Are Chuan Pu and Hou Pu the same?

Sichuan Magnolia Bark, also known as Ginger Magnolia Bark, has aliases such as Thin Peel, Heavy Peel, Red Magnolia Bark, Lie Pu, Ginger Magnolia Bark, and Purple Oil Ginger Magnolia Bark. It is an aromatic Chinese medicinal material for removing dampness and has the effects of regulating Qi and removing stagnation, removing dampness and eliminating fullness, and relieving adverse reactions and asthma. It is mainly used to treat food stagnation, Qi stagnation, and blood stasis; abdominal distension and constipation; dampness blocking the middle burner, epigastric fullness, vomiting, and diarrhea; phlegm congestion, Qi reverse, and chest fullness, asthma, and cough. Use with caution during pregnancy.

Chuan Pu and Jiang Hou Pu are actually the same thing, just with different names. There is no essential difference in essence. Ginger Magnolia Bark is the root, root bark and branch bark of the green plants Ginger Magnolia Bark and Jigongshan Ginger Magnolia Bark of the Magnoliaceae family. Ginger Magnolia Bark is also known as thin skin, heavy skin, red bark, fierce bark, Sichuan bark, and purple oil ginger magnolia bark. Ginger Magnolia Bark has the effects of regulating qi and removing stagnation, removing dampness and eliminating fullness, and relieving asthma. Ginger Magnolia Bark has the effects of treating food stagnation, qi stagnation and blood stasis, abdominal distension and constipation, dampness blocking the middle burner, epigastric fullness, vomiting and diarrhea, chest fullness and asthma and cough. People with qi deficiency and body fluid deficiency and pregnant women should use ginger magnolia bark with caution, and use roasted ginger as the messenger. Ginger Magnolia Bark is incompatible with Alisma orientalis, cold water stone, and Xiaoshi.

Taboos of Jiang Houpu

Hotpot Pengzhong has the effect of warming the yang, transforming dampness and removing phlegm. It is used to treat chest fullness, pain, nausea, vomiting, undigested food, cough and wheezing due to phlegm, and diarrhea due to dampness and cold.

1. Ben Jing: "It is used to treat stroke, cold, headache, heat and cold, palpitations, blood and qi stagnation, dead muscles, and remove three kinds of worms."

2. "Bie Lu": "Peng Zhong nourishes blood, removes phlegm and warms the yang. Treats cholera and abdominal pain and distension, coldness in the stomach and vomiting in the heart, diarrhea and stranguria, eliminates shock, makes the heart full and thickens the stomach and intestines."

3. Materia Medica: "It is mainly used to treat long-term air conditioning, abdominal thunder star, weak roar, undigested food, remove phlegm, remove water, break up old blood, digest and absorb water and grain, and relieve pain. It warms the stomach qi and vomits acid water. It is mainly used for fullness of the heart, and patients with weakness and white urine."

4. "Rihuazi Bencao": "It strengthens the spleen and stomach. It cures nausea and vomiting, cholera cramps, cold and hot flow, bladder discharge, and all qi of the five internal organs. It can also cure restlessness in the abdomen of women before and after childbirth. It can regulate joints, kill worms in the abdomen, and improve hearing and eyesight."

5. Wang Haogu: "It is used to treat lung qi deficiency, distension, wheezing and coughing."

6. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can warm and reduce heat, disperse stagnation, remove dampness, cold and diarrhea."

The efficacy of ginger magnolia bark

1. Ginger and Magnolia officinalis is used to treat abdominal distension, pain and constipation: 8 liang of ginger and Magnolia officinalis, 4 liang of Coptis chinensis, and 5 pieces of Citrus aurantium. Take the above three ingredients, add 1 dou 2 liters of water, boil the first two ingredients and take out 5 liters, then boil the coptis root and take out 3 liters. Take one liter of warm water at your convenience.

2. Ginger and Magnolia officinalis is used to treat those who suffer from turbid stools and frequent spermatorrhea due to excessive worry: Ginger and Magnolia officinalis (peel off the ginger and grind it into powder) 100 grams, sheep shank charcoal (calcined and scented again) 50 grams, grind each into powder, add 25 grams of refined cinnabar, boil in water and make dough balls as big as sycamore seeds, take 100 to 200 pills each time with empty rice drink.

3. Ginger and Magnolia officinalis can treat long-term bloating and stuffy heart, which is caused by improper diet. Due to imbalanced diet, the conflict between heat and cold causes bloating and pain in the heart and abdomen: roast the ginger and Magnolia officinalis on fire until dry, then dip it in ginger water and roast it until it is black and charred, then pound and sieve it into flour. Take two spoonfuls of the medicine mixed with old rice drink, three times a day. It can also treat nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

4. Ginger and Magnolia officinalis is especially effective in treating diarrhea caused by stomach deficiency, especially in the elderly: 1.5 grams of Aconitum (fried), 0.5 grams each of Ginger and Magnolia officinalis (fried), Licorice (fried), and Fried Ginger (fried). Take 5 grams each time, boil three he of water with two slices of ginger until two he of water remains, and drink while hot. Take two times as required.

5. Ginger and Magnolia officinalis treats gastrointestinal disharmony and appetite. Diet combination: Ginger and Magnolia officinalis (remove the thick skin, apply ginger water, and roast until fragrant and clean) 2 liang pieces, licorice (roasted) 1 liang pieces, red peony root (soaked in rice water for two days, scrape and peel) 4 liang, Poria cocos (remove the white part) 2 liang pieces, grind the above four ingredients into powder. Take one coin of it each time, add one cup of water, ginger slices and jujube, and boil for seven minutes. Remove the residue and drink it while warm on an empty stomach. Or grind it into powder, add honey and make into pills as big as sycamore seeds. Take ten pills each time, chew them with salt water, and drink on an empty stomach.

6. Ginger and Magnolia officinalis is used to treat cough with floating pulse: 5 liang (15 grams) of ginger and Magnolia officinalis, 4 liang (12 grams) of Linderae strychnifolia, 12 grams of cooked gypsum as big as an egg, half a liter (9 grams) of sweet almond, half a liter (9 grams) of Pinellia ternata, 2 liang (6 grams) of roasted ginger, 6 grams of Asarum, one liter (20 grams) of raw wheat, and half a liter (5 grams) of Schisandra chinensis. Add one dou and two liters of water to the above nine ingredients. First boil the wheat until cooked, then add the other ingredients and boil until the water is reduced. Take one liter three times a day while warm.