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Huoxiang is a common Chinese medicine. The main ingredient of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water is Huoxiang, which has the effect of relieving heat and dispelling wind. It is very effective in preventing heatstroke. It also has the effect of promoting qi and relieving pain. It is often used together with tangerine peel to achieve the effect of stopping vomiting and regulating qi with fragrance. It can also be used together with galangal, which also has a good effect in clearing heat and detoxifying.

Effects:

1. Publish to relieve the heat:

① It is used for internal injuries caused by cold food and cold, and external wind-cold in the summer, with symptoms of chills and fever, headache, chest tightness, abdominal distension, nausea, loose stools, etc. It is often used together with perilla leaves, pinellia, magnolia bark, dried orange peel, Poria, etc., such as Huoxiang Zhengqi Powder.

② Used for summer heatstroke, with symptoms including dizziness, chest tightness, nausea, sticky mouth, loss of appetite, etc. It can be used together with Perilla frutescens and Peppermint.

2. Eliminate dampness and stop vomiting:

① It is used to contain internal cold and dampness, with symptoms of abdominal distension and vomiting. It can be used together with Poria cocos, Pinellia ternata, Tangerine peel, etc., such as Huoxiang Banxia Decoction.

②For the treatment of fatigue and chest tightness in damp-heat disease, it can be used together with Pinellia, Magnolia officinalis, Apricot kernel, etc., such as Huo Pu Xia Ling Decoction; if the patient is suffering from qi deficiency, it can be used with Codonopsis pilosula and Atractylodes macrocephala; if the patient is suffering from heat, it can be used with Coptis chinensis; if pregnant women have fetal restlessness and vomiting of acid water, it can be used with Amomum villosum and Cyperus rotundus.

3. Promotes Qi flow and relieves pain:

It is used for spleen and stomach qi stagnation, abdominal distension and pain, and can be used together with Magnolia officinalis, Amomum villosum, Tangerine peel, Costus root, and Citrus aurantium.

【Compatibility Application】

1. With tangerine peel:

Aromatic effect to regulate qi, harmonize the stomach and stop vomiting. Tangerine peel is pungent, bitter and warm, and can regulate qi and strengthen the spleen, warming and transforming dampness and turbidity; Patchouli is pungent, warm and fragrant, and can regulate qi and harmonize the stomach, eliminate filth and stop vomiting. The two medicines are combined, with pungent properties to open up the body and bitter properties to lower the body, and they complement each other to achieve the effects of promoting qi movement, harmonizing the stomach and stopping vomiting. They are good at treating symptoms of abnormal spleen and stomach function caused by exogenous summer heat and dampness, and internal injury and dampness.

2. With galangal:

Eliminate malaria and stop malaria. Alpinia officinalis is pungent and hot, and "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that it "breaks cold habits and eliminates malaria"; Patchouli is pungent and warm, and "Bencao Shu" says that it "treats mountain mist and malaria caused by cold and heat." The combination of the two medicines can warm the middle and dispel cold, eliminate malaria and stop malaria. For example, Huoxiang Powder, which is a prescription made up of these two medicines, is good for treating malaria.