What does "clearing away heat and relieving exterior symptoms" mean? What are the commonly used medicines?

In the instructions of some common Chinese patent medicines, we often see the term "clearing heat and relieving exterior symptoms", but most people have no idea of ​​its specific meaning. Therefore, the following article will introduce the meaning of clearing away heat and relieving exterior symptoms to everyone.

What does "clearing away heat and relieving exterior symptoms" mean?

Clearing away heat and relieving exterior symptoms is a term in therapeutics.

① Use pungent and cool antipyretic drugs to treat wind-heat syndrome, with symptoms including fever, slight aversion to wind and cold, no sweat or poor sweating, headache and thirst, cough and sore throat, red tip of tongue, thin yellow tongue coating, and floating and rapid pulse. Representative prescriptions include Yinqiao Powder.

②It is a dual solution method of exterior and interior. It is suitable for treating cases with severe internal heat and mild external symptoms. Symptoms include high fever, irritability, thirst, slight aversion to wind and cold, little or no sweating, constipation and yellow urine, yellow-white and dry tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse. Representative prescriptions include Sanhuang Gypsum Decoction and Antelope Cold Oral Liquid.

Commonly used antipyretic and antipyretic drugs:

Windproof

Take appropriate amount of Saposhnikovia divaricata, select and grind it into powder, take 10g each time, put it into bath water for foot bath, once every night. It can dispel wind and relieve exterior symptoms, and prevent and treat colds.

Fangfeng Tongsheng Pills

It is a Chinese patent medicine for relieving exterior symptoms and is a famous prescription that can relieve both exterior and interior symptoms. It is mainly used to relieve exterior symptoms, promote internal circulation, clear away heat and detoxify. It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as high fever, fear of cold, headache, dry throat, small amount of yellow urine, dry stool, etc. after a cold, as well as diseases such as rubella and eczema.

The formula of Fangfeng Tongsheng Pills contains both drugs for dispelling exterior pathogens and clearing away heat, as well as drugs for replenishing qi and nourishing blood. Therefore, it can eliminate the evil spirits that invade the human body from the outside and clear the accumulated heat from the inside, thus achieving the purpose of strengthening the body and eliminating evil. In addition to being used to treat influenza, scarlet fever, mumps, tonsillitis and other diseases, Fangfeng Tongsheng Pills can also be used to treat skin diseases such as psoriasis, urticaria, rubella, pruritus, eczema, facial butterfly spots, boils, flat warts, and alopecia areata.

In addition, Fangfeng Tongsheng Pills can lower blood lipids and have a good therapeutic effect on stroke, migraine and some allergic diseases. Even for some healthy adults who are not sick, taking Fangfeng Tongsheng Pills regularly can help prevent diseases and maintain health. Therefore, there is a saying that "Whether you are sick or not, Fangfeng Tongsheng is the best medicine." However, although Fangfeng Tongsheng Pills have health-care effects, not everyone can take them. People with weak bodies and loose stools must use this medicine with caution, and pregnant women should also use it with caution.