[Preparation method and dosage]
Uncaria (Ramulus cum Uncis Uncariae)
[Efficacy]
Suppress liver qi, relieve spasm and calm the nerves.
[Indications]
Liver meridian deficiency, heat, convulsions, or palpitation due to fright Hanre, or fever, teeth grinding, or vomiting phlegm, abdominal distension and fullness, less food, restless sleep or lying down.
[Prescription]
This prescription comes from the category of acute infantile convulsion. It is mainly used for acute infantile convulsion in children. It is widely used in modern neurological diseases. In the prescription, Uncaria clears away heat and calms the liver, calms wind and relieves spasm; Bupleurum soothes liver and relieving depression, relieves heat and clears away heat; excess liver qi means insufficient liver blood, so use Chinese Angelica nourishing blood and pacifying the liver; Sichuan Lovage Rhizome invigorating blood and removing stagnation; Liver wood is a disease, and it is easy to invade the spleen earth, so the earth should be strengthened and the wood should be prevented Insult, so use Poria, White Atractylodes Rhizome, Liquorice Root to nourish the spleen soil, eliminate dampness with bland medicinal, Liquorice Root also has the effect of reducing spasm and helping Uncaria. When the seven flavors are used together, the liver blood will be nourished, the spleen earth will be nourished, the liver qi will be loosened, and it can calm wind and relieve spasm, and all diseases will be cured.
[Key points of syndrome differentiation]
- Mental depression.
- Sleepless anxiety.
[Addition and subtraction]
- Internal stirring of liver wind, fright epilepsy convulsion: add Gastrodia Tuber, scorpion.
- Upset insomnia: Add Sour Jujube, silktree albizia bark, Platycladi Seed.
- Abdominal distension and fullness: add Dried Tangerine Peel, Submature Bitter Orange, Germinated Barley, Magnolia Bark.
- Clenching and grinding teeth: Add Peony Root.
- Qi and blood deficiency: add Ginseng, Astragalus Root, Peony Root, and Unprocessed Rehmannia Root.
- vomiting: Add Pineilia, Fresh Ginger Rhizome.
[Modern application]
Neurasthenia, anxiety, epilepsy, schizophrenia, menopausal depression, hysteria, involuntary teeth grinding, clenching, torticollis, night crying in children, and insomnia.