The efficacy and function of Chinese medicine ginger and pinellia

We are always related to Chinese medicinal materials in our lives. Don’t underestimate the plants and trees around us, as they can easily become the Chinese medicinal materials we talk about. Even the lotus leaves in summer can be turned into medicinal materials after being processed. Of course, different medicinal herbs have different effects on the body. If you are sick, you must see a doctor before you know what medicine you should take. If you take them blindly, not only will it not cure your disease, it will also make your condition worse.

Speaking of traditional Chinese medicine, I wonder if you have heard of ginger and pinellia. This is also a traditional Chinese medicine that can treat colds, coughs and phlegm. Of course, in addition to this, it has other effects. However, we don’t often come into contact with traditional Chinese medicine, so we don’t quite understand the effects of ginger and pinellia. Let’s take a look at its effects .

The efficacy and function of Chinese medicine ginger and pinellia

1. Used for cough with excessive phlegm.

Pinellia is dry in nature and has the function of resolving phlegm. The phlegm it resolves is mainly caused by the spleen's failure to resolve dampness, which accumulates and forms phlegm. It is an important medicine for treating damp phlegm and is suitable for symptoms such as stagnation of phlegm and dampness, cough and shortness of breath. It is often used in combination with tangerine peel, Poria cocos, etc.; for treating cough due to excessive phlegm, it is often used in combination with Fritillaria. Because of its warm nature, it can also be used to treat cold phlegm, and it is suitable to be used together with white mustard seeds, ginger, etc.; because of its good phlegm-resolving ability, it can also treat hot phlegm and wind phlegm, and it can be used with Trichosanthes kirilowii, Scutellaria baicalensis, etc. to treat hot phlegm; if it causes wind phlegm, it should be used together with Arisaema consanguineum, etc.

2. Used for chest and abdominal distension, chest pain, chest congestion, etc.

Pinellia has the functions of dispersing heat, unblocking, resolving phlegm and drying dampness, so it can be used for internal phlegm obstruction, chest and abdominal distension and can be used together with tangerine peel, Poria cocos, etc.; if cold and heat are combined, it can be used together with Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, dried ginger, etc., to achieve the effects of pungent opening, bitter descending, dispersing stagnation and removing distension (such as Banxia Xiexin Decoction). In addition, it is often used for chest pain, and is used together with Trichosanthes kirilowii, Allium macrostemon, etc.; it can be used together with Trichosanthes kirilowii, Coptis chinensis, etc. to treat chest congestion.

3. Used for goiter, scrofula, sores, swelling and pain, plum pit qi and other symptoms.

Pinellia can also resolve phlegm and disperse nodules, and can be used to treat goiters, scrofula, phlegm nodules, swelling and pain in the genitals caused by the accumulation of phlegm and dampness, or plum pit qi caused by the accumulation of phlegm and qi. It is used to treat goiters, scrofula, and phlegm nodules, and can be used together with seaweed, Coptis chinensis, and Fritillaria thunbergii. For carbuncles that have not yet ulcerated, you can grind raw Pinellia ternata and raw Arisaema consanguineum together, mix with vinegar and apply externally, which has the effect of dispersing the nodules and reducing swelling. It can be used to treat plum pit qi, and can be used together with Magnolia bark, Perilla frutescens, etc.

The above is an introduction to the Chinese medicine ginger and pinellia. If you find yourself sick and want to use Chinese medicine for conditioning, you must first see a Chinese medicine doctor and let the doctor prescribe medicine for you. Don't think that you know a little knowledge of Chinese medicine and take the medicine yourself. The symptoms of many diseases are very similar, but the medicines they take are different, so it is better to let the doctor prescribe medicine for you.