Editor's Guide
When describing the beauty of women, we often say "flowers and moon appearances" and "people are more delicate than flowers", and in the world of chinese medicine, there are indeed many flower drugs called "women's friends", which have a very good effect on regulating women's bodies and treating various female diseases. Today Xiaobian will take you to know the 6 classic anthers.
1. Honeysuckle, snow lotus - Qingchong ren stasis
Honeysuckle has been known since ancient times as a good medicine for detoxification and detoxification. Sweet taste, cold, aromatic smell, sweet cold and clear heat without hurting the stomach, aroma permeable and can dispel evil, mostly used for external wind fever, warm fever, carbuncle sores, sore throat and other diseases, few doctors have elaborated on its application in gynecology. According to its effect of "clearing heat and detoxification, reducing swelling and loosening knots", Youshi applies it to the stagnation of blood stasis, menstrual irregularities caused by stasis and heat internal knots, and acne on the back of the head and face of the neck and neck, which have more good effects; based on the broad-spectrum antibacterial effect of honeysuckle, it is used for pelvic inflammatory disease sequelae, such as endometritis, tubal effusion, subsumer and other diseases are often also drug-to-disease. In the process of clinical practical application, in order to broaden its scope of application and enhance its efficacy, Youshi often uses honeysuckle with some specific drugs, such as compatibility with forsythia, which is more widely used and has a more powerful effect; if the disease is more serious, ask dandelion and purple flower to help; with a large amount of yellow color, invite the help of the calamus, hibiscus flower, and cockscomb flower; if there is a pelvic abscess and the like, add baizhi and soap horn thorns.
Honeysuckle Source: Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Medicine Tablets
Snow lotus, also known as snow lotus, tastes sweet and bitter, warm, has the effect of removing cold, aphrodisiac, activating blood, menstruation, and stopping bleeding. You Shi believes that women are injured by the number of pregnant milk injuries in the blood, compared to the male patient population, more deficiency and more stasis; coupled with the body yang deficiency, or feel the cold evil and cause chong Ren bruising pain, the application of snow lotus flowers warm and not dry, compared with the nature of Evodia, Guan Gui and other gentle, for the gynecological cold pain evidence of the best choice. The "Sichuan Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine" records: "(Snow Lotus) in addition to cold phlegm water to drink ... Replenish blood and warm the uterus. govern...... Women with irregular menstruation and band breakage. The "Xinjiang Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicine" said: "Through the blood, strengthen the muscles and bones, and promote uterine contractions." govern...... Women have cold pain in the lower abdomen, amenorrhea, and fetal clothing..."
You Shi believes that "more deficiency and more stasis" is the characteristic of gynecological diseases, so honeysuckle with snow lotus, both can use honeysuckle to clear the heat of stasis, but also with the help of snow lotus to make honeysuckle cold nature, the two play a role in clearing stasis, anti-inflammation effect, in order to achieve pain relief and menstrual curative effect.
2. Moon flowers, tortoiseshell flowers - live blood and regulate menstruation
The flower taste of the moon season is light, slightly bitter, flat, into the liver meridian, partial blood, blood activation effect is slightly stronger, so menstrual lesions are more used. The moon flowers are heavy and bloody, and the roses are biased. Therefore, you shi clinically uses more than two drugs as a company, double adjustment of qi and blood, and regulation of menstrual blood. The taste of the moon is sweet, the sex is warm, and it enters the liver meridian, which has the effect of activating the blood and regulating the menstruation, reducing swelling and detoxification. Due to the obvious effect of monthly flowers on dispelling stasis, qi and analgesicity, it is often used to treat menstrual irregularities, dysmenorrhea and other diseases.
Moon Flower Source: "Chinese Medicine Tablets Illustrated"
Tortoiseshell flower is also known as citrus shell flower, especially the master often uses tortoiseshell flower instead of citrus shell, because of the concern of citrus shell breaking force, and tortoiseshell flower is slow, not harmful to yin, more suitable for women with weak constitution to use, clinical application is widespread, where liver depression caused by menstrual irregularities, breast swelling pain, lower abdominal pain can be used. Modern pharmacological studies have proven that tortoiseshell flowers can promote local blood circulation. Therefore, the use of tortoiseshell flowers in the treatment of hysterectom prosthetic cavity can promote local blood circulation in the incision and thus promote wound healing.
The combination of moon flowers and tortoiseshell flowers is a good remedy for menstrual diseases caused by qi and blood discord. The moon flowers are heavy and bloody, and the tortoiseshell flowers are biased towards the qi. Two drugs are together, one qi and one blood, qi and blood double tone, its adjustment of menstruation and blood, qi and pain relief are very good. Indications for the treatment of women's liver qi discomfort, qi and blood disorders, meridian stasis obstruction, resulting in menstrual irregularities, chest and abdomen pain, loss of appetite, or even nausea, vomiting and other symptoms.
3. Green plum blossoms, roses - soothe the liver and rational qi
Green plum blossoms, also known as green calyx plum, white plum blossoms, smell fragrant, sour taste, flat sex, with liver, and stomach, phlegm, detoxification effect, internal medicine diseases are often used to cure plum nuclear qi, liver and stomach pain, loss of appetite, dizziness, fistula poison and mental depression. You Shi believes that the green plum blossom is rational and can be used for gynecological diseases passed by the liver meridian, such as premenstrual swelling and lactation caused by the increase of prolactin; menopausal upset, insomnia and other diseases can also be green plum blossoms. In addition, green plum blossoms are rational and relieve pain, mostly used for dysmenorrhea caused by blood stasis, when the pain is serious, more green plum blossoms are associated with soil poria, soil shellfish, and soil turtle insects; if the pain is severe, it is still necessary to add ghost arrow feathers to break the blood and dissolve the stasis to relieve pain.
Rose Flower Source: "Chinese Medicine Tablets Illustrated"
The rose flower smells fragrant, and has the effect of relieving depression, activating blood and dissipating stasis and relieving pain. You Shi believes that the rose is harmonious and not fierce, pure and gentle, has the characteristics of calming and relaxation, and declares depression without the disadvantages of warmth and dryness, so it is mostly used for the conditioning of premenstrual tension syndrome and perimenopausal syndrome. Roses into the liver meridian, can relieve the liver qi, and blood stasis, so that chong can be adjusted, especially the clinical use of roses to treat menstrual irregularities also has a good effect. If it is combined with the gynecological medicine Angelica, the effect of menstruation is multiplied. During menstruation, the breast is swollen and painful, and the rose flower is taken to relieve liver depression and blood stasis, so that the stasis is dissipated and the pain stops.
4. Lilies, hibiscus flowers, cockscomb flowers, Lingxiao flowers - cool blood and blood
Lilies are slightly cold and flat, sweet and bitter, and have the effect of clearing heat and moisturizing the lungs, calming the heart and calming the spirit. "Materia Medica Justice" contains: "The flower of the lily, the night is open, to cure the liver fire floating, the night is not sleepy, very effective, not only take its nightly righteousness, cover the sweet and cool discharge, inherently with the jing floating sun and clear the fire also." "You shi often use lilies to treat insomnia caused by premenstrual syndrome and perimenopausal yin deficiency and fever. In addition, the yin blood deficiency caused by long-term bleeding causes dry skin, dry mouth and red tongue, and more use of lilies, jade bamboo, sand ginseng and the like to nourish the yin and dryness. Liver and kidney yin deficiency, kidney sperm infertility, especially in the late menstrual period with lilies with yellow essence, dendrobium to fill the kidneys, promote follicle development.
Hibiscus flowers are sweet, bitter, slightly cold, into the spleen, lung meridians, and are known for their good effect in treating red diarrhea. You Shi believes that the white hibiscus flower can not only cool the blood and remove the troubles, but also clear the heat, dryness and wet stop belt, and have the effect of invigorating the blood. Therefore, it can be used together with honeysuckle and forsythia to treat abdominal pain and wet tropical diseases in women. Wet evil is more important than the company of the silkworm, and the heavy bruising is used with dandelion, purple flower ditin, and moon flower. In addition, modern pharmacological studies have proved that hibiscus flowers also have the effect of hemostasis, so this drug can be used for gynecological bleeding disorders, such as blood, endometrial polyps, uterine incision false cavity, etc.
Cockscomb Flower Source: "Picture Book of Chinese Medicine Drinking Tablets"
Cockscomb flowers are sweet and cool, non-toxic, and are a good gynecological medicine. You Shi believes that the red cockscomb flower has the effect of activating blood stasis, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Therefore, gynecological bleeding disorders caused by stasis can be used in combination. Secondly, the white cockscomb flower has the effect of astringent stop belt, which is suitable for all kinds of red and white belts, and has a certain effect on trichomoniasis vaginitis.
Lingxiao flower is a purple flower, fragrant, slightly bitter, sour, cold, for the liver menstrual blood medicine, with the function of blood stasis, cool blood and wind, the main treatment of menstrual irregularities, menstrual ringworm, postpartum mastoma, skin itching, acne and other diseases. "Materia Medica Seeking Truth" Yunqi is "the medicine that must be used for female blood fever". Therefore, due to blood stasis, blood fever and menstrual closure, fistula, collapse and leakage, premenstrual period, premenstrual upset, menstrual rubella, lower abdominal pain, etc., especially the master uses this drug to treat, so that the heat goes and the blood lives on its own.
5. Safflower - dispel stasis and strong menstruation, clinical need to be used with caution
Safflower Source: "Picture Book of Chinese Medicine Drinking Tablets"
Safflower, also known as red and blue flowers, has a blue name because of its red flowers and blue leaves. Its taste is hard, warm, return to the heart, liver meridian, for the stasis to activate the blood, the sage Zhongjing made of this flower bubble wine "red and blue flower wine" to treat gynecological blood stasis disease. You Shi believes that "blood is a woman's cost" and "if you can keep a piece of blood, you will retain a youth", so he respectfully follows Zhu Zhenheng's evaluation of the drug - "use more broken blood, less use to nourish blood", and the clinical application is quite cautious. Sperm and blood deficiency caused by amenorrhea (such as premature ovarian failure), the dosage is not more than 5g, and mostly combined with angelica and astragalus to play a role in nourishing the blood and regulating menstruation; phlegm stasis caused by menstruation (such as adult patients with obese polycystic ovary syndrome) the dosage is not more than 10g, in order to activate blood and dispel stasis and regulate menstruation.
6. Placenta, wild chrysanthemum - clear heat and get rid of acne
Fetal chrysanthemum, also known as chamomile, tastes bitter and bitter, slightly cold, can evacuate wind and heat, flat liver and eyesight, clear heat and detoxification. Fetal chrysanthemum is the top product of hangzhou chrysanthemum, its performance is similar to that of mulberry leaves, good at treating head and facial diseases, and its effect is moderate. Wild chrysanthemums are bitterly cold, returned to the liver meridian, function to clear heat and detoxification, reduce swelling and discharge pus. Wild chrysanthemums are bitter and colder than fetal chrysanthemums, and are often used by those with severe facial diseases.
Wild Chrysanthemum Source: "Chinese Medicine Drinking Tablets"
Placenta, Wild Chrysanthemum with Panax notoginseng, Xinyi Flower Freckles Beauty is a self-imitating experience formula commonly used by Youshi in the treatment of acne "beauty tea". Panax notoginseng flower has the effect of activating blood, relieving pain, stopping bleeding, dispelling stasis, and reducing swelling. Xinyi flowers have the ability of aromatic channeling, Xin ScatterIng Wen Tong, and have been asking for medicine for nasal headaches since ancient times. Daily tea drinking, if the acne is inflamed and red, it is necessary to match dandelion, purple flower ditin and other drugs to strengthen the power of heat removal, and the clinical treatment effect is obvious. The treatment of facial spots is often used in sanchi flower and Xinyi flower, sanchi flower can clear liver fever, dissolve blood stasis, and eliminate facial spots by adjusting female endocrine; Xinyi flower Xin scattered warm tong, aromatic channeling, upward head face, can lead the medicine upwards, so that the medicine reaches the disease. When used together, they can treat dull complexion and melasma caused by gynecological endocrine disorders. Heavy patches can add mulberry leaves and light bamboo leaves; if the liver is obvious, monthly flowers, orange leaves, and tortoiseshell flowers can be added.
Good book recommendation
A Good Book of Gynecology in Traditional Chinese Medicine - "You's Women's Clinical Witness"
"You's Female Examination Officiation"
This book sorts out You Zhaoling's nearly 40 years of clinical evidence and academic experience, the first part mainly discusses You Zhaoling's female science on the treatment of the eight new enlightenment methods, you style clinical evidence new method, dialectical body theory on the treatment of health care nine types, You Zhaoling's unique health care ideas; the middle part mainly discusses the characteristics of internal and external diseases: including follicle treatment, the application of medicine to flowers, the idea of medicine and food co-treatment and characteristic external treatment methods; the next part introduces Professor You Zhaoling's specific diagnosis and treatment experience for women's diseases (divided into traditional diseases of traditional Chinese medicine and fashion diseases).
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