What kind of medicine is the latest Bupleurum?

Bupleurum, which is also known as ground fumigation, mountain vegetables and firewood, is the herbal medicine included in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. The medicinal parts are the dried roots of the umbrella plant Bupleurum or narrow-leaf Bupleurum. It is distributed in Northeast, North, Northwest, East China, Hubei, Sichuan and other places. It grows under sandy grasslands, dune meadows and sunny slopes. Let's take a look at what kind of medicine Bupleurum is.

What kind of medicine is Bupleurum?

Bupleurum is a commonly used antidote. Bupleurum, a traditional Chinese medicine, is the dry root of plant Bupleurum or narrow-leaf Bupleurum, which is accustomed to North Bupleurum and South Bupleurum respectively according to different characters. Bupleurum is used in cold and fever, cold and heat, malaria, liver depression and qi stagnation, chest and rib pain, prolapse, uterine prolapse, irregular menstruation and other diseases, but its nature is scattered, so it is avoided or cautiously used in patients with internal movement of liver wind, hyperactivity of liver yang and adverse qi.

What is the effect of Bupleurum?

1. Reconcile Shaoyang: Bupleurum enters Shaoyang meridian, Shaoyang suffers evil, evil in yin is cold, evil in yang is hot, Bupleurum is Shaoyang special medicine, temperament is light and clear, bitterness is the thinnest, leakage half surface and half interior outside evil, so it has the effect of solving Shaoyang.

2. Soothing the liver and stomach: Bupleurum bitter and bitter cool, entering the liver and gallbladder Sanjiao Meridian, which has the effect of soothing the liver and stomach, often used for heart and abdomen gas accumulation, diet accumulation, pushing Chen Zhixin, hypochondriac pain and abdominal distension.

3. Rising Yang and lifting sinking: Bupleurum has the effect of rising Yang and lifting sinking. it is often used to treat depression of middle qi, long diarrhea and prolapse of anus, uterine prolapse and other products such as Radix Astragali and Ginseng, such as Buzhong Yiqi decoction.

4. Soothing the liver and relieving depression: Bupleurum can reach the liver qi and soothe the liver and relieve depression, which can be used to treat depression, irregular menstruation, heat into the blood chamber and other syndromes. If the liver depression and qi stagnation pain can be used with Xiangfu and Fructus Aurantii, the hypochondriac pain caused by liver depression and blood deficiency and irregular menstruation are often used with Angelica sinensis and Radix Paeoniae Alba.

5, clear phase fire: Bupleurum bitter cool, it can clear heat and purge fire, into the liver and gallbladder Sanjiao meridian, it can clear phase fire, often used for headache, dizziness, dizziness, tinnitus and deafness.

6. Dispel wind and remove arthralgia: Bupleurum is the wind medicine, the wind is the length of all diseases, and the wind goes away, so it has the effect of dispelling wind and removing arthralism. if you see severe limbs, stubborn numbness or limb pain, fixed pain, overcast and rain, you can choose Bupleurum to dispel wind and dampness.

7. Evacuation and fever: Bupleurum is especially good at relieving the evil of half surface and half interior. It is an important medicine for the treatment of Shaoyang syndrome. It is often used in combination with Scutellaria baicalensis and Pinellia ternata to treat cold and fever, such as Shaoyang, cold and heat, chest pain and fullness, mouth bitterness, dryness and dizziness, and so on.

Edible method of Bupleurum

1. Chaihu Houpu decoction

[materials] Bupleurum, Magnolia officinalis (roasted) 3 grams each, Poria cocos, orange peel, perilla 2.4 grams each, ginger 3.6 grams, betel nut 1.5 grams (final)

[usage] Seven flavors, cut, 700 milliliters of water, boil 300 milliliters, wring me, warm service in three times, take once every hour, with a small profit after taking.

[efficacy] regulate qi dampness, treat qi stagnation and dampness resistance, heart and abdomen fullness.

2. Chaihu Biejia decoction

[materials] Bupleurum (to seedling), turtle shell (to skirt, vinegar to make hot) each 30 grams, ground bone skin 45 grams, Anemarrhena anemarrhena (baked) 30 grams

[usage] four flavors, rough pounding and sieving, each taking 9 grams, with 150 ml of water, half of Wumei, a little Artemisia annua, fried to 90 ml, to me, lying warm clothing.

[efficacy] for the treatment of excessive night sweats, sallow complexion, weakness of limbs, lack of thought about diet and cough.

3. Chaihu Buzhong decoction

[materials] 10 grams each of Bupleurum and Qingpi, 24 grams of Radix Astragali, 15 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 12 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Poria, Fructus Aurantii, fried Pueraria lobata, 30 grams of Huai yam, 6 grams of roasted licorice.

[usage] add proper amount of water to decoction, decoct twice in a row, take 300 ml of juice, 1 dose a day, warm in the morning and evening.

[efficacy] soothing the liver and promoting qi, tonifying the middle and benefiting qi, suitable for gastroptosis.