The efficacy and characteristics of Aconite

There are many pneumonias in our lives. Most pneumonia patients will have coughs and phlegm in the throat. If they are not treated for a certain period of time, they may also cause fever. Slowly, the disease will become more and more serious. Therefore, you must take some aconite when pneumonia attacks. The main function of aconite is to improve the patient's gastric function, reduce qi and resolve phlegm. The following editor will introduce the efficacy and characteristics of aconite to you.

【Nature and flavor and meridians】Pungent, sweet, neutral. Enters the lung and spleen meridians.

【Effects】It can relieve stagnation and help digestion, reduce Qi and resolve phlegm.

[Efficacy and characteristics] The effects of this product can be divided into two aspects, one is to help digestion and relieve bloating, the other is to lower qi and resolve phlegm, but both are used for real evidence. It is used for symptoms such as food stagnation and qi stagnation, abdominal distension and fullness, belching and food bad smell, abdominal pain and diarrhea. It is more effective when used together with digestive and qi-promoting drugs. If the patient has weak qi in the middle, it can be used with spleen-tonifying and qi-invigorating drugs to remove food stagnation without damaging the qi in the middle. When used to treat cough with excessive sputum and wheezing due to phlegm and fluid retention, it should be used together with expectorant and cough-relieving drugs. It is not suitable for cough and asthma due to deficiency of the lungs and kidneys. However, when it comes to digestion, it is particularly good at digesting pasta food stagnation. In addition, this product can deplete vital energy, so it is not suitable for people with weak constitutions. It can also eliminate the efficacy of tonic medicines, so it is not suitable to be used with ginseng, rehmannia, Polygonum multiflorum and other medicines.

【Effects】

1. Relieve stagnation and aid digestion: It is used for indigestion of food, with symptoms of abdominal distension, warm air and food odor, or abdominal pain and diarrhea. It can be used together with hawthorn, malt, and Liuqu to help digest food. Those with dampness can be treated with Poria cocos, Pinellia ternata, and Tangerine peel. Those with heat can be treated with Forsythia suspensa and other medicines, such as Baohe Pills.

2. Descending Qi and resolving phlegm: used for cough, phlegm and asthma, can be used together with perilla seed and white mustard seed, such as Sanzi Decoction.

[Identification and application] Radish seeds and white mustard seeds are both good at eliminating phlegm to treat phlegm, asthma and cough. However, the former is mild in nature, specifically goes to the internal organs, focusing on regulating the Qi of the lungs, stomach, and large intestine to eliminate bloating and eliminate food accumulation, and can be used for both cold phlegm and hot phlegm. The latter is pungent, warm and dry, and mainly goes to the meridians, promotes Qi, and resolves phlegm. It is good at treating phlegm inside the skin and outside the membrane, and is only suitable for cold phlegm, asthma and cough, and should be avoided for hot phlegm.

【Compatibility Application】

1. Combined with white mustard seeds: white mustard seeds can invigorate qi and dissipate phlegm, warm and dredge the meridians, disperse stagnation and reduce swelling. It is mainly used to treat chest and flank pain caused by cold phlegm, cough, gas reversal, excessive phlegm, phlegm nodules, genital carbuncle, joint pain and other symptoms; radish seeds can eliminate food accumulation, dissipate phlegm and lower qi, and treat symptoms of phlegm and food stagnation. The two medicines are used together to warm the lungs and resolve phlegm, transform accumulation and eliminate phlegm, descend qi and relieve asthma, and are used to treat symptoms of qi stagnation, lung cold, and phlegm and food stagnation in the elderly.

2. Combined with Perilla seed: Perilla seed is better than Radish seed in relieving Qi and relieving depression, and it is more beneficial to the chest and diaphragm; Radish seed is better than Perilla seed in eliminating phlegm and breaking up accumulation, and it is more beneficial to relieve abdominal distension. The two medicines are used together to have the effect of both eliminating and descending qi, calming asthma, and promoting digestion. They are used to treat chest and abdominal distension, phlegm, asthma, food accumulation, and thick and greasy tongue coating.

3. Combined with Pinellia: Pinellia can dry out dampness and resolve phlegm, harmonize the stomach and eliminate abdominal distension, reduce adverse reactions and stop vomiting; Radish Seed can reduce gas and eliminate bloating. The two medicines are used together to help digestion and resolve phlegm, reduce qi and eliminate abdominal distension, relax the abdomen and benefit the intestines, and are very effective in treating food stagnation and bloating.

【Precautions for use】People with Qi deficiency should take with caution.

[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: 6-12 grams, in decoction, or in pills or powder. For external use: grind into powder and apply on skin.