevating high blood pressure: similar to the effect of “elevating (liver) Yang” in Chinese medicine. (4) Anti-microbial: It has an inhibitory effect on Bacillus dysenteriae, Bacillus typhi, Escherichia coli and other bacteria, and is often used to treat infections of the digestive tract and genitourinary system, similar to the effect of “clearing damp-heat in the lower jiao” in TCM. Usage】3g ~ 9g, can be added to 15g for biliary colic, decoction in water. (1) Antispasmodic: It can inhibit the active function of the digestive tract, relieve spasm of the gastrointestinal tract and biliary tract, and fight against ulcers, similar to the effect of “softening the liver” in Chinese medicine. (2) Promoting secretion of digestive tract and bile: similar to “tonifying the spleen” and “clearing damp heat in the lower jiao” in TCM. (3) Calms asthma and expectorates phlegm. (4) Raising blood pressure. It can be called “elevating (Liver) Yang”. Usage】3g ~ 9g, decoction in water. Daji Bark (Actions and Uses] Daji Bark can enhance the tension and contraction of the intestinal tube, and can be used to treat abdominal distension and pneumatization of the intestinal tract caused by intestinal paralysis. It is similar to the “qi management” effect in Chinese medicine. Usage】3g ~ 9g, decoction in water. Bai Shao [Actions and Uses] Analgesic: This drug has a central analgesic effect and can also reduce muscle tone by decreasing the excitability of the spinal cord reflex arch, which can relieve spasmodic pain, inhibit hyperactive gastrointestinal peristalsis and suppress gastric acid; it can treat pain arising from digestive disorders. It can inhibit the smooth muscle of the uterus, and is used to treat dysmenorrhea caused by uterine spasm. Similar to “softening the liver” in Chinese medicine. Usage】9g ~ 18g, decoction with water. Side effects] Contains benzoic acid, not suitable for long-term use by people with poor liver function. (1) Choleretic: Promotes excretion of bile solutions and solutes, used in the treatment of various kinds of jaundice. (2) Antipyretic: 9g ~ 15g, decoction in water, should not be taken for a long time. Gardenia jasminoides [Actions and Uses] (1) Biliary: It can enhance bile secretion and reduce bilirubin in blood. It is used for the treatment of yellow staining arising from liver function damage. (2) Antipyretic: Acting on the body temperature center, it has the effect of reducing fever. Commonly used in the treatment of fever arising from surgical infection. (3) Anti-microbial: It can inhibit hemolytic streptococci, etc. Commonly used in the treatment of surgical infections. Usage】3g ~ 10g, decoction in water. Scutellaria Baicalensis [Actions and Uses] (1) Choleretic. (2) Anti-microbial: In vitro experiments have shown that it has an inhibitory effect on Bacillus dysenteriae, Bacillus typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus pertussis, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus hemolyticus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, etc. It also has an anti-influenza viral effect. Similar to the “detoxification” effect in Chinese medicine, it can be used to treat “actual heat”. (3) Antipyretic: It has obvious antipyretic effect. (4) Lowering blood pressure and anti-allergy. Usage】3g ~ 10g, decoction with water. (1) Biliary: Contains curcumin, which can promote bile secretion and excretion. It is used in the treatment of yellow stain and “damp heat in liver and gallbladder” in Chinese medicine. (2) Vasodilation: It can be used to treat ischemic symptoms caused by arterial spasm or stenosis. Dilation of blood vessels is similar to “Xing (Zong) Qi” in TCM. (3) Anti-tumor: It can inhibit the growth of tumors, similar to the effect of “softening and dispersing hard nodes” in TCM. Usage】3g ~ 9g, decoction in water. 5 Antidiarrheal medicine According to Chinese medicine, the lining of the intestinal cavity is too smooth so that the intestinal contents pass through too quickly. (1) Antidiarrheal: Contains volatile oil, with a fresh smell. It contains patchouli ketone, which has an inhibitory effect on dysentery bacilli and other bacteria, and can treat infectious diarrhea. This method is called “aromatic dampness” method. (2) Promoting gastrointestinal secretion: By promoting gastrointestinal secretion, it enhances the digestive capacity of the digestive tract itself, similar to the “spleen tonic” effect in Chinese medicine. (3) Regulating the nerves of the gastrointestinal tract and treating abdominal distension and pain. Usage】3g ~ 10g, decoction with water. It is used for the symptomatic treatment of chronic diarrhea, as it can absorb toxic substances in the intestinal tract and protect the mucous membrane of the digestive tract. Usage】6g ~ 24g, decoction with water. Reduce by half for powder. Contraindications】It is not recommended for those with prolonged diarrhea and dampness-heat not yet exhausted. (1) Anti-diarrhea: It contains 70% ~ 80% tannic acid, which has a strong astringent effect and can make the proteins on the ulcer surface coagulate and the surface become dense, which is beneficial to stop bleeding. It is used to treat chronic diarrhea. Tannic acid has an astringent taste, which is called “astringent intestine” in Chinese medicine. (2) Anti-microbial: It has an inhibitory effect on many kinds of bacilli and is often used in the treatment of chronic “damp-heat in the large intestine”. Usage】Taken internally as a powder, 0.5g ~ 1.5g at a time. Other】Horax, pomegranate bark and cherry seeds all contain tannin, all of which have the effects of this medicine. (1) Inducing diarrhea: The active ingredient is anthraquinone, which stimulates the contraction of the intestinal wall and promotes secretion, resulting in softer stools that can be easily excreted. This effect is described by Chinese medicine as “cleaning up the stagnant dry knots in the stomach and intestines”. (2) Anti-microbial: It has an inhibitory effect on various bacteria such as Bacillus dysenteriae, Bacillus typhi, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and is used for the treatment of “damp heat in the large intestine”. (4) Biliary: It has the effect of contracting the gallbladder and relaxing the sphincter of Oddi, and can be used to treat liver and gallbladder diseases. (5) Hemostasis: It can shorten coagulation time, reduce capillary permeability, constrict blood vessels, increase fibrin, promote platelet production, and promote blood coagulation, which can be used to treat various kinds of bleeding. (6) Antitumor: It can inhibit cancer cell respiration, oxidative dehydrogenation and DNA synthesis, and has a strong effect on lymphosarcoma. Usage】3g ~ 12g, decoction in water. Anthraquinone compounds are destroyed after long decoction and the laxative effect disappears. Contraindications】For menstruation, pregnant women and lactation, use with caution or avoid. Fire marijuana kernel [Actions and Uses] contains lipids, which are decomposed into fatty acids after meeting alkaline intestinal fluid in the intestine, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, increase the secretion of intestinal fluid, soften the stool, and produce the effect of easing diarrhea. Chinese medicine believes that this effect is the lubricating effect of grease, so the effect is called “laxative”. It is often used to treat constipation in patients with weak constitution. Usage】9g~30g, decoction with water. Section 6: Urological, Reproductive and Blood System Drugs 1: Urological Drugs This diuretic is called “diuretic” in Chinese medicine. (1) Diuretic: It can promote the excretion of urinary sodium and has a significant diuretic effect, and can be used to treat edema. (2) Anti-microbial: It has an inhibitory effect on dysentery bacilli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, etc. It is mostly used in the treatment of “damp-heat in the bladder” and “damp-heat in the large intestine”. Usage】9g ~ 15g, decoction with water. (1) Anti-microbial: It has an inhibitory effect on Escherichia coli and other bacilli, and is often used in the treatment of urinary tract infections, i.e. “Damp-Heat in the Bladder” in Chinese medicine. (2) Diuretic: Its decoction has a significant diuretic effect and can treat edema. Usage】6g ~ 12g, decoction in water. The action is stronger with Qomai Spike. Poria cocos [Actions and Uses] (1) Diuretic: It can diuretic, sodium excretion, used for the treatment of edema and urinary tract infection. (2) enhance immunity: immune enhancing effect, can be used in the adjuvant treatment of various chronic diseases, Chinese medicine is known as “supporting the righteousness”. (3) Sedation: Used to treat neurasthenia or fatigue syndrome, similar to the treatment of “deficiency of heart and blood” in Chinese medicine. (4) Lowering blood sugar. Usage】6g ~ 18g, decocted in water, or in pills and powder. (1) Diuretic: It can increase the excretion of urea and sodium chloride and increase urine output, which is more obvious in patients with nephritis, and is used to treat edema. (2) Hypoglycemia and hypotension. Usage】3g ~ 12g, decoction in water. Or into pills. HANBIAN LIN 【Actions and Uses】 Its decoction and infusion can increase the excretion of sodium, chloride and potassium ions in the urine and increase urine output, which can be used in the treatment of edema evidence. Usage】5g ~ 15g, decoction in water. 2. Reproductive system medicine This kind of medicine has the effect of improving the function of the reproductive system, and is a kind of “kidney tonic” in Chinese medicine. Therefore, they are hot medicines, sometimes also called “Yang tonics”. (1) Enhancement of sexual function: It enhances the function of the gonads, similar to the effect of “tonifying the kidney essence” in Chinese medicine. (2) Improves general condition: enhances the body’s ability to work and promotes appetite. It is similar to the effect of “tonifying qi” in Chinese medicine. (3) Promotes red blood cell proliferation: increases hemoglobin. Similar to the “blood tonic” effect in Chinese medicine. (4) Treating neurasthenia: improving sleep and eliminating fatigue, similar to “tonifying the heart and blood” in TCM. (5) Raising blood pressure: Treating chronic circulatory disorders associated with low blood pressure, it can make the vasculature fill, blood pressure rise and heart sound increase. It is similar to “elevating (liver) Yang” or “tonifying (zong) Qi” in Chinese medicine. Usage】0.5g ~ 1g, powdered orally, or in pills and powder. This medicine is available as Deer Antler Essence Oral Liquid. Epimedium (Xian Ling Spleen) [Actions and Uses] (1) Enhance sexual function: Animal experiments have shown that it can promote semen secretion and the ability to copulate; increase the weight of the prostate, seminal vesicles, and anal raphe muscles. Similar to the Chinese medicine “tonifying kidney essence” or “tonifying Yang” effect. (2) Enhancing resistance: It enhances the phagocytic function of reticuloendothelial system, raises white blood cells and enhances cellular immunity, and improves the body’s ability to resist diseases, similar to “supporting righteousness” in Chinese medicine. (3) Relieving cough, calming asthma and increasing lung capacity, especially for treating “deficiency cough” in TCM. Usage】9g ~ 15g, decoction in water. As a powder, 10g each time. (1) Enhancing sexual function: Enhancing the function of the gonads, which is used in the treatment of “kidney essence deficiency” in traditional Chinese medicine. (2) Increase basal metabolic rate: It has the effect of stimulating the adrenal cortical system, and can be used to treat low basal metabolic rate, i.e. “Yang deficiency” (3) Enhance immunity: It has the effect of raising white blood cells, enhancing cellular immunity and enhancing humoral immunity, similar to “tonifying Zheng Qi” in Chinese medicine. (3) Enhancement of immunity: it has the effect of raising white blood cells, enhancing cellular immunity and enhancing humoral immunity, similar to the effect of “tonifying Zheng Qi” in Chinese medicine. (4) Strengthening the heart and expanding the crown: suitable for heart failure in coronary heart disease. It is similar to the treatment of “deficiency of zong qi” in TCM. (5) Promotes melanocyte coloration: used in the treatment of vitiligo. Usage】3g ~ 10g, decoction in water. Hippocampus (Actions and Uses] It has androgen-like effects, prolonging the mating period of female mice, causing the mating of de-conditioned mice, and increasing the weight of the uterus, ovaries, prostate gland, seminal vesicles and levator muscle, similar to the effect of “tonifying kidney essence” in Chinese medicine. Usage】1g ~ 1.5g, powdered and taken orally. Cinnamon [Actions and Uses] (1) Digestive aid: It has a moderate stimulating effect on the stomach and intestines, enhancing digestive function and eliminating the accumulation of Qi in the intestines, similar to the effect of “regulating Qi” and “tonifying the spleen” in Chinese medicine. (2) Promoting skin temperature: Containing cinnamaldehyde, it can promote blood circulation in the skin and blood flow to the body surface, making the patient feel warm and improving the symptoms of chilliness. Usage】2g ~ 5g, decoction in water, should not be decocted for a long time; or grinded and swallowed or brewed, 1g ~ 2g each time. Contraindications】Not to be used by pregnant women. 3, blood system medicine Angelica [Actions and Uses] (1) Treatment of anemia: can increase the number of red blood cells and the amount of hemoglobin. Contains vitamin B12 and folic acid, which is effective in pernicious anemia. Similar to the “blood tonic” effect in Chinese medicine. (2) Sedation and analgesia (3) Menstrual regulation: It has a two-way regulating effect on the uterus and can be used to treat menstrual disorders. (4) Dilation of blood vessels: used in the treatment of coronary heart disease, equivalent to the role of “moving Qi and activating Blood” in Chinese medicine. (5) Enhancement of immunity: It can enhance the phagocytic function of reticuloendothelial system and humoral immunity, i.e., “supporting positive energy”. (6) Liver protection: It can be used to treat liver damage. Usage】3g ~ 12g, decoction in water. This drug is available as an injection. (1) Treating anemia: This medicine is boiled with donkey skin and contains many amino acids, which can supplement nutrition and accelerate the production of red blood cells and hemoglobin, i.e. “replenish blood”. (2) Enhancing immunity: It can enhance the phagocytic function of the reticuloendothelial system and raise peripheral leukocytes, and can be used as an adjunctive treatment for tuberculosis and other diseases. It can be used as an adjuvant treatment for tuberculosis and other diseases. (3) Stopping bleeding: This effect is related to improving the balance of calcium ions in the body. Usage】6g ~ 15g, to be melted separately in soup. Contraindications】It is not recommended for those with weak spleen and stomach, indigestion, bleeding and internal stagnation. (1) Treating anemia: It has the effect of increasing red blood cells and hemoglobin, similar to the effect of “blood tonic” in Chinese medicine. (2) Improving general condition and enhancing immunity: It can improve the body’s endurance or adaptability, enhance the phagocytosis of reticuloendothelial system, and enhance humoral immunity. It is similar to the effect of “tonifying Zheng Qi” in Chinese medicine. (3) Regulating gastrointestinal nerves: Improving intestinal tone and contraction, used to treat abdominal distension and gastric prolapse, similar to the effect of “regulating qi” or “elevating (liver) yang” in Chinese medicine. (4) Dilating blood vessels: Used to treat coronary heart disease, etc. It is similar to the effect of “promoting the flow of Qi” in Chinese medicine. Usage】9g ~ 15g, decoction in water. (1) Hemostasis: It can inhibit fibrinolytic enzymes. It can constrict local blood vessels, shorten clotting time and increase thrombin. (2) Removing blood stasis: Animal experiments have shown that it can promote the absorption of blood stasis in the body and be used to eliminate hematomas in tissues. Drugs that can both resolve blood stasis and stop bleeding are called “stasis stopping drugs”. (3) Coronary artery dilation: It increases the blood flow in the coronary arteries, slows down the heart rate, lowers blood pressure, and decreases myocardial oxygen consumption, and is used to treat coronary heart disease. (4) Analgesia and anti-inflammatory: Used for pain arising from trauma and rheumatic diseases, etc. Usage】2g ~ 5g, grinded and swallowed. For external use in appropriate amounts. (1) Hemostasis: It can constrict local blood vessels, shorten clotting time and inhibit fibrinolytic enzyme activity. (2) Anti-microbial: It has inhibitory effects on S. pneumoniae, S. aureus, Streptococcus haemolyticus, B. diphtheriae, B. pyogenes, B. dysenteriae, B. typhi, P. aeruginosa and so on. It is often used to treat infectious diseases of the skin, similar to the treatment of “heat poisoning sores and swellings” in Chinese medicine. (3) Inducing bile and lowering blood pressure [Usage] 10g ~ 15g, decoction in water, but should not be taken for a long time. For external use in appropriate amounts. (1) Hemostasis: It can constrict local blood vessels, shorten the clotting time and increase the number of platelets, which is useful for the digestive tract and respiratory tract.