How to make aconite cake

Now when it comes to the New Year and other holidays, people's health starts to decline sharply because the weather is very cold and they often go outdoors, so many people's physical constitution begins to have problems. In addition, some people need to give gifts during the holidays, so traditional Chinese medicine is the best choice. You can make some handmade traditional Chinese medicine aconite cakes yourself, which are very good for gifts or for family members.

1. Preparation method of aconite cake

Grind the aconite into powder and mix it with flour and water. The flour is mainly used to increase the stickiness, so that the aconite cake can be made.

2. Efficacy and Function of Aconite

1. Treat Yin-related edema (Yin-related water)

Any edema accompanied by symptoms of systemic functional decline or exhaustion is considered Yin water, which is commonly seen in edema caused by chronic nephritis and heart failure. At this time, the patient has obvious symptoms of spleen and kidney yang deficiency, and general diuretics alone can no longer solve the problem. It is necessary to add aconite, dried ginger and other drugs to warm the kidney and dispel cold, warm the spleen and promote diuresis, and activate the whole body function (mainly blood circulation function). Generally, you can add dried ginger and aconite to Wuling San, or use Wenyang Lishui Decoction.

If you need to strengthen the spleen and qi-invigorating effect, use dried ginger, aconite with white atractylodes, licorice, magnolia bark, costus root, etc., such as Shipiyin (this prescription is a representative prescription for treating yin water). This prescription is also suitable for ascites caused by cold and dampness type of liver cirrhosis. After using aconite to warm the kidney, it can not only promote diuresis but also significantly increase appetite.

2. Treating Yang deficiency and syncope

That is, shock and collapse, manifested by cold skin, weak breathing, cold limbs (cold but not warm), weak and weak pulse, also caused by circulatory failure, must use aconite, dried ginger, ginseng and other drugs to warm the yang and rescue the condition (strengthen the heart and resist shock). For mild cases, use aconite decoction, for severe cases, use Si Ni decoction, for even more severe cases, use ginseng and aconite decoction. If the cold sweat is severe, add dragon bone, oyster and schisandra chinensis.

3. Treat Yang deficiency and decline

Especially when kidney yang is weak (the so-called insufficient fire of the life gate), the lower body often feels cold, the waist and knees are sore and cold, the lower abdomen is cold and has referred pain, the urination is frequent, and the pulse is weak. It is common in people who have suffered from chronic diseases for a long time or the elderly who are weak. At this time, it is advisable to add aconite to the supplement, which can achieve faster results. It can be combined with Cornus officinalis and Rehmannia glutinosa, such as Fugui Bawei Pills, or with Eucommia ulmoides, Lycium barbarum, Chinese yam, etc., such as Yougui Drink.

4. Treat wind-cold-dampness arthralgia

Especially for rheumatoid arthritis where cold is dominant, the pain is obvious, which is triggered by cold and relieved by warmth. It is often accompanied by symptoms such as fear of cold, cold limbs, white tongue coating, and thready pulse. Aconite can be combined with cinnamon twig, such as cinnamon twig and aconite soup.

5. Treat abdominal pain caused by cold

For intestinal rumbling and abdominal pain caused by spleen and kidney deficiency and cold, epigastric pain, vomiting of clear water or sticky phlegm, loose stools or diarrhea, cold hands and feet, and a stringy and thin pulse (seen in ulcer disease, gastrointestinal neurosis, chronic colitis, etc.), aconite can be used with dried ginger, codonopsis, white atractylodes, etc., such as the Fuzi Lizhong Decoction.