What diseases can be cured by soaking pine nuts in water

There are many methods of treating diseases in traditional Chinese medicine, such as cupping, acupuncture, massage, etc. Even commonly used medicines do not always have therapeutic effects only after being decocted and taken. For example, soaking medicinal materials in water and then drinking it can also have a very good effect in treating diseases. For example, soaking wolfberry in water can also have good effects on the eyes. Today we will talk in detail about the benefits of soaking pine nuts in water.

① Treats overwork, heart blood deficiency, mental confusion, strange dreams at night, palpitations, forgetfulness and incontinence. Regular consumption can calm the mind and nourish the kidney and yin: 4 liang of cypress seeds (steamed and dried to remove the shell), 3 liang of wolfberry (washed and dried with wine), 1 liang each of ophiopogon (remove the core), angelica (soaked in wine), calamus (remove the hair and wash), poria (remove the skin and core), 1 liang each of Scrophularia and Rehmannia (steamed with wine), 5 qian of liquorice (remove the rough skin). First steam the pine nuts and rehmannia seeds, then pound them into a paste in a stone tool. Grind the remaining herbs into powder and mix well. Add refined honey to make pills as big as sycamore seeds. Take 40 to 50 pills each time, with rush soup or Yuanyan soup in the morning and evening. (Baizi Yangxin Pills from Tiren Huibian)

② To restrain Yang Qi, stop night sweats, promote appetite, and reduce heat in the meridians: 2 liang each of new cypress seeds (grinded), pinellia tuber, oyster (calcinated in a sweet pot over a large fire, quenched seven times with vinegar, and roasted), ginseng (remove the stem), white atractylodes, ephedra root (roast over a slow fire, wipe off the sweat), schisandra chinensis, 1 liang each of pure bran (stir-fried over a slow fire). Grind the above eight ingredients into powder and make into pills with jujube meat as big as walnuts. Take 30 to 50 pills with rice water on an empty stomach, twice a day. It can also be used as a free tune. (Bai Zi Ren Wan from Ben Shi Fang)

③Treat constipation in the elderly: equal parts of cypress seeds, hemp seeds and pine seeds. Grind together and melt the white wax into balls the size of tung nuts. Take 20 to 30 pills with Shaohuangdan Decoction before meals. (《Compendium of Materia Medica》)

④Treat intestinal wind and bleeding: 14 pieces of cypress seeds. Burn it and store it in a gauze bag. Add three cups of good wine and boil it until it is 80% boiled. Drink it after the first dose. You may feel that the amount of poison is increasing, but the poison will stop immediately after the second dose. This disease is not caused by drinking alcohol. Take decoction of mugwort leaves. (The Effective Prescriptions of Worldly Doctors)

⑤ Treat blood deficiency and fire, menstrual deficiency, gradual menstrual obstruction, emaciation and hot flashes, and excessive thinking in virgins, amenorrhea and tuberculosis: 50 cents each (or 2 liang each) of cypress seeds (fried and ground separately), Achyranthes bidentata, and Selaginella, 2 liang each of Zedoaria leaves and Dipsacus asper, and 3 liang of Rehmannia root. Grind into fine powder, mix with refined honey and make into pills as big as sycamore seeds. Take 3 pills each time, with rice drink on an empty stomach, and take Zelan soup at the same time. (Bai Zi Ren Wan from "Good Prescriptions for Women")

⑥Treatment of hair loss: one pound each of angelica and cypress seeds. Grind them into fine powder and make pills with honey. Take two to three grams three times a day after each meal. (Selected Works of the Exhibition: Dermatology)

Drinking plenty of water every day is good for your body. Drinking medicinal herbs in water can fully exert their medicinal properties, which is very beneficial for treating and preventing diseases. Soaking medicinal herbs in water is also an important method of health preservation in traditional Chinese medicine. By choosing appropriate medicinal materials and soaking them in water according to your actual situation, certain diseases can be treated and prevented.