[Preparation method and dosage]
Alisma (Rhizoma Alismatis)
9gm [Efficacy]
nourishing water to moisten wood.
[Indications]
Liver-kidney yin deficiency, weak waist and knees, dizzy vision, tinnitus deafness, night sweat seminal emission, steaming bone fever tidal fever, feverish feeling in palms and soles, or consumptive thirst, or toothache due to deficiency of fire, dry mouth and throat , red tongue with little coating, thready and rapid pulse. The child's brain fontanel is slow to heal.
[Prescription]
The main symptom of this prescription is kidney yin deficiency, and fire flaming upward deficiency is the second problem. Therefore, the method of enriching yin to nourish the kidney is used to treat the root cause. In the prescription, Prepared Rehmannia Root nourishing kidney yin, strengthens water and controls fire; Cornus cornus nourishing liver, nourishes kidney, strengthens essential qi; Chinese Yam strengthens the spleen and kidneys, nourishes yin and solidifies astringency; Alisma purges kidney fire and draws fire downwards; Danpi clearing the liver and draining fire , cooling blood, except steaming bone fever; Indian Bread invigorating spleen and draining dampness, clearing draining dampness heat.
[Addition and subtraction]
- Lower and knee pain plus Twotooth Achyranthes Root, Eucommia Bark, Chinese Taxillus Herb.
- For frequent urination, go to Alisma and add Sharpleaf Galangal Fruit, palmleaf raspberry fruit.
- liver blood deficiency plus Chinese Angelica, Peony Root.
- For those with cough and shortness of breath, add Schisandra Fruit and Ophiopogon Tuber.
[Attention to taboos]
Spleen-stomach weakness may cause flatulence, indigestion, and loose stools if taken by those who take it. It must be taken together with spleen-stomach strengthening prescriptions.
[Modern application]
Chronic nephritis, hypertension, diabetes, neurasthenia, esophageal epithelial hyperplasia, prevention of cancer, menopausal syndrome, anti-arrhythmia, chronic prostatitis, enuresis, central retinal membrane inflammation and optic neuritis, lupus erythematosus, lung subcutaneous node, hyperthyroidism, etc.
[With Prescription]
- In this recipe, add one or two each of Aconite Lateral Root and Cassia Bark, and name it Guifu Bawei Wan [Cui's]. The treatment phase is insufficient fire, and there is a shortage of qi. Wang Bing said that the source of benefiting fire is to eliminate yin and shadow. It is suitable for people with weak Chi pulse.
- This prescription is added with two liang each of phellodendron bark and Anemarrhena, known as Tierbawei Wan, which can treat yin deficiency, fire syndrome, and bone wilting marrow dryness. Wang Bing said that the master of strong water controls the sunlight. It is suitable for people with strong Chi pulse.