Whether or not to add Prepared Epiphyllum in Xiao Jian Zhong Tang depends on the different symptoms of the disease, if the symptoms of Xiao Jian Zhong Tang are accompanied by deficiency of heart yang, kidney yang, cold-dampness paralysis and pain, Prepared Epiphyllum can be used.
Xiao Jianzhong Tang is from “The Treatise on Typhoid Fever”, which has the effect of warming the middle Jiao, tonifying the deficiency, and harmonizing the liver and spleen qi to alleviate urgent pain symptoms. It is mainly used to treat deficiency and coldness in the middle jiao, and evidence of disharmony between the liver and spleen. It should not be used by those who have vomiting or stomach distension and pain in the stomach due to Yin deficiency and fire exuberance. Precautions and adverse reactions are not known.
Prepared epiphyllum can tonify fire and assist yang, restore yang to save the body (by warming yang qi to save fainting, unconsciousness, etc.), dissipate cold and relieve pain. It is mainly used in treating yang deficiency, cold limbs and weak pulse, kidney yang deficiency, impotence, cold uterus, cold yin and oedema, heart yang deficiency, cold pain in the stomach and abdomen (cold pain in the stomach and abdomen), external sensation of yang deficiency, and cold-dampness paralysis, etc. It is not recommended for pregnant women.
It should be noted that pregnant women should be cautious of using it, and epimedium belongs to the aconite group of drugs, so it should not be paired with nanxing, beimedium, betulinum, baixinum, and baipianum, and its adverse effects are not yet clear.
Before using traditional Chinese medicine, it is necessary to ask the doctor for identification and use it under the doctor’s guidance, so as to avoid improper use of medicine, delaying the condition and causing damage to the organism.