Oyster powder

Oyster powder is made of oysters and ephedra. This medicine is helpful in treating palpitations, restlessness, and stopping sweating. When sweating too much, taking oyster powder can help to relieve the symptoms and reduce the damage to the vital energy. When taking oyster powder, it is generally necessary to boil water and drink it, but you should pay attention to the amount of the medicine consumed, so as to avoid the side effects of oyster powder.

The meaning of the recipe of Oyster Powder

Prescription song: Use Rhubarb in Oyster Powder, and the root of Ephedra sinica is the easiest to use. It can cure spontaneous sweating, night sweats and damage to the heart fluid, and it can consolidate the exterior and restrain sweat, and it has miraculous effects.

Meaning of the prescription: The symptoms of this prescription are mostly caused by Qi deficiency, weak defense against external diseases, damage to the heart by Yin and failure of Yang to sink, which in turn leads to depletion of heart Qi over time. "Suwen·Yin Yang Ying Xiang Da Lun" said: "Yin is inside, it guards Yang; Yang is outside, it serves Yin." If the Wei Qi is not solid, the surface will be weak and Yin fluid will leak out, so spontaneous sweating often occurs; night belongs to Yin, and during sleep, the Wei Yang goes inside, and the skin surface is not solid. In addition, excessive sweating causes insufficient heart Yin and insufficient Yang, so sweating is worse at night; excessive sweating not only damages the heart Yin, but also consumes the heart Qi, so there are palpitations, shortness of breath and fatigue. The treatment should be to nourish Yin and stop sweating, replenish Qi and consolidate the exterior.

The calcined oyster in the formula is salty, astringent and slightly cold, and can restrain yin and suppress yang, consolidate and stop sweating, so it is the main medicine. Raw Astragalus is sweet and slightly warm in taste, and can replenish Qi and strengthen the Wei, consolidate the exterior and stop sweating, and is a ministerial medicine. The combination of monarch and minister is a commonly used combination for invigorating Qi, strengthening the exterior, restraining Yin and suppressing Yang. The root of Ephedra is sweet and mild in nature, and has the function of astringing and stopping sweating, so it is used as an adjuvant drug. Wheat is sweet and cool in nature, and specifically enters the heart meridian, nourishes qi and yin, and reduces deficiency fever, serving as an adjuvant drug.

Usage and dosage of oyster powder

Ingredients: 30g each of Astragalus (remove soil from seedlings), Ephedra root (wash), and Oyster (soak in rice water, brush off soil, and burn until red).

Usage: The above three ingredients are coarse powder. Take 9g each time, add 1.5 cups of water and more than 100 grains of wheat (30g), boil together until 80% done, remove the residue and drink while hot, twice a day, at any time. Modern usage: As a coarse powder, take 9g each time, add 30g of wheat, decoct in water and drink warm; it can also be made into a decoction, reduce the dosage according to the original recipe, add 30g of wheat, decoct in water and drink warm.

Additions and subtractions: If the patient has obvious Qi deficiency, add ginseng and Atractylodes macrocephala to replenish Qi; if the patient has Yin deficiency, add Rehmannia glutinosa and white peony root to nourish Yin. For spontaneous sweating, Astragalus should be used more frequently to consolidate the exterior. For night sweats, bean skins and glutinous rice roots can be added to stop sweating, which will have a better effect.

Functions and indications of oyster powder

Function: The above three ingredients are coarse powder. Take 9g each time, add 1.5 cups of water and more than 100 grains of wheat (30g), boil together until 80% done, remove the residue and drink while hot, twice a day, at any time. Modern usage: As a coarse powder, take 9g each time, add 30g of wheat, decoct in water and drink warm; it can also be made into a decoction, reduce the dosage according to the original recipe, add 30g of wheat, decoct in water and drink warm.

Indications: spontaneous sweating due to physical weakness and night sweats. The patient often sweats spontaneously, especially at night, and is accompanied by palpitations, shortness of breath, fatigue, pale red tongue, and a thready and weak pulse.

Usage: This prescription is commonly used to treat spontaneous sweating and night sweats caused by weak body, weak defense, and insufficient heart yang. In clinical application, sweating, palpitations, shortness of breath, pale tongue and weak pulse are the key points for diagnosis.

Taboos of Oyster Powder

This prescription should not be used if the night sweats are caused by Yin deficiency and excessive fire, or if the profuse sweating is caused by Yang deficiency and impending collapse.