A very "transparent" Chinese medicine, dissolving spleen dampness, expectorant turbidity, often used for gastritis, stroke, forgetfulness, tinnitus caused by wet turbidity
Around the Dragon Boat Festival, some areas will hang some calamus in addition to wormwood at the door. Calamus can also ward off evil spirits, and most of the ones hanging at the door use water calamus that grows in the gutter.
Another type of stone that grows on mountain flowing stones is called calamus, which is shorter than calamus, only 20-30 cm. The efficacy of the two is similar, Chinese medicine generally uses calamus (calamus can also be used when there is no calamus), and it is its rhizome that is used in medicine.
Calamus has a wide range of effects, especially the effect of moisture, the summary of past generations of herbal medicine has a variety of effects of moisture, enlightenment, phlegm, qi, blood revitalization, and wind dispersion, often used in the past to say that "evil spirit" caused by coma, nonsense, stroke, epilepsy and other psychiatric symptoms, but also wet turbidity internal resistance gastritis, indigestion, rheumatoid arthritis, back and leg pain, forgetfulness, tinnitus and deafness.
1. The spleen and stomach are wet
Calamus is spicy, warm, aromatic, and aromatic drugs often dissolve dampness.
Chronic gastritis of the hygrotic blockade class, calamus is commonly used. Manifested as stomach bloating, bloating, stomach pain, food blockage, poor appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, white tongue, can be combined with wet medicine cangshu, sand kernel, banxia, magnolia, etc.
During the SARS period, there were doctors who used calamus with white cardamom, patchouli, almond, talc, mutong and other medicines composed of manna disinfection pill, the top is heated, the middle is wet, and the bottom is damp, and the effect is very good.
2. Phlegm fainting, epilepsy, confusion
Calamus into the heart meridian, can ward off filth, dissolve dampness, remove phlegm, but also can open the mind, calm the mind, calm the mind, and make people happy. Through aroma, various pores of the human body can be opened, and all evidence of confusion caused by phlegm and dampness can be used.
For example, stroke caused by phlegm, cold limbs, coma, etc., are often used with phlegm drugs such as Banxia and Tiannanxing.
Wind phlegm obstructs the network and the language is unfavorable, the root of the tongue is hard, and it can be matched with whole scorpion, tianma, etc., to stop the wind and spasm.
Dizziness caused by warm illness, proverbs, moss yellow greasy, commonly used calamus with Wu tulip, bamboo asphalt, and half summer and other uses, such as calamus tulip soup.
3. Evidence of forgetfulness, tinnitus, deafness and other tricks
It is used for forgetfulness, dizziness, drowsiness caused by wet cloudiness and confusion, and is often combined with Yuanzhi, Fushen and so on. Other types of amnesia can also be used in combination.
It is used for tinnitus and deafness due to qi deficiency and closure. It can be used for kidney yin deficiency deafness and the elderly to delay hearing loss.
