Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Phellodendron amurense tastes bitter and cold, and it is good at entering the bladder meridian and kidney meridian of the lower jiao. Purging kidney to reduce fire and reducing deficiency heat in the body? Good results. It plays an irreplaceable role in relieving the common diseases of damp-heat entering the lower energizer.
1, phellodendron chinense can relieve dysentery caused by damp-heat accumulation in gastrointestinal tract.
Summer damp heat tends to accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract, leading to loose stool's disease and dysentery, and even bloody stool and dysentery.
And cypress can dry dampness and expel stomach, effectively alleviating the symptoms of damp-heat dysentery. In ancient times, oral administration of Cortex Phellodendri decoction alone, or combined with Rhizoma Coptidis, Radix Pulsatillae, Radix Paeoniae Rubra and other medicinal materials can alleviate this disease, and the effect of stopping diarrhea and dysentery is better.
2. Huangbai can relieve stranguria caused by damp-heat accumulation in bladder.
In summer, it is easy to sweat, sweat more and urinate less, and urinate less, which is easy to accumulate in the bladder, leading to diseases such as bladder stones and stranguria.
The bitter and cold nature of Phellodendron amurense is very beneficial, and entering the bladder can play a good role in clearing urine and removing damp heat. For example, abdominal colic, acute pain and dysuria caused by damp-heat stranguria, Cortex Phellodendri is used as a medicine together with Herba Plantaginis, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Herba Lysimachiae Christinae, Caulis Akebiae and Talcum, and urine can be poured out after taking it.
3. Phellodendron amurense can relieve the swelling and pain caused by damp-heat betting on the foot and knee.
Dampness and heat accumulate in the body, and those who persist for a long time will often gamble on their knees, which will cause redness, swelling and pain in their lower limbs and inconvenience in moving.
At this time, Phellodendron amurense and Atractylodes lancea can be combined to increase the efficacy of clearing heat and eliminating dampness, and then Achyranthes bidentata can be used as a drug inducer to relieve damp-heat in the feet and knees. For patients with damp-heat sores and swelling, gardenia, honeysuckle, forsythia and other medicinal materials can also be added together, and the effect of clearing heat, drying dampness and detoxifying is better.
4. Cortex Phellodendri can purge kidney and latent fire, and clear away deficiency and heat.
According to Chinese medicine, Phellodendron amurense is good at clearing away damp-heat in lower energizer, purging kidney and latent fire, and storing kidney water to clear away deficiency and heat. For the common symptoms of yin deficiency, fever and night sweats in life, Cortex Phellodendri has a good curative effect.
For example, the combination of Huangbai, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Fructus Corni, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Poria, etc., which is commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine, can obviously relieve yin deficiency, fever and night sweats.
However, if the kidney fire is excessive, and the bladder is damp and hot, resulting in symptoms such as nocturnal emission, spermatorrhea, and yellow urine, in Chinese medicine, Cortex Phellodendri, pearls, and gecko are ground into fine powder, made into pills, and taken with wine.
Due to the bitter cold, the dosage of Cortex Phellodendri is generally small, mostly within 10g. If it is damp-heat-clearing, raw cortex Phellodendri can be directly used as medicine; if it is kidney-purging and fire-reducing, it can be roasted with salt to increase its efficacy.