As the cliché goes, the spleen and stomach are the source of qi and blood biochemistry, if the spleen is good, our life is good, and if the spleen is deficient, our life is also empty.
The reason why it is said that the spleen is good for life, and the spleen is weak for life, because in the view of traditional Chinese medicine, the kidney is the innate foundation, and the acquired foundation is our spleen and stomach, which is the source of our absorption and digestion of nutrients, and it is the root of the nutrient absorption of the five organs.
"The Yellow Emperor's Neijing" says that "if you have stomach gas, you will live, and if you don't have stomach gas, you will die". The decay of our body is closely related to the breath of our stomach. We usually say that this person is full of qi when he speaks, and the Zhongqi here is the essence of the water valley that our spleen and stomach digest, absorb and transport, and is the source of our whole body nutrition, which is why our Chinese medicine makes the spleen and stomach the foundation of the day after tomorrow.
If the body is a country, the stomach is the granary of our body, the body needs nutrition, it needs stomach qi to transport, the stomach qi is strong, the body's internal organs are also strong, the stomach qi is decayed, and the internal organs are also decayed.
In the era when Zhang Zhongjing lived, wars were rampant, disputes were continuous, and material poverty was scarce, and many patients would have symptoms of stomach pain and cold, which were relieved, and they were weak, poor appetite, lazy speech, palpitation, poor complexion, constipation, diarrhea and other problems alternately.
According to the material and medical conditions at that time, it is a great pity that the average patient will die soon if he is ill to this extent and does not receive timely treatment.
Zhang Zhongjing created a good recipe for strengthening the spleen and preserving his life at that time - Xiao Jianzhong Soup
It can replenish deficiency in warmth, ease and urgency, and has a sweet taste and mild medicinal properties, and is suitable for men, women and children.
Some people should say, in our era, the material is abundant, there is no shortage of food and clothing, so we don't need this prescription, right? Actually, no.
Now our material conditions are better, but many people have a weak spleen and stomach and cannot function normally because of overeating, irregular diet, nonsensical eating and drinking, spicy stimulation and other foods, so until today, we still often use this recipe in clinical practice. This recipe is to protect the spleen and stomach, and the small Jianzhong granules currently on the market use this recipe.
Let's first take a look at the composition of Xiaojianzhong soup: peony, cinnamon sticks, licorice, jujube, ginger, caramel sugar.
More than ten years ago, a young female patient came to my outpatient clinic, and as soon as she entered the clinic, I felt that her spleen and stomach should not be very good, her complexion was very poor, her face was sallow, and her lips were not bloody.
The patient described that he had stomach pain, no appetite, he was full after eating a little, and he had stomach pain when he ate too much, and he did not dare to eat more at all. I pressed her with my hand, and it was more comfortable. The patient also often has diarrhea, and it is not good to eat something cold or spicy. She said that her neighbors said that she was not an approachable person and did not like to laugh.
After dialectic, I gave the patient Xiao Jianzhong decoction as the basic prescription, adding and subtracting the dosage, at that time I remember that it seemed that after taking the medicine for 7 days, the symptoms were relieved, and then I adjusted the prescription and continued to use it for more than a month, and the symptoms basically disappeared. It hasn't been repeated for so many years. Over the past decade, he has referred many patients around her, including her son and daughter.
Let's take a look at this ancient recipe and see what its magic is!
Let's take another look at this recipe:
Peony, cinnamon sticks, licorice, jujubes, ginger, caramel sugar.
The medicine in this recipe is actually starch syrup, that is, maltose. According to traditional Chinese medicine, on the one hand, the "sweet" flavor medicine enters the spleen, which can nourish the spleen and stomach, and on the other hand, it can also relieve pain and relieve stomach spasms. One medicine, two effects, so it is also worthy of being a king's medicine
Peony bitter acid, double the dosage, its effect is three: one is to nourish the yin, in order to make up for the deficiency of the blood; the two relieve pain, and the syrup, sweet and sour, and the yin, nourish the yin and relieve the abdominal pain and urgency; these three effects are compatible with the cinnamon branch, harmonize the camp and health, coordinate the yin and yang, so as to alleviate the stomach pain and stomach distension caused by the spleen and stomach deficiency and cold.
Ginger and jujube are used together, warming the stomach and dissipating cold, nourishing the spleen and stomach, jujube and licorice are combined to replenish the middle and invigorate the qi, tonify the spleen and stomach, and the jujube can also replenish qi and blood. The patient's poor complexion and bloodless lips were solved.
The whole recipe and 6 flavors cooperate with each other to play the effect of warming and replenishing deficiency, relieving pain and relieving pain. It is suitable for acute pain in the abdomen and abdomen, which comes and goes, likes to be warm and pressed, or palpitation, weakness and restlessness, and dull complexion, and also has symptoms such as hot hands and feet, dry throat and mouth, pale tongue, and thin pulse.
Okay, I'll share it here, the above involves drugs, and there is no medication guidance. Friends with duodenal ulcer, chronic gastritis, neurasthenia, aplastic anemia, chronic hepatitis, menstrual irregularities, dysmenorrhea, dizziness, abdominal pain, dreams, and qi and blood imbalance can use conditioning under the dialectical guidance of professional TCM physicians, and do not use drugs without authorization.