In traditional Chinese medicine, pain and pain are two different concepts, both of which are related to the blockage of the meridians, but there are some differences in degree. For example, when we are pricked, the immediate sensation is called "pain"; If you press the injured area again, the sensation is called "pain".
The word pain is the word "winter" under "boil", which generally refers to the discomfort caused by the invasion of cold evil meridians, generally when the disease first occurs, the meridians are interfered by external evils, and the body automatically sends out a "pain" signal in order to recruit more qi and blood rescue, but the situation of "not smooth" and "blocked" has not yet been formed, so the "pain" is usually a flash, showing a dot or scattered shape, if there is no blockage, there may be no trace after the pain. In this case, as long as we strengthen our protection, we can heal ourselves or not recur. The word pain is the word "疒" under the word Yong, which means "tunnel" and "corridor" in ancient times, which can be understood as the disease of the meridians in the internal passage of the human body. The simple explanation is that the pain of the human body is a signal sent out because this meridian channel is broken, and a lot of qi and blood accumulate in it, resulting in the stagnation of the channel. "Those who are in pain do not get through, and those who pass do not suffer", this is the truth. A section of the meridians is blocked, which will inevitably cause the lack of blood nourishment in some sections of the meridians, and then cause "pain", and the "pain" caused by this reason is "pain if it is not honorable", and the former's "pain if it is not passed" has a difference between virtual and real.
There are two active prescriptions in the "Medical Heart", which are very classic. This is the Activating Elixir and the Activating Cold Soup. The latter is flavored on the basis of the former.
Composition: Angelica sinensis, Salvia miltiorrhizae, Frankincense, Myrrh
The symptoms treated by this prescription are all caused by blood stasis and qi stagnation and vein stasis, so it is advisable to promote blood stasis and relieve pain. Let the veins be unblocked, the blood will be activated, the stasis and swelling will disappear, and the pain of the heart, legs and arms can be stopped.
Angelica sinensis in the recipe is sweet and warm, it is the qi medicine in the blood, reduces swelling and relieves pain, replenishes blood and invigorates blood, and dissolves blood stasis without hurting the positive, with salvia, strengthens the power of blood circulation and stasis. Myrrh and frankincense are both good medicines for blood circulation and pain relief, and when used together, they can help to promote blood circulation and remove stasis, and can also increase the effect of blood and pain relief, and can eliminate carbuncles and dissipate knots. The combination of four medicines has the effect of invigorating blood circulation and relieving pain. As the original book says: "This prescription has the power to melt qi and blood in the circulation of qi and blood, and treats internal and external sores and ulcers, pain in the heart and limbs, and all diseases are caused by qi and blood coagulation. ”
Zhang Xichun analyzed this prescription and said: "This prescription is the elixir of activating the blood and circulation, which has the power to melt qi and blood, and is used to treat those who are stagnant in qi and blood. All medicines are good at entering the blood and passing through the meridians. Among them, frankincense and myrrh are used together, which is an important medicine for Xuantong viscera and circulation meridians, so all pain in the heart, stomach, flank, limbs and joints can be cured.
All pain in the heart and abdomen, whether it is due to cold, heat, qi depression, or blood depression, is effective. It is also good at treating women with menstrual abdominal pain, postpartum blood stasis and pain, and menstrual affairs are not in the present. Its power of ventilation and blood activation, and good at curing wind, cold, dampness, numbness, limb failure and all sores and sores, swelling and pain, or its sores are hard and not painful. External use is powder to compress sores and ulcers, which can detoxify, reduce swelling, build muscles, and relieve pain. Frankincense and myrrh are the most suitable for raw use, and if they are fried, their circulation power will be reduced. From the above, it can be seen that Zhang Xichun created this prescription, which mainly treats a variety of diseases with syndrome differentiation of qi and blood coagulation.
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If the stasis is obvious, add three ridges, curcuma, peach kernels, red peony; women with blood stasis and abdominal pain add raw peach kernels (for loose stir-frying), raw five spirit fat; arm pain, add a piece of turmeric, Duhuo; leg pain, add hyssop, clematis; traumatic bruises, add Panax notoginseng; sores and sores are red and swollen, add honeysuckle, forsythia, dandelion; sores and sores belong to the yin, add cinnamon, deer horn cream, etc.
Activate the cold soup, so the name suggests that it has the effect of activating the cold and dispelling the cold. On the basis of the active elixir, add raw astragalus, cinnamon branch tip, raw Hangzhou peony, and ginger. The main treatment meridians are cold, and the limbs are twitching.
All convulsions, pulls, or flexion and stretches of the limbs that cannot be controlled voluntarily belong to the category of convulsions. Composition: Raw Astragalus 15g, Angelica Sinensis 12g, Salvia 12g, Cinnamon Zhijian 6g, Shenghang Paeonia 9g, Shengming Boswellia 12g, Shengming Myrrh 12g, Ginger 9g. If you are particularly cold, add 9g of dried ginger. There are two significant characteristics of this prescription, one is that there are many crude drugs, which is the characteristics of Zhang Xichun's medicine. Try to use its original purity without harming its roots. For example, frankincense and myrrh are the most suitable for raw use, and if they are fried, their circulation power will be reduced. The second is to make good use of medicine, Zhang Xichun believes that "those who make good use of soldiers must know the ability of soldiers, and then they can control the enemy." For example, frankincense myrrh and astragalus angelica are exactly the medicine pairs often used by doctors in later generations. The reason for the cold in the meridians treated by this prescription is that the qi and blood are insufficient, the wind and cold obstruct the meridians, the cold is in the meridians, not in the viscera, and the meridians are mostly between the muscles. Angelica sinensis replenishes blood and blood, helps astragalus qi to carry out blood, and blood is full of energy. The others are also the elites of the warm meridians and the meridians.
Salvia, raw frankincense myrrh was used before the expression. The tip of the cinnamon branch is the most tender section of the cinnamon tree, and the growth of the cinnamon branch continues from it, and the growth force is extremely strong. Its nature is sweet and warm, and it is good at dispelling wind and cold. Sweating and dissolving muscles, warming the meridians, and helping yang and qi are all good hands. It can receive medicine to the sore area to remove the sputum and blood stagnation between the limbs. Shenghang peony is sweet and sour, can smooth the blood veins, stop liver qi pain, slow down, disperse evil blood and chase thief blood, collect yin and stop sweating. Gui Zhijian is compatible with Hangzhou peony, Gui Zhijian is good at treating external wind and cold, and the raw Hangzhou peony is smooth and bloody, so that the camp is guarded inside. The two medicines, one warm and one cold, one constrictive and one scattered, take into account both internal and external, and regulate the body to a state of yin and yang balance. Ginger is pungent and warm, publishes to disperse cold, relieves vomiting and opens phlegm, and treats the nine orifices unfavorably. Multi-drug compatibility, invigorating qi and invigorating blood. Astragalus replenishes qi and generates yang, angelica and salvia nourish blood and invigorate blood, dissolve blood stasis and clear circulation. Raw frankincense and raw myrrh invigorate blood and disperse stasis and relieve pain. Shenghang peony nourishes blood and guards the inside, and it is urgent. Cinnamon branch tip, ginger spicy warm solution table. Help astragalus replenish qi and generate yang. Together, it can not only dispel the cold, but also disperse the wind, and it is the blood and the wind that will go away. In modern times, Huoluo Dihan decoction is widely used in the treatment of sciatica, thromboangiitis obliterans, atherosclerotic occlusive disease, peripheral vasospasmodic diseases such as Raynaud's disease, diabetic foot, etc. The meridians are all gone. The use of these two active prescriptions by the famous doctor Zhang Xichun can be described as the best proof.