The efficacy and role of Sichuan Army

Sichuan army is a plant native to the Sichuan region and also has certain medicinal value. In clinical medicine, Chuanjun is mainly used as a medicine for various diseases and wounds such as dry stool, purging fire, removing blood stasis, menstrual disorders, bruises, burns caused by water or fire, etc. Of course, the Sichuan Army also has certain taboos on medication. Below, we will introduce to you in detail the effects and functions of Sichuan Army and other related knowledge.

1. The role of the Sichuan Army

1. Sichuan Army is used for dry and hard stools, stagnant diarrhea, constipation due to heat, high fever and yellow tongue coating.

Sichuan peppermint has the effect of purging bowels and removing stagnation, so it can be used for constipation, stagnation, diarrhea, tenesmus, loose stools and other symptoms. And because it has the bitter and cold effect to dissipate heat and clear stagnation in the stomach and intestines, it can clear away heat and purge fire for symptoms such as heat-stagnation constipation, high fever and coma that are caused by stagnation of real heat. In clinical applications, this product is often used in combination with Glauber's salt, Magnolia bark, and Citrus aurantium.

2. Chuanjun is an important medicine for clearing heat, breaking up accumulations and removing blood stasis. It can be used in small amounts and has a stomachic effect. Its strengths can be exerted depending on the different combinations. For example, when combined with Glauber's Salt, it can attack and break up accumulations; when combined with Aconite, it can warm the Yang and reduce turbidity; when combined with Artemisia Capillaris, it can clear away damp-heat; when combined with Scutellaria baicalensis and Coptis chinensis, it can purge fire and cool blood; when combined with Coptis chinensis and Areca catechu, it can clear away heat and remove stagnation, and is used for dysentery caused by damp-heat and tenesmus; when combined with Cortex Moutan, Paeonia lactiflora, Semen Persicae, etc., it can activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and is used for symptoms such as blood stasis, amenorrhea, blood stasis caused by injury, or the initial stage of intestinal abscess; for example, when a small amount of this product is used in combination with Cuttlefish bone, it can clear away heat and reduce acid, and is used to treat symptoms such as stomach pain, heartburn, and burning sensation in the epigastrium.

3. Sichuan Army is used for postpartum abdominal pain caused by blood stasis, blood stasis, menstrual disorders, as well as trauma, pain caused by blood stasis, etc.

4. In addition to being taken internally, Sichuan Army can also be applied externally to treat carbuncles caused by heat and toxins, and burns caused by water or fire, also for its effect of clearing heat and detoxifying.

5. Sichuan Army uses it to treat symptoms such as excessive heat, forced bleeding, red and painful eyes, and heat-toxic sores and boils. Rhubarb has the effect of purging heat and purging the excess heat in the blood, so it can also be used to treat blood heat that runs wild and overflows, such as vomiting blood and epistaxis. It can be used together with Coptis chinensis, Scutellaria baicalensis, Cortex Moutan, and Paeonia lactiflora for symptoms such as red and swollen eyes, hot and toxic sores and boils, which are symptoms of excess heat in the blood.

2. Usage and Dosage of Sichuan Army

For internal use: decoction, 3-12g; for laxative, it should be taken after medication, not decocted externally; or soak in boiling water and drink the juice; grind into powder, 0.5-2g; or make into pills or powder. For external use: take appropriate amount, grind into powder and apply on the skin or boil in water for washing or application. The decoction can also be used for enema. Rhubarb has a stronger laxative effect when used raw, but a slower laxative effect when used cooked, but is better at purging fire and detoxifying, clearing dampness and heat; Rhubarb prepared with wine is good at activating blood circulation and clearing blood in the upper part of the body; roasted charcoal is often used to cool blood and stop bleeding.

3. Contraindications of Sichuan Army’s Drug Use

If the external symptoms have not yet subsided, the patient has blood deficiency and weak qi, the spleen and stomach are cold, there is no real heat, stagnation, or blood stasis, as well as before and after pregnancy, Chuanjun should be taken with caution.

After taking Sichuan Army, its pigment will be excreted from urine or sweat glands, so urine and sweat may appear yellow. In addition, if breastfeeding women take it, the baby may suffer from diarrhea by sucking breast milk, so breastfeeding women should not take it. Since this product can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, women must use it with caution before and after pregnancy and during menstruation.

If you use Sichuan purgative to relieve constipation, you should add it last when decocting it, or use boiling water to soak the juice, otherwise the efficacy of the medicine will be weakened.