What is white bitter pill and what is its function?

The famous doctor's record of cardamom is the dried and mature fruit of cardamom. Or cardamom. Also known as cardamom. Mainly produced in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, but also cultivated in Yunnan, Guangdong and Guangxi. According to different producing areas, it is divided into "original cardamom" and "Indonesian cardamom". In autumn, when the fruit changes from green to yellow-green, it is harvested, dried and eaten raw, and mashed in time. This medicine is Xin Wen. Enter lung, spleen and stomach meridians.

Efficacy of eliminating dampness and promoting qi circulation, warming and stopping vomiting.

App application

1. Dampness blocking middle energizer, spleen and stomach qi stagnation syndrome. This product can dispel dampness and promote qi circulation. It is often used with Pogostemon and Chenpi. For patients with spleen deficiency, dampness blocking qi stagnation, abdominal distension and anorexia, they are often combined with Astragalus, Atractylodes macrocephala and Ginseng, such as Sheng Huifang Cardamom Pill. In addition, this medicine disperses into the lung to benefit dampness evil, so it is often used for early onset of damp heat, chest tightness and hunger. For those with excessive dampness, it is combined with Coicis Semen and Almond, such as Sanren Decoction (Treatise on Febrile Diseases). If heat is heavier than dampness, it is often used with Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi and Talcum, such as Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi Talcum Decoction (Treatise on Febrile Diseases).

2. vomiting. This product has the effects of promoting qi circulation, soothing the middle warmer, warming the stomach and stopping vomiting. It is especially suitable for vomiting due to stomach cold and dampness blocking qi stagnation. It can be used alone, or combined with Pogostemon, Pinellia ternata and other herbs, such as Amomum Cardamom Decoction (Shen's sacred technique). If children vomit milk due to stomach cold, Amomum villosum and Glycyrrhiza uralensis can be taken together.

Usage and dosage: decoct, 3 ~ 6g, and put into decoction.

Use with caution for people with yin deficiency and blood dryness.

Amomum villosum and Amomum villosum are both dampness-dispelling drugs, which have the functions of eliminating dampness, promoting qi circulation, stopping vomiting, warming the middle warmer and stopping diarrhea. It is often used for damp blocking middle energizer and qi stagnation of spleen and stomach. However, the power of nutmeg to dry dampness and promote qi circulation is in the middle and upper jiao, and Amomum villosum is in the middle and lower jiao. Therefore, cardamom can be used clinically to treat damp-heat, warm stuffy and warm stomach, but it is good at stopping vomiting; Amomum villosum is slightly stronger in eliminating dampness than warm medium, and warm medium is more important than spleen, and it is better at stopping diarrhea.

Ancient book abstracts

1. "Kaibao Herbal Medicine": "Mainly accumulate cold air, stop vomiting and nausea, eliminate grains and reduce qi."

2. "Herbal Xuan Tong": "Cardamom, its merits are all in the fragrant gas. Once bombed, it will reduce skills; That is, the soup is eaten, but when it is finely ground, it is especially wonderful to take it at the boiling point. "

Modern research

1. chemical composition: it contains volatile oil, and its main components are 1, 4 cineole, α-camphor, rutine and its epoxide.

2. Pharmacological action: It can promote gastric juice secretion, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, stop abnormal fermentation in the intestine, and eliminate gastrointestinal gas accumulation, so it has a good aromatic and stomach-strengthening effect and can stop vomiting. Volatile oil can enhance the therapeutic effect of low dose streptomycin on experimental tuberculosis in guinea pigs.

3. Clinical study: It is reported that 70 patients with chronic renal failure were treated with Yishen Jiangzhuo Granule, which is composed of 6 kinds of traditional Chinese medicines, such as cardamom, Acorus gramineus and Amomum tsaoko. Effective 5 1, effective 15, invalid 4. After treatment, urea nitrogen was significantly reduced, digestive disorders were significantly corrected, appetite was significantly improved, and infection was controlled. Eliminate metabolites in the body, relieve and improve the condition, protect residual renal function and prolong the survival time of CRF patients (Chinese patent medicine, 1993, 3: 20).

Medicinal nutmeg shell

It is the shell of cardamom. The effect of sex and taste is similar to that of cardamom, but it is neither too warm nor too light. Suitable for epigastric fullness, loss of appetite, vomiting, etc. Caused by dampness and qi stagnation. Decoct, 3 ~ 5g.