Qixi Festival is approaching, do you know these CPs of Chinese herbal medicines?
On August 4th, we will usher in the Qixi Festival, a traditional Chinese folk festival.
With the beautiful love legend of "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl", Qixi Festival is also considered to be a romantic Chinese "Valentine's Day".
In fact, in traditional Chinese medicine, the treasure of traditional Chinese culture, there are also many Chinese herbal medicines with enviable curative effects, which can be called "star CP". Let's take a look.
Correspondent Yang PuYangtze Evening News/Ziniu News Trainee reporter Lv Yanlin
[Clearing Heat CP] Honeysuckle & Forsythia
Honeysuckle is sweet and cold in nature, and belongs to the lung and stomach meridians.
It has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, reducing inflammation and swelling.
Indications are exogenous wind-heat or febrile disease fever, heat stroke, heat toxin blood dysentery, carbuncle swollen furuncle, throat paralysis, various infectious diseases.
Forsythia is bitter and cool in nature, and returns to the heart, liver and gallbladder meridians.
Clears heat, detoxifies, disperses knots, and reduces swelling.
Treats warm heat, erysipelas, rash, carbuncle sores, scrofula, and urination.
The compatibility of honeysuckle and forsythia comes from Yinqiaosan in Wu Jutong's "Wen Disease Diagnosis" in Qing Dynasty.
The two medicines are used in combination, both of which have the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, diathermy and detoxification on the outside, heat-clearing and detoxification on the inside, and can also circulate qi and blood, reduce swelling, disperse knots and relieve pain.
It is used for various types of wind-heat symptoms, heat-toxin carbuncles, etc.
With this pair of "clearing heat CP", it is not a problem to eliminate various exogenous wind-heat, sore carbuncle swollen poison, sore throat and so on.
【Shen CP】"Liuwei Dihuang Wan"
To say that the most familiar Chinese herbal medicine CP, Liuwei Dihuang Wan is definitely on the list.
Liuwei Dihuang Wan is also known as "Three Tonics and Three Reductions".
It has made great achievements in solving problems such as deficiency of kidney yin, hot flashes and night sweats, dry mouth, soreness and weakness of waist and knees.
"Three tonic" refers to rehmannia glutinosa, yam, and dogwood, which enter the three meridians of the liver, spleen, and kidney of the human body; "three purging" refers to Alisma, Poria, and Cortex Moutan to purify the evil energy of these three meridians, and finally reach the middle of tonic There is diarrhea, and there is a tonic effect in diarrhea.
Tracing the origin, Liuwei Dihuang Pills is actually from the Song Dynasty Qian Yi's "Children's Medicine and Syndrome Zhi Jue".
In the recipe, Rehmannia glutinosa is sweet to nourish the blood and nourish the kidney; Cornus nourishes the liver and kidney, and strengthens the qi of the kidney; Chinese yam strengthens the spleen and stomach, and the three medicines are matched to nourish the liver, spleen and kidney.
At the same time, Liuwei Dihuang Pill is compatible with Alisma, which can relieve dampness and relieve turbidity, prevent rehmannia rehmanniae and nourish greasy; Cortex Moutan can control the warmth and astringency of dogwood; Poria can help yam to be healthy.
Liuwei Dihuang Wan, which is mainly based on tonic and secondary by diarrhea, is still loved by a large number of loyal fans.
【Eye Protection CP】Wolfberry & Chrysanthemum
Lycium barbarum is sweet and flat in nature and enters the liver and kidney meridians.
The main functions are nourishing the kidney, moistening the lung, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight.
Treats liver and kidney yin deficiency, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, dizziness, dizziness, dizziness and tears, consumptive cough, diabetes, nocturnal emission.
Chrysanthemum is also one of the best products with the same origin of medicine and food.
It is sweet, bitter, slightly cold, and belongs to the lung and liver meridians.
The basic functions can disperse wind and clear heat, calm the liver and improve eyesight, clear heat and detoxify.
"Putting wolfberry in a thermos cup" is no longer fresh, but did you know that adding chrysanthemums is an eye-catching "star CP".
Add an appropriate amount of chrysanthemum and wolfberry to an appropriate amount of boiling water to brew, and soon you can enjoy this healthy drink that complements and takes into account the specimens.
【Remove dampness CP】Chixiaodou & Coix Seed
I always feel swollen when I wake up in the morning, so sad!
When it comes to eliminating dampness and edema, the pair of Chixiaodou and Coix Seed can always help you hand in hand.
A cup of red bean and coix seed drink is simple to make, but it is a "magic tool" to keep away from moisture.
Chixiaodou has the effects of invigorating blood, invigorating the spleen, removing dampness, and reducing swelling with water. The fried Coix seed is sweet, light, and cool in nature. It returns to the spleen, stomach, and lung meridians. , the role of pus, detoxification and Sanjie.
Therapeutic formula
Chixiaodou Coix Seed Drink
Material: 12 grams of red bean, 8 grams of barley (coix seed is also called barley).
Method: Soak the red bean for 1-2 hours; don't wash the barley after buying it, just fry it in a pan without water and oil until it is golden and fragrant, about 3-5 minutes, and then let it cool; After washing), put it into the pot, add cold water, boil the water for 15 minutes, then turn off the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
Reviewing expert: Yan Yanfeng, a famous Chinese traditional Chinese medicine practitioner in Nanjing and chief Chinese medicine physician of Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine