Chapter 5 Herbs That Expel Dampness
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Chapter 5 Herbs that expel dampness introduction Herbs that are fragrant,dry the dampness harmonize spleen. Functions: abreact Qi stagnation 疏畅气机、 tonify spleen and stomach, resolve dampness宣化湿浊. Dampness sticky,spleen like dryness, dislike dampness,dampness in Spleen & G in Middle Jiao—affect the functions. Symptoms…? Western medicine diseases: acute gastritis, diarrhea, dysentery, ulcer, gastroptosis etc. Main effects: 1. adjust stomach & intestines movement Herbs has essential oil. Can regulate the stomach & intestine functions. Examples: Pei lan 佩兰、Beidoukou白豆蔻 enhance the stomach & intestines tension Saren 砂仁 intestines movement Relax intestine & stomach spasm, examples: Houpe厚朴、Cangzu苍术、Saren砂仁. 2. promote the digestive function Houpe厚朴、Huoxiang广藿香、Beikou白豆 蔻、Caokou草豆蔻、Caoguo草果 have essential oil,stimulate taste Nerve-enhance digestive glands secretion. 3. anti-ulcer Cangzu苍术、Houpo厚朴、Saren砂仁 ① Protect stomach membrane Cangzu-aminohexose 氨基己糖 关苍术提取物能增加氨基己糖在胃液和粘膜中的含量 砂仁能促进胃粘膜细胞释放前列腺素 保护胃粘膜免遭许多外源性因素的损伤。 ② Inhibit gastric acid Houpo 厚朴酚 can anti-tetragastrin四肽胃泌素 & carbamylcholine氨甲酰胆碱---gastric acid Cangzu 毛苍术 selinenol β-桉叶醇 can anti- H2 receptor, anti acid. 4. Anti-microbes magnolol厚朴酚、cangzu苍术、Pogostemon 广藿香酮 can inhibit or kill G+/G- bacteria, virus, broad spectrum antibiotics. Cangzu can anti fungi, mold yeast. Houpo 厚朴(Magnolia officnalis) Components: essential oil & some alkaloids. Functions & indications Houpo厚朴 dry dampness, remove food stognation, harmonize Qi, stop wheezing. Treatment : dampness in zhongjiao (spleen & Stomach), abdominal tension, diarrhea, sputum cause wheezing. 1. Main Effects (1)regulate stomach & intestine function 厚朴 can stimulate animal intestine muscle, also can inhibit intestine spasm. (2)enhance digestive glands secretion 厚朴essential oil can stimuli taste Nerve— glands secretion in Stomach. (3)Anti-ulcer抗溃疡 厚朴 inhibit rat ulcer model , reduce the acid secretion in animal. (4)Protect liver function保肝 厚朴 protect the viral hepatitis in animal model (5)Anti-bacteria/virus抗菌抗病毒 It can suppress staphylococcus aureus, typhoid, Bacillus, Bacillus dysenteriae (6)anti-pyretic sedating action It can stop the pain caused by heat in rats 2 other effects (1)inhibit CNS and relax muscle 厚朴酚 inhibit animal methamphetamine caused-CNS excitation. 厚朴 inhibit animal hypothalamus wake up CNS. (2)inhibit platelet adhesive 厚朴酚与和厚朴酚能明显抑制胶原、花生四烯 酸所诱导的家兔血小板血浆的聚集,并抑制 ATP释放。其抑制作用与抑制血栓烷素A2 2+ (TXA2)的合成及细胞内的Ca 流动有关。 (3)anti-high Blood pressure & relax vessel muscle 厚朴碱 low BP,animal showed anti K+、Ca2+、 nonenpenephyrin caused artery contraction. Huo Xiang 藿香(Magnolia officinalis) Components: essential oil, patchouli alcohol & pogostone Function & indication: expel dampness in zhongjiao 1. stomach & intestine flu 2. acute gastroenteritis, acute colitis Effects 广藿香,open stomach stop vomiting, expel exterior damp heat。Treat damp in middle jiao. (1)induce stomach gland secretion (2)anti-microbes In vivo experiment,anti-G+/- bacteria, virus. Fungi etc Chapter 6 herbs that warm interior 温理药 Herbs can warm interior, dispersing cold, warming kidney meridian & restore collapse yang. Properties: Pungent & sweet in flavor, hot & toxic in nature; it related to heart, kidney & spleen channels. Functions: recuperating depleted yang & rescuing the patient from collapse, restoring Yang & supplementing fire as well as dispersing cold & relieveing pain. main effects 1 effects of cardiac system (1)enhance cardiac contractility强心 Strengthen cardiac contraction, increase heart , beat, output & muscle oxygen consumption volume. (2)promote cardiac frequency & inotropic conductivity Fuzi can treat arrhythmia with slow heart beat type. (3)anti-ischemia Fuzi附子、Rougui肉桂、Wuzhuyu吴茱萸 can dilute coronary vessels, increase coronary circulation, dilute brain vessels & increase brain vessel circulation. (4)improve circulation in limbs Can treat limbs very cold 四肢厥冷 (5)anti-shock Collapse syndrome & minute pulse to almost no pulse condition are similar to shock. 2 digestive effects (1)enhance stomach & intestine movement Most warm herbs has this function, Ganjiang干 姜、rougui肉桂、wuzhuyu吴茱萸、dingxiang 丁香、hujiao胡椒. Essential oil. (2)help digestion促消化 (3)anti-ulcer, stop-vomiting利胆、止吐、 抗溃疡 3 Regulate androgen 4 CNS warm meridian, stop pain. 5 Anti-pyretic, sedation summary warm herbs enhance cardiac contraction、raise BP、relax micro-vessel、 improve cardiac circulation—tonify fire/enhance Yang; anti-ulcer, regulate stomach/intestine movement, Anti-pyretic- warm stomach stop pain; Anti-ischemia--warm /regulate vessel/meridian .