Many people love the faint fragrance of mint, especially the cool smell, which is impressive. Some friends who like to raise flowers will also raise a pot of mint themselves, looking at the green leaves of the mint, as well as the purple charming flowers, emitting a fresh and pleasant taste, which makes people intoxicated! Although mint is well known to everyone, there are not many people who really understand it, and in the eyes of the chinese medicine master Fang Heqian, the use of mint can be more, such as... (See text!) ）
Peppermint is mainly a spicy antidote, returned to the liver, lung meridians, has the work of cool sweating, and is commonly used to treat wind fever and colds, sore throat. Fang Shi used mint more after it, taking its aromatic qi. The dose is generally 3 to 5 g, and the dose for young children is 1.5 g. The therapeutic range of Fangshi's clinical application of peppermint is relatively wide, which is summarized as follows:
1. Used for various skin diseases
Peppermint spices are cool and divergent, can dispel wind and heat. Fangshi is often used in the same way as honeysuckle, forsythia, raw coix kernel, bitter ginseng, etc.
Han Mou, female, 11 years old. Initial consultation on 5 May 2005.
Initial diagnosis: the patient had a rash of generalized rash without obvious precipitating causes 3 months ago, and was diagnosed with psoriasis in the local hospital, which was not treated regularly. Now the skin is itchy, nack, two stools. The tongue is red and pale, and the veins are slow. Diagnosis is: fever poisoning into blood vitiligo (psoriasis). The patient is young and belongs to the body of blood fever and yang. Heat poison enters the camp blood, contains in the skin and causes vitiligo. Wind evil invades and itches when muscle surface fights with hot evil. Treatment: clear heat and cool blood, disperse wind and detoxify. The party intends to dissipate the wind and scatter the addition and subtraction. Prescription: 10g of ground skin seeds, 10g of danpi, 10g of psyllium (fried), 15g of honeysuckle, 10g of forsythia, 12g of poria, 5g of mint (posterior down), platycodon 10g, cicada molt 5g, burdock seed 10g, raw coix kernel 15g, angelica 6g, raw ground yellow 12g. 12 doses, decoction, 1 dose per day, take 3 days stop for 1 day. Tell him to avoid seafood.
Follow-up: the patient's rash is light in color and still itchy after the patient complains about the drug. Naco, Sleep. The tongue is red and pale, and the veins are slow. Anterior treatment is effective, followed by 6 g of matrine. 15 doses, decoction, 1 dose per day, take 3 days stop for 1 day.
Master Fang believes that "all winds and sores belong to the fire of the heart", and the Fa Should be hot and cool. The party uses dissipation to add and subtract. "Medical Sect Jinjian" dissipates the wind and disperses "the treatment of button wind, itching is excessive." Catch the water of Jin, there are also those who have blood. "The composition of the drug is: wattle mustard, parsnip, angelica, raw land, bitter ginseng, cangshu (stir-fried), cicada molt, flaxseed, burdock seed (stir-fried), Zhimu, plaster (calcined), raw licorice, mutong. Fang ShiFang uses honeysuckle, forsythia, mint to clear heat and wind, psyllium, raw coix kernel, ground skin to clear heat and dampness, raw land, Danpi clear heat and cool blood, cicada molt, burdock through the rash to stop itching. The whole party is strictly matched, and Master Fang believes that it is not good to use too many loose wind medicines such as mint and duckweed. The wind search should not be too much, and more will make the itch worse. To relieve itching, burdock seed, purslane; cool blood detoxification should be used with xuan ginseng, raw land.
2. For diseases of the five senses
Such as acute pharyngitis, mouth ulcers, rhinitis, otitis media, sudden deafness, conjunctivitis, glossitis and so on. Anyone who is suffering from upper scorch fever can be used.
Jin Mou, female, 60 years old. Initial consultation on December 9, 2003.
The patient developed tongue pain such as needle 3 months ago, which affected eating and speech, aggravated movements, and tingled gums. There are no obvious skin lesions on the outside. The stomatological hospital diagnosed "burning stomatitis", and there was no improvement with stomatitis clearing and mouthwash liquid. The tongue is reddish, the tongue is gray, and the veins are slow and flat. The patient is old and thin, "the tongue is the seedling of the heart", "all the pain and itch sores belong to the heart (fire)", the heart is depressed and hot, rushing up on the tongue, hot tongue network, so the tongue pain. The diagnosis is glossitis, which is yin deficiency and depression. Cure to nourish the yin and clear the fire. Prescription: Raw ground yellow 12g, light bamboo leaves 6g, peppermint (posterior bottom) 5g, white chrysanthemum flower 10g, danpi 10g, dendrobium 6g, black sesame 10g, Mai Dong 6g, forsythia 15g, raw licorice 6g. 6 doses.
Follow-up on 16 December 2003. Patients complained of no significant improvement in the pre-medication and still tingling on the tongue and gums. The tongue is reddish, the tongue is white, and the veins are flat. Cure the scorching fire on the diarrhea. prescription:
Honeysuckle 10g, forsythia 10g, mint (lower back) 5g, platycodon 10g, raw licorice 6g, reed root 10g, baizhi 5g, smallpox pollen 10g, danpi 10g, jujube 4. 8 doses.
On January 6, 2004, the patient complained that the pre-medication had nearly healed, the tongue was as usual, it was no longer painful, the mouth was dry, and it could be accepted. Add 6g of loofah in front of the service, and 10g of northern sand ginseng. 8 doses. If the condition is stable, there is no need to follow up.
According to Master Fang, "All pains and sores belong to the heart (fire)" and "the tongue is the seedling of the heart". Therefore, the disease is dialectically considered as "heart fire". The first diagnosis is mainly to nourish the yin and clear the fire, but there is no curative effect. The second clinician increased the power of the solution, and after casting the medicine of xin cool relief, the pain was removed. According to the veins of his tongue, it is predicted that the person has a good prognosis. Although the patient has a yin deficiency constitution, the treatment evidence is still mainly to dispel evil spirits.
3. For diseases of the respiratory system
Such as upper respiratory tract infections, tracheitis, pneumonia, unexplained low-grade fever, etc. Fang Shi often uses mint with ground bone skin, silver chai hu, bone steaming fever, and mulberry white skin diarrhea lung fever.
Zhao Mou, female, 28 years old. Initial consultation on August 9, 2005.
Initial diagnosis: Cough after external sensation 1 month ago, self-medication with antibiotics and cough suppressants is not effective. Now cough sputum yellow, suffocation, dry throat and sore throat, nicola, two stool adjustment. Chaqi: The tongue is red and mossy, and the pulse is slow. Diagnosis is: dry lung qi, lung loss declaration. The patient is sick just after the autumn autumn, the autumn is dry and vigorous, the dry evil offends the lungs, the lungs lose their lungs, the cough is reversed, and they hold their breath; the dry and evil gas is used to hurt the yin, the throat is the lung system, and if the yin is lost, there is dry throat and sore throat; the dry is hot evil, so the cough spits yellow phlegm. Treatment: Lung moisturizing, cough and pharynx. Prescription: Apricot Su powder cut. Su stem 6g, platycodon 10g, almond 10g, qianhu 10g, tangerine peel 10g, Fa Ban Xia 10g, poria 12g, licorice root 10g, peppermint (posterior bottom) 5g, hot mulberry peel 12g, hot aster 10g, white front 10g, hot hundred 10g, wattle mustard 5g, wine skullcap 3g. 7 doses, decoction, 1 dose per day.
Follow-up: follow-up after 1 week, the patient complains of a reduction in cough. Sputum, dry mouth, chest tightness. The tongue is red and white, and the veins are slippery. Fang Shi still uses the front to burn hundreds, wattle mustard, wine skullcap, add 15g of reed root, still take 7 doses. Did not return to the clinic.
【According to the language】 Xing susan is from Wu Jutong's "Wen Disease Article Discrimination". The original article is about cough caused by coldness. "Dry wounds, slight headache, cold, cough and phlegm, nasal congestion, congestion, no sweat on the pulse strings, apricot Su scattered lord." It is also said: "After khan coughing not only to Su Ye, Qiang Huo, Jia Su Terrier ... Hot and even skullcap. "The patient in this case is a dry cough in autumn, and Master Fang chose this party to promote lung moisturizing and dry cough. Fang Zhong dissolves the table with wattle mustard and peppermint, opens lung qi on licorice and orange stem, almond and anterior beard drop lung qi, the lungs are cleared, the throat plug can be publicized, and the cough can be stopped. Use tangerine peel, half summer, poria and wine skullcap to purify hot phlegm, and then add cough and phlegm products such as burning aster, white front, hot hundred parts, and hot mulberry skin, so that lung qi can be lowered, yellow phlegm can be removed, and cough can be cured.
4. For diseases of the digestive system
Peppermint also has the effect of eliminating qi, swelling and diarrhea. Fang Shi is often used with muxiang, Chuanhoupu, Huoxiang, Peilan and other medicines to rationalize qi and remove swelling.
Kong Mou, female, 35 years old. Initial consultation on September 28, 2004.
Initial diagnosis: The patient has experienced acid reflux in the past eight or nine months due to irregular diet, and acid in the mouth. It is aggravated after drinking tea and coffee. Post-discomfort. Two-poop tone. The tongue is red and thin, and the veins are gentle. Gastroscopy report: reflux esophagitis. Diagnosis is: gastric deficiency reverse acid (reflux esophagitis). The patient is a young woman who has damaged her spleen and stomach due to poor diet. If the stomach is deficient, it does not fall but rises. Hence acid reflux. Treatment: Make up for the inversion. Fang xiang sand six gentlemen soup plus and minus. Prescription: Dang Ginseng 10g, Poria 10g, Fried Baishu 10g, Burning Licorice 6g, Wood Aroma 5g, Herbs 5g, Su Stem 6g, Tangerine Peel 10g, Peppermint (Houxia) 5g, Jiao Shenqu 10g, Jujube 4pcs, Fried Grain Sprouts 15g, Sand Kernel (Houxia) 5g, Mai Dong 5g. 6 doses, decoction, 1 dose per day. Medical advice: Diet should be soft, rotten, cooked, warm.
On October 12, 2004, the patient's acid reflux was reduced after the drug, and the stomach was comfortable. Eat nanko, two poop tones. The thin white veins of the tongue are flat. Follow-up to the front 12 doses.
On October 26, 2004, he complained about today's dietary irregularities, sometimes acid reflux, impatience and upset. Follow up with 10 doses in front of you, take 3 days and stop for 1 day.
Master Fang pointed out that the stomach is the length of the Twelve Classics and the sea of the Valley of Water. Among the twelve meridians, the Yangming meridian is the longest, and the behavior below the stomach qi is smooth. Fang Shi used fragrant sand six gentlemen soup plus and minus, healthy spleen and rational qi, herbs, Su stems, peppermint aromatic turbidity, scorched divine comedy, fried grain buds digestion and medium. On the basis of strengthening the spleen, the whole party lowers the reverse and stomach, so that the damaged qi machine of the middle focus is restored, and the stomach qi of the upper reverse naturally decreases.
5. For cerebrovascular diseases
Such as facial nerve palsy, hypertension, cerebral blood supply is insufficient. Peppermint can clear the liver and eyes, clear the leader. Fang Shi is often paired with Tianma, Hook Vine, Raw Stone Cassia, etc., to treat dizziness, headache, tinnitus and so on.
Yang Mou, male, 35 years old. Initial consultation on October 13, 2005.
Initial diagnosis: Dizziness and bloating due to fatigue in the past 1 month, he went to friendship hospital for treatment, and was diagnosed with hypertension. Serve half a tablet, twice a day. Poor efficacy. Now dizzy and strong, upset dry mouth, poor sleep easy to wake up, Nake, two stools. Blood pressure: 140/105mmhg. The tongue is red and mossy, and the veins are gentle. Diagnosis is: hyperactivity and vertigo (hypertension). The liver is the dirt of the wind and wood, the body is yin and the yang is used, and the Lord rises actively. Patients are hyperactive due to exertion, and the clearing is disturbed, so they have dizziness. The liver and yang are hyperactive, disturbing the mind, and the heart is on fire, and the heart is hot and dry, and the sleep is easy to wake up. Treatment: Flat liver latent yang. Fang quasi tianma hook vine drink plus or minus. prescription:
Raw stone cassia 15g, hook vine 10g, huai beef knee 6g, gastrodia 6g, raw eucommia 10g, night-crossed vine 12g, dendrobium 10g, poria 10g, Zeyi 10g, Danpi 10g, jade bamboo 12g, mint 5g, white chrysanthemum flower 10g. 7 doses, decoction, 1 dose per day.
Second diagnosis: dizziness after the drug is reduced, conscious palpitations, low back pain, and two stool adjustments. Blood pressure: 110/75mmhg. The front works, not the effect. 10g of gargo leaves in front of the suit. 14 doses, decoction, 1 dose per day.
Third diagnosis: dizziness is reduced after medication, and headache is sometimes present. Kaibotong has been deactivated. Blood pressure: 105/70mmhg. The tongue is red and white, and the veins are flat. prescription:
Huai Beef Knee 6g, Gastrodia 6g, Raw Eucommia 10g, Nightshade Vine 12g, Dendrobium officinale 10g, Poria Poria 10g, ZeYi 10g, Danpi 10g, Yuzhu 12g, Mint 5g, White Chrysanthemum Flower 10g, Mulberry Leaf 10g, Fried Grain Buds 15g, Jiao Shenqu 6g. 14 doses, decoction, 1 dose per day.
[According to the language] "Su Qing , The Great Theory of true truth" said: "All the winds that fall away from the glare belong to the liver." And "Su Qing Xuan Ji Original Disease Style Five Luck Main Disease": "Wind and fire are all yang, mostly concurrent, yang mainly moving, two movements fighting, then rotating." Master Fang believes that the occurrence of this disease is not the invasion of the evil of external wind and fire. Patients with dizziness and cerebral distension are caused by hepatic wind disturbances. Therefore, the treatment of this disease is first to stop spasm with gastrodia, clear the heat and calm the liver, and dissolve the liver wind; Stone Cassia not only calms the liver latent yang but also diarrhea liver fire. The ox knee activates the blood through the menstruation, leads the blood downward, and covers the meaning of "curing the wind first, and the blood wind is self-extinguishing". Chrysanthemums, mulberry leaves, mint clear liver and eyes, so compatible, so that the liver wind breath, liver fire clear, blood deficiency to nourish, then there is no dizziness and fainting. Use eucommia to supplement the liver and kidneys, strengthen the muscles and bones, improve sperm blood, nourish the blood and supplement the liver and kidneys. Use Poria and Ze Yi jian spleen and water, and the night vine to nourish the heart and calm the spirit, because the god is sleeping, and the yang is yin, and the yin and yang intersect to suppress the partial hyperactivity of the liver and yang; add dendrobium and jade bamboo to nourish the yin and soft liver. In this way, the liver and kidneys can be replenished, the fire is clear, and the yin and yang can be reconciled.
6. It is used for all kinds of diseases that belong to the liver qi depression
Such as various gynecological diseases, hepatobiliary diseases, depression, endocrine diseases. Fang Shi often uses the experience of fang and liver soup and liver spleen, in which peppermint is used to help disperse the power of depressed qi.
Zhao Mou, female, 41 years old. Initial consultation on September 12, 2005.
Initial diagnosis: the patient is stressed due to work stress, amenorrhea for half a year. Now I feel weak, tired, dry throat, and unrealistic sleep. Last menstrual period: March 8. The tongue is clean and the veins are delicate. There are no abnormalities in the gynecological examination of Western medicine. Diagnosis is for amenorrhea of hepatic depression and spleen deficiency. The patient is weak, has less menstrual flow in the past, and has a dark color. Since the beginning of this year, due to the tension of work, the liver and spleen are depressed and spleen deficiency, the spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow, the source of qi and blood biochemistry, the lack of temper, and the lack of menstrual blood biochemistry and amenorrhea. Liver blood, liver depression blood deficit, yin deficiency blood less, dry blood and heat, resulting in dry mouth, fatigue and fatigue; insufficient yin blood, mental loss, sleep unreality. The formula harmonizes the liver and spleen, and nourishes the qi and nourishes the blood. Fang imitate liver and soup plus or minus. prescription:
Angelica 9g, white peony 9g, dang ginseng 9g, Beichai Hu 9g, Poria 9g, Xiangfu 9g, Fried Baishu 9g, Su Stem 6g, Jujube 4, Peppermint (houxia) 5g, Hot Licorice 6g, Raw and Cooked Ground Yellow 10g each, Zelan Leaf 6g, Salvia officinalis 6g. Decoction, 10 doses, take 2 days and stop for 1 day.
Second diagnosis: October 24, 2005, the spirit improved after the drug, menstruation is still in the future tide, the lower abdomen seems to have discomfort, there are many secretions in recent days, stool adjustment, tongue cleanliness, and gentle pulse. Formula: 6g of mountain meat in front, 10g of Wheat Dong, 10 doses, take 1 day and stop for 1 day.
Third consultation: December 15, 2005, after the drug, December 11, menstruation, menstruation, menstruation, menstruation, menstruation, dark. The pulse is gentle and the tongue is clean. This is due to insufficient qi and blood, so the menstrual volume is small. The two supplements of qi and blood are added and subtracted to nourish the soup. prescription:
Dang Ginseng 9g, Poria Poria 9g, Bai Shu 9g, Licorice 6g, Angelica 9g, Cooked Ground 9g, White Peony 9g, Tangerine Peel 9g, Wood Aroma 3g, Jujube 4, Goji Berries 10g, Mai Dong 10g, Burning Astragalus 15g. 12 doses, taken every other day.
The production of menstruation is the result of the action of qi and blood on the meridians of the internal organs on the female cells. Among them, the kidney is the innate foundation, and the kidney hides the essence. The regulation of menstruation is closely related to the three organs of the liver, spleen and kidneys, the second pulse of Chong Ren and the prosperity and decline of qi and blood throughout the body. The patient's menstrual amenorrhea is caused by work tension, so the disease is due to liver qi stagnation, lost in the strip, Fang Shi uses and liver soup to relieve liver depression, Fang Zhong Chai Hu, Su Stem, XiangFu, Peppermint Li Qi Shu Yu; Angelica, White Peony, Raw Land, Cooked To Nourish The Blood Soft Liver, and then with Party Ginseng, Fried White Technique, Burning Licorice Healthy Spleen And Qi, So that The Qi Line is Bloody, Plus Zelan, Danshen Activates the Blood Passage, Plays a Synergistic Temper, Nourishes the Liver and Blood, and Adjusts the Effect of Flushing. The second diagnosis plus the meat of the mountain, the third diagnosis switched to the tonic soup from the complementary sperm and blood, so that menstruation came to an endeavor.
This article is selected from the "China 100 Years of 100 TCM Clinicians Series • Chinese Medicine Master Volume: Fang Heqian" published by China Traditional Chinese Medicine Publishing House, edited by Fang Heqian, and the final interpretation right belongs to the original author.
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