Introduction to the commonly used herbal medicines “medicine guide”

  ”It is also an important part of Chinese medicine compounding, which is to guide other medicines or prescriptions to the part of the body where the disease is located (meridians and internal organs). If we use it properly, we can enhance the efficacy of the medicine and better play the role of the medicine. The following are some common “medicine introduction”: ginger: the general dosage of 3-5 slices, and other drugs with the same decoction, or chopped, boiling water soup delivery of proprietary Chinese medicine. Ginger has the effect of dispersing wind and cold, warming the stomach and intestines, and stopping vomiting, and can be used for wind and cold, stomach cold and vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea. It can be delivered such as Tong Xuan Li Lung Pill, Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Pill, Xiang Sha Yang Gastric Pill, etc. If you vomit, you can also take ginger soup.  Rutabaga: fresh is better, live water rutabaga is especially suitable, commonly used 20-30 grams, a decoction of soup to take. Rutabaga has the function of clearing heat, generating fluid, quenching thirst and stopping vomiting. It is used for external wind-heat or pox rash at the beginning. It can be delivered with Yin Qiao Jie Toxin Pill, quick-acting Yin Qiao Tablets, and Pediatric Echinacea, etc.  White onion: It has the function of dispersing cold, and is used for external wind and cold. 2-3 stems of white onion cut off in decoction can be taken to help sweating, and can also be used with ginger for better effect. In addition, when taking Toadstool Pills for the treatment of furunculosis and malignant sores, a small amount of white onion can be chewed together with the pills and sent down with yellow wine to help dissipate the effect.  Lotus root juice: take fresh lotus root, wash it, chop it, add a little cool boiling water and mash it, wrap it in gauze and squeeze it to get the juice, or in modern times, use a juicer to get the juice. Lotus root juice can clear heat and stop bleeding, and can be used for bleeding disorders.  Radish juice: the same method as lotus root juice, it has the function of moving Qi and eliminating stagnation, helping digestion, and can be used to deliver Rizhong Pill, Liangfen Pill, Xiang Sha Yanggong Pill, etc.  Yellow wine or white wine: wine helps the medicine to move, invigorate the blood, warm the meridians and disperse cold. It is used for wind-cold and damp paralysis, pain in the waist, legs, shoulders and arms, cold blood and menstrual blockage, postpartum diseases, bruises and sores, cold hernia, etc. It can be taken with wine, such as Ligustrum, Yunnan Baiyao, Panax notoginseng powder, Wujin pill, and Wuxia pill. The dosage can vary from person to person, generally about 25-50ml.  Salt: salt into the kidneys, so the kidney drugs such as six flavors of Dihuang pill, large tonic Yin pill, etc., commonly served with light salt water. Generally 2 grams of table salt, add half a cup of water to dissolve.  Rice soup: rice soup can nourish the stomach, certain bitter cold medicines for gastrointestinal diseases, such as Chang Yi Wan, that is, served with rice soup, long dysentery Dan served with millet soup. Take the soup when cooking rice, regardless of the thickness and dosage, send into the medicine.  Brown sugar: blood blood cold, blood deficiency of gynecological diseases, biochemical pills, motherwort capsules (tablets), Wuji Baifeng Pills, etc., can be used brown sugar water to send into medicine. In addition, Xianglian Pill for dysentery, fried with sugar into charcoal, boiled with water to serve, has the effect of dispersing cold and stopping bleeding to help.