It has the effect of eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm (expelling dampness by drying dampness and dissolving phlegm), lowering the rebelliousness and stopping vomiting (stopping the upward rush of gastric qi in order to stop vomiting), which can improve the effects of damp-phlegm and cold-phlegm, phlegm-drinking and vertigo-palpitations (vertigo and palpitations due to phlegm-drinking and evil qi upward), vomiting and regurgitating, carbuncle, swelling and phlegm-nucleus (the lumps that are like a nucleus swollen up under the skin) and other illnesses.
1. Half-summer is warm and pungent in nature, which is an important medicine for warming cold phlegm and drying dampness and phlegm. It is often combined with Chen Pi and Poria to treat phlegm-dampness congestion of phlegm and phlegm with thinness and coughing; and combined with Tianma and Atractylodis Macrocephala, it can treat vertigo and headache triggered by dampness and phlegm encroaching into the clear yang.
2. Half-summer can reduce reversal and stop vomiting, especially suitable for vomiting caused by stomach cold or phlegm.
3. Half-summer is pungent and disperses knots, and is also good at resolving phlegm and eliminating lumps. Combined with Gan Jiang, Huang Lian and Scutellaria baicalensis, it can treat lumps and fullness under the heart caused by phlegm-heat stagnation (referring to the distension and discomfort in the stomach).
4. Half-summer can be used externally to treat carbuncles, swellings and phlegm nuclei, and is also effective in treating poisonous snake bites.
Half-summer is poisonous and is usually used after concocting, and should not be overdosed when applied symptomatically. There are contraindications to the use of this medicine, such as dry cough due to deficiency of Yin, thirst due to injury of fluids, blood (non-physiological bleeding disorders) and dry phlegm, and pregnant women should be cautious in taking this medicine. Special attention should be paid to the fact that this drug should not be used with Chuanwu, Prepared Chuanwu, Caowu, Prepared Caowu, Radix et Rhizoma Gastrodiae and other drugs.
In order to avoid injury to the body by improper use of medicines, when using Bianxia, it is necessary to strictly follow the doctor’s instructions. Do not use the medicine privately, so as not to cause damage to the organism.