Herbal medicine for softening and dispersing knots

In clinical practice, Chinese medicines with the effect of softening and dispersing knots (softening and dispersing hard lumps) include oyster, turtle shell and kombu. 1. Oyster: This medicine has the effects of tranquilizing the mind (using ores and shellfish to stabilize the mind), submerging yang and tonifying yin, and softening and dispersing hard lumps. It can be used for palpitations and insomnia, dizziness and tinnitus, scrofula (mainly refers to tuberculosis of lymph nodes in the neck), phlegm nuclei (lumps swollen up like nuclei under the skin), mass in the abdomen (lumps in women’s lower abdomen), lumps (lumps), etc. The medicine should be decocted first and then used as a medicine to calm down the mind, so that the mind can be tranquilized. The medicine should be decocted first, and should not be used by patients with weak spleen and stomach to avoid aggravating the burden on the spleen and stomach. 2. Turtle shell: This medicine has the effect of nourishing yin and submerging yang, reducing fever and removing steam, and softening hardness and dispersing knots. It can be used in the treatment of yin deficiency and fever, bone vapor and labor fever, yin deficiency and hyperactivity of yang (deficiency of yin fluid and hyperactivity of yang), dizziness, internal movement of deficiency wind, menstrual closure, and prolonged malaria and malaria mother etc. When used, the medicine should be decocted first to avoid the burden on the spleen and stomach. The medicine should be decocted first. 3. Kombu: This medicine has the effect of eliminating phlegm, softening and dispersing knots, inducing diuresis and eliminating swelling (facilitating urination and eliminating edema). It can be used in the treatment of gall tumors (equivalent to thyroid tumors), scrofula, testicular swelling and pain, phlegm (pathological products formed by impaired water metabolism) edema and other diseases. The drug should be used with caution and should not be taken by people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold (spleen and stomach weakness and cold) containing dampness. If necessary, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital for consultation and treatment under the guidance of a professional physician for evidence-based treatment.