Zedoary, Perilla, Poria, Hawthorn in water has the effect of relieving cold (removing cold from the surface of the muscles), inducing diuresis and seepage of dampness (promoting the movement of water to get rid of dampness), eliminating food and resolving accumulation of stagnation, and invigorating blood circulation and dissipating blood stasis.
Zedoary has a sweet and light flavor, cold in nature, and belongs to the kidney and bladder meridians. It has the effect of inducing diuresis and seeping dampness and draining heat, and is mainly used for conditions such as dysuria, edema, diarrhea, gonorrhea, dyspepsia, and phlegm (pathological products formed by impaired metabolism of water and fluid).
The daily said perilla generally refers to perilla leaves, its flavor is pungent, warm, attributed to the lung, spleen meridian. It has the effect of relieving the surface and dispersing cold, moving qi and harmonizing the stomach. It is mainly used for wind-cold cold, cough and vomiting, vomiting in pregnancy, fish and crab poisoning and other diseases.
Poria is sweet and light in flavor, flat in nature, and belongs to heart, lung, spleen and kidney meridians. It has the effect of inducing diuresis and seepage of dampness, strengthening the spleen and tranquilizing the heart. It is mainly used for edema and urinary deficiency, spleen deficiency with little food, loose stools and diarrhea (thin and unformed stools), restlessness of the heart and mind, palpitation and insomnia and other diseases.
Hawthorn is sour and sweet in taste, slightly warm in nature, and belongs to spleen, stomach and liver meridians. It has the effect of eliminating food stagnation and resolving stagnation, activating blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis. It is mainly used for food stagnation, meat accumulation, abdominal distension, abdominal pain and diarrhea, postpartum abdominal pain with stagnation and obstruction, not exhausting the evil discharge, hernia and other diseases.
The combination of the four has a certain effect of relieving cold, diuresis and dampness, eliminating food and stagnation, activating blood circulation and dissipating blood stasis, etc. However, unlike decoction, Chinese herbal infusion can play a limited medicinal role, and it cannot replace the medication to treat the relevant diseases. If the patient is not feeling well, it is recommended to consult a professional physician in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s instructions to use medication, not self-medication, so as not to cause adverse consequences.