Complete list of Chinese medicine effects

There are many diseases in life that require the use of some Chinese medicine in the treatment process, because Chinese medicine is more effective in treating diseases, and for our body, the side effects of important treatment are relatively small. Different Chinese medicines can be used together to treat different diseases. Therefore, there is really a lot of knowledge in Chinese medicine that we need to study seriously in modern times. So what is the full range of Chinese medicine effects?

Regarding the phenomenon that traditional Chinese medicine has multiple effects, Wang Shimin summarized these different effects of traditional Chinese medicine into inherent effects, secondary effects and compatible effects. Based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine and combined with modern research results, he explained these three effects of traditional Chinese medicine in a reasonable and logical way.

Intrinsic effect

Generally speaking, each Chinese medicine has its own unique or main properties, flavors and effects. Each medicine has its own effects and characteristics. This effect is possessed by the drug itself and is inherent, so it is called inherent effect. However, the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine is mainly summarized through clinical application. The characteristic of Chinese medicine is that it uses multiple medicines to make up the compound prescription. Therefore, people often regard the secondary effects derived from the preparation process and the compatibility effects manifested by the compatibility in the compound prescription as the inherent effects of a certain traditional Chinese medicine.

Secondary effects

This is derived and derived from the inherent effects of traditional Chinese medicine, and can generally be divided into the following situations.

One is the secondary effect that extends the inherent effect. This effect can be called indirect effect.

The second is the secondary effect of the body's response. Astragalus is a Qi-tonifying medicine. Its effects of promoting diuresis, reducing swelling and stopping sweating are actually due to its inherent Qi-tonifying effect, which causes the body to respond and enhances the lung's gasification function, thereby improving the abnormal state of Qi deficiency that cannot regulate the water channels and transport water to the bladder, making urination smooth and reducing edema.

Then there are the secondary effects derived from the processing, preparation or metabolism of the body. Some Chinese medicines do not originally have certain effects, but during the processing or preparation process or even during the body's metabolism, they are decomposed and combined to produce certain effects.