Function: Used for lung dryness, dry cough, lung carbuncle, cough due to yin deficiency, fluid injury, thirst, thirst quenching, upset insomnia, sore throat, constipation due to intestinal dryness, and vomiting due to blood heat.
Maimendong drink is recorded in many ancient Chinese medicine books, but the formula is different. For example, Mai Men Dong Yin Zi Fang, which is included in the Tang Dynasty classic of traditional Chinese medicine "The Secret of Outer Taiwan", is mainly used to treat nausea and vomiting caused by latent heat in the stomach. Decocting Radix Ophiopogonis (heart removed), Rhizoma Phragmitis and Radix Ginseng in water, and taking them out.
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Ophiopogon japonicus, also known as Ophiopogon japonicus, is a traditional Chinese medicine with a long history. The earliest extant herbal work in China, Shennong Herbal Classic, has listed Ophiopogon japonicus as a superior product for nourishing yin and moistening lung, saying that it is "suitable for people who are knowledgeable for a long time, not old and not hungry".
Yi Yan Materia Medica, a pharmaceutical work in the Northern Song Dynasty, records that this product can treat deficiency-heat of heart and lung. In the famous monograph of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine in Qing Dynasty, it was recorded that "Ophiopogon japonicus can enter the stomach to nourish gastric juice, stimulate appetite, and even enter the spleen to help the spleen disperse essence in the lungs, relieve asthma and relieve cough."
Generally speaking, Chinese medicine believes that Ophiopogon japonicus is sweet, slightly bitter and slightly cold. It belongs to stomach, lung and heart meridian, and has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening lung, benefiting stomach and promoting fluid production, and clearing heart fire and relieving vexation. It can be used for treating lung dryness, dry cough, throat obstruction, sore throat, body fluid injury, thirst, internal heat thirst, vexation, insomnia, constipation, etc.
Xia, deputy director of the Center for Prevention of Diseases of Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, reminded that although Ophiopogon japonicus has so many effects, it should not be taken for a long time. If you don't take it under the guidance of Chinese medicine, it may cause phlegm and dampness, which is counterproductive. In addition, Ophiopogon japonicus is not suitable for everyone. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, it is best not to eat Ophiopogon japonicus casually, otherwise it will aggravate the condition.
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