What is the effect of traditional Chinese medicine Fangfeng

In daily life, it is necessary to use some Chinese herbal medicines, because Chinese medicine can treat and solve some diseases without side effects. For example, the common Chinese medicine Fangfeng can help treat colds, headaches, urticaria itching or rheumatism.

1. Used for cold, headache, urticaria and itching. For the treatment of wind-cold exterior symptoms, headache, body pain, aversion to wind and cold, it is often used in combination with Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Notopterygium wilfordii, and Angelica dahurica; for the treatment of exogenous rheumatism, headache as if wrapped, heaviness of body and limb pain, it is used together with Notopterygium wilfordii and Ligusticum chuanxiong; for the treatment of urticaria and itching, it is often used in combination with Sophora flavescens, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, and Angelica sinensis.

2. Used for rheumatic pain . It is suitable for patients with wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, joint pain, and tendon spasm, and is often used in combination with Notopterygium wilfordii, cinnamon twig, and turmeric.

3. It can induce sweat and stop sweating. "When using Fangfeng, it must be used together with Jingjie, because it can penetrate into the skin and disperse the pathogens" (see "Bencao Qiuzhen"). "If it is an exogenous disease, Magui is too hot and too strong; Yinqiao is too cold, Jingjie is the most suitable" (see "Shi Jinmo's Collection of Clinical Experience in Drugs"). It can be seen that Jingjie and Fangfeng are combined to reach the skin, induce sweat and disperse the pathogens, and the two complement each other. Zhang Yuansu treated exogenous infections of all seasons. He used Fangfeng combined with Qianghuo and other ingredients such as Jiuwei Qianghuo Decoction to treat exterior solidity without sweating. Liu Hejian treated triple-burner solid heat by using Fangfeng combined with Jingjie, Xiaoshi, and Huang (Fangfeng Tongsheng Powder). The former is an agent that relieves exterior symptoms and eliminates dampness and heat, while the latter is an agent that relieves both exterior and interior symptoms.

Fangfeng combined with Astragalus and Atractylodes is called Yupingfeng Powder. The Astragalus in the formula strengthens the Wei, while with the Saposhnikovia divaricata, the evil can be driven away without external disturbances. With the Atractylodes macrocephala, the middle and interior can be strengthened, so that the spleen can be healthy and have a basis inside. As the saying goes, "Astragalus is for prevention and Atractylodes is for containment", it takes both internal and external factors into consideration and is truly a good recipe for consolidating the exterior and stopping sweating. The author used this prescription with ephedra root, dragon bone, oyster, floating wheat, and black plum to treat spontaneous sweating and night sweats, with good results.

4. It can stop diarrhea and promote bowel movements. Fangfeng combined with Chaihu, Qiangduhuo, etc. can disperse wind and dampness, raise clearness and stop diarrhea. As the Neijing says, "When the clear qi is in the lower part, diarrhea will occur" and "When the dampness prevails, wet diarrhea will occur." Wu Jutong used Buzhong Yiqi Decoction and added Saposhnikovia divaricata to raise the clear yang and stop diarrhea. Sun Yikui used Atractylodes and Fangfeng Decoction to treat diarrhea, also because Fangfeng can raise spleen yang and stop diarrhea. Common clinical symptoms include spleen and stomach deficiency, laziness, limb aches, loose stools, and frequent urination. Shengyang Yiwei Decoction (from "Discussion on the Spleen and Stomach") is used, which always works quickly. If diarrhea is caused by external injury and wind evil, liver wood invades spleen, food cannot be digested, and then the patient should use Tongxie Yaofang (Liu Caochuang's prescription quoted in "Yi Fang Jijie"), and use Fangfeng to soothe the spleen and drain the liver and overcome dampness, so it is the key medicine for guiding the meridians.