The health benefits of Pueraria lobata and Zexie decoction

In our lives, many people use traditional Chinese medicine to maintain their health, and the effect is very good. Pueraria root and Alisma orientalis are both very common Chinese medicinal materials. When used in combination, the health-preserving effect is very significant. Pueraria lobata and Zexie decoction is a decoction made by combining two medicinal ingredients. So, what are the health benefits of Pueraria lobata and Zexie decoction? Let’s take a look at the introduction of this article below, I hope it will be helpful to you.

effect

It can promote diuresis and eliminate dampness, clear away heat and purge fire.

application

1. Difficulty urinating and edema

This product is sweet and mild in nature, and can penetrate dampness. It enters the kidney and bladder meridians and has a strong diuretic effect. It is often used together with Poria cocos and Polyporus umbellatus for edema caused by water retention and difficulty urinating. A prescription such as Si Ling San in Dan Xi's Xin Fa is suitable. If a pregnant woman has edema all over the body, shortness of breath, difficulty in defecation, and astringent urination, she can be treated with mulberry bark, betel nut, and red Poria cocos, which is Ze Xie San in Good Prescriptions for Women. If used to treat edema, grind it into powder with Atractylodes macrocephala and take it with Poria decoction, such as Baizhu Powder in Suwen Bingji Baomingji.

2. Diarrhea due to phlegm and fluid

This product can drain away water and dampness, and can eliminate phlegm and fluid. It is used for patients with heart-subjective fluid syndrome and dizziness, and is used together with Atractylodes macrocephala, such as Zexie Decoction in Synopsis of the Golden Chamber. If phlegm and fluid accumulate in the lower part of the body, with pity below the navel, dizziness, and drooling, it can be treated with Wuling Powder in Treatise on Febrile Diseases. This product promotes urination and can firm the stool. For diarrhea caused by excessive dampness, it is used together with red Poria, Plantago seed and Artemisia capillaris, such as Tongling Powder in Shiyi Dexiao Fang; for abdominal distension and diarrhea caused by dampness and food stagnation, it is used together with Atractylodes lancea, Magnolia bark and Tangerine peel, such as Weiling Decoction in Danxi Xinfa; for vomiting and diarrhea caused by cold, cholera, it is used together with Poria and Atractylodes macrocephala, such as Sanbai Powder in Compendium of Materia Medica.

3. Leucorrhea, turbidity, yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire

This product is sweet, mild and cold in nature. It enters the kidney and bladder, and relieves the heat of these two meridians. It can both clear away damp-heat in the bladder and relieve the virtual fire in the kidney meridian. Therefore, it is used to treat stranguria caused by damp-heat in the lower abdomen, and is often used together with Plantago seed, Akebia, and Phellodendron; if it is caused by yin deficiency and heat with dripping and painful stranguria, it can be treated with Zhuling Decoction in Treatise on Febrile Diseases; if it is used to treat consumptive disease with heaviness of the waist and dripping urination, Zexie Powder in Taiping Shenghui Fang can be used, and this product can be used together with Cortex Moutan, Akebia, and Ulmus alba. It is often used together with Rehmannia glutinosa and Cornus officinalis for spermatorrhea, tinnitus, and low back pain caused by kidney yin deficiency and hyperactivity of yang fire, as shown in the efficacy and functions of Liuwei Dihuang Pills in Xiaoer Yaozheng Zhijue.

The above is the introduction of Pueraria lobata and Zexie decoction. Using traditional Chinese medicine to maintain health is a very old topic. However, when using it, many people do not have a good understanding of its contraindications, which leads to the inability to exert its efficacy. Therefore, it is very necessary to know more about the efficacy of Chinese herbal medicine.