Effects and functions of Pinellia

Pinellia is a good medicine for treating human diseases. Such medicine also has many aspects in disease treatment, so when choosing it, you also need to pay attention to some understanding of it. Such medicine cannot be used casually, but should be used according to the doctor's advice, so that it will not harm the patient's body during the treatment of the disease. What are the effects and functions of Pinellia?

Many people do not understand the effects and functions of Pinellia ternata, and many people are not very confident when choosing it. It has a very good helpful effect in reducing swelling and resolving phlegm, so such medicine is a safe choice for us.

Effects and functions of Pinellia ternata:

Efficacy: Drying dampness and resolving phlegm, relieving adverse reactions and stopping vomiting, eliminating lumps and dispersing nodules; external use can reduce swelling and relieve pain.

application:

1. Damp phlegm and cold phlegm syndrome. This taste is pungent, warm and dry in nature. It is an important medicine for drying dampness and resolving phlegm, and warming and resolving cold phlegm. It is especially good at treating damp phlegm in the internal organs. For the treatment of heavy cough due to phlegm and dampness stagnation, with thin white phlegm, it is often used together with dried tangerine peel and Poria cocos, such as Erchen Decoction (Hejijufang); for the treatment of headache and dizziness caused by damp phlegm invading the clear yang, and even vomiting of phlegm, it is used with Gastrodia elata and Atractylodes macrocephala to resolve phlegm and calm wind, such as Banxia Baizhu Tianma Decoction (Gujin Yijian). For those with excessive phlegm and fluid in the body, disharmony of stomach qi and restless sleep at night, sorghum rice can be used to eliminate phlegm, harmonize the stomach and calm the mind.

2. Vomiting. Pinellia tuber is bitter in taste and can relieve adverse reactions and soothe the stomach, and is an important medicine for stopping vomit Vomiting due to various reasons can be treated with a combination of medicines according to the symptoms. It is especially suitable for vomiting due to phlegm or stomach cold. It is often used with ginger, such as Xiaobanxia Decoction (Golden Chamber); with Coptis chinensis, it can treat vomiting due to stomach heat; with Dendrobium and Ophiopogon japonicus, it can treat vomiting due to stomach yin deficiency; with ginseng and white honey, it can treat vomiting due to stomach qi deficiency, such as Dabanxia Decoction (Golden Chamber). In modern times, this product is made into an injection solution for intramuscular injection to treat various types of vomiting.

3. Fullness under the heart, chest congestion, and plum pit-like qi. Pinellia tuber has pungent properties and can dissipate stagnation, resolve phlegm and relieve abdominal distension For the treatment of fullness and distension under the heart caused by phlegm-heat stagnation, it is often combined with dried ginger, coptis chinensis, and scutellaria baicalensis to use their bitter and pungent properties to promote descending, dissipate stagnation and resolve nodules, such as Banxia Xiexin Decoction (Treatise on Febrile Diseases); if combined with Trichosanthes kirilowii and coptis chinensis, it can treat phlegm-heat in the chest, such as Xiaoxianxiong Decoction (Treatise on Febrile Diseases); for the treatment of plum pit qi and qi stagnation and phlegm stagnation, it is combined with perilla, magnolia bark, poria, etc. to promote qi and relieve depression, resolve phlegm and resolve nodules, such as Banxia Houpu Decoction (Synopsis of the Golden Chamber).

4. Gall tumors, phlegm nodules, carbuncles, swellings and poisonous snake bites. This product can eliminate phlegm and relieve nodules when taken internally, and can reduce swelling and relieve pain when used externally. For the treatment of goiter and phlegm nodules, it is often combined with kelp, seaweed, Fritillaria, etc.; for the treatment of carbuncle on the back, initial swelling or snake bites, the raw products can be ground into powder and applied or the fresh products can be mashed and applied.

Through the above explanation, we have some understanding of the effects and functions of Pinellia ternata. We can choose Pinellia ternata to treat the above diseases. However, it should be noted that such medicines cannot be used for a long time, otherwise it will cause great harm to human health. Patients also need to pay attention to this so that they can develop healthily.