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Epiphyllum "returns yang and saves the body," but why do old Chinese doctors say it should be used with caution?

Epiphyllum is a Chinese herb that can directly save a person's life, but even old Chinese doctors are more cautious when using epiphyllum, and their hearts are at ease for fear of some life-threatening problems.What kind of herb is epiphyllum? It can make those who have experience have something to worry about, after listening to the old evil, perhaps you know exactly why.

Epiphyllum is a warm and hot product.According to the "Medical Qiyuan", it is "subsidizing the deficiency of yang qi, warming the spleen and stomach", since it is a warming medicine, it is naturally effective in treating some diseases related to "cold", and it is also effective in treating some diseases related to "cold".For example, cold pain in the heart and abdomen, deficiency cold syndrome and cold-dampness paralysis pain, etc..

Epiphyllum can save lives.

I have a basis for saying that epiphyllum saves lives.The main effect of epiphyllum is to restore yang and save the body.Warmth and heat are yang, put another wayThe epiphyllum can help the yang.Therefore, it is very effective for cold caused by Yang deficiency in disease is very effective, and to return Yang to save the reverse is also to help Yang in the one of the following.

When do I have to return to the sun to save my life?You need to do this when you're in a yin-cold internal condition and you're critically ill.At this time, the person is already very sick, with little yang energy left, cold hands and feet and a weak pulse. pulse is weak, and is close to death.This is the time to use the epiphyllum, and perhaps extend the time slightly, and whether it can be brought back from the the brink of death is pulled back, depending on how good the medical skills are.

There is no denying that appendicitis still gives hope for life, as Fang Xian in the Ming Dynasty used a formula called "Appendicitis Tang", which is suitable for those who have a stroke and want to die, can't speak, and can't even open their eyes.

Why use caution

Doctors prescribe epiphyllums with some concern for several reasons:

1. The epiphyllum is actually highly toxic.It's the aconitine ingredient in it that causes people to be poisoned.Once poisoned, you may experience vomiting, abdominal pain, difficulty breathing, and panic attacks. In severe cases, it can be fatal.Since epiphyllum is really effective, it can only be taken in a controlled dosage and prolonged decoction to solve the problem, usually it has to be first decocted for two hours before it can be used, while doctors are worried that the prescribed the dosage is on the high side and cause poisoning.

2. The use of epiphyllum is feared to cause other diseases.Epiphyllum is a great heat herb, which means that the warmth is stronger than other herbs.If the epiphyllum is prescribed, the patient initially has no problem with the medicine problem, but the body's yin and yang are constantly changes, in case after a few days the body becomes a state of yin deficiency and yang exuberance, then the presence of the epiphyllum makes the condition Yang state, then the presence of the epiphyllum makes the condition aggravated, and the yin deficiency becomes even more deficient, which are all possible This is all possible.

3. it is feared that the patient will not be able to decoct first, the decoction time is too short, and the improper way of using the medicine leads to the poisoning.

In short, epiphyllums are good herbs, and this is based on the fact that doctors will use them for their medicinal effects.As epiphyllum is very hot and poisonous, there is a lot of care to be taken in the administration ofThat's why even veteran herbalists have to be careful when dealing with epiphyllum.

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Epiphyllum and aconite are of the same origin, the whole tuberous root (mother root) is called aconite, and the cotyledon that occurs from the mother root is called epiphyllum. The spices are pungent, sweet and hot, with a strong odor and strong smell, and can lead the gas medicine to the twelve meridians, lead the blood medicine into the blood, and trigger the dispersing medicine to open the couper. Compared with the use of aconite is wider, more used to strengthen the fire of the vital organs, and long in the warm kidney dispersal of cold. For example, the medicinal pills with epiphyllum used to treat Yang deficiency of the spleen and stomach, sinking cold cold; four reverse soup with epiphyllum to restore Yang to save the reverse, warming the middle and stopping diarrhea; licorice and epiphyllum soup to treat the paralysis of cold and dampness, pain in the joints. Both Radix et Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori and Radix et Rhizoma Ginger can warm the interior of the body.

There are more drugs that are compatible with epiphyllum, and it is generally believed that it should not be used in the same way as semicarpal, guayule, baiyan, bletilla, and bechamel.

The epiphyllum is warm and hot, and can be used for people with deficiency cold or cold-dampness. Therefore, the use of epiphyllum will aggravate the symptoms of external wind-heat, internal solid heat, yin deficiency, fire and blood-heat, and so on.

Epiphyllum is poisonous, and must be used as a concoction for internal use. The concoction and decoction of epiphyllum can reduce its toxicity, so it must be boiled for a long time when it is used in soups. Therefore, when using epiphyllum in soup, from soaking to decoction, it should be done strictly according to the doctor's requirements.

Since there are more medicines that are compatible with epiphyllum and the requirements for decoction are high, epiphyllum should be used with caution and the dosage should be controlled even if it is used.

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Chinese medicine is the idea of treating the human body with the bias of the bias of the drug must be dialectic first after the use of drugs, drugs must know the nature of the drug. But can not accurately dialectic know the nature of the medicine doctors have a large number, not to mention less medical knowledge of the ordinary people, so the old Chinese doctor said to be cautious, not for a flavor of the medicines with the other medicine is also so.

Famous old Chinese medicine teacher Li Ke, broke the heart to save the soup, reuse the epiphyllum to save a lot of critically ill patients, so that the patient back from the dead, rumored. Mr. Li said that the main thing is to use the right medication for the right condition, and if the right condition is present, there will be no poisoning. Typhoid fever in the prescription, epiphyllum are not the first decoction for a long time. How to use appendicitis, modern also has a lot of controversy, many doctors are recommended to decoct for a long time to remove the toxicity, but some of the famous old Chinese medicine is to utilize the toxicity of appendicitis to save people's lives.

Epiphyllum is very good Chinese medicine, biased treatment, not for every patient. [Prayer] [Prayer] [Prayer] especially ginseng and auxiliary soup can be brought back to life formula, [Prayer] [Prayer] [Prayer] modern Chinese medicine has been reformed, [Prayer] [Prayer] [Prayer] into a kind of ginseng and auxiliary injections is good [Prayer] [Prayer] [Prayer] [Prayer] [Prayer] [Prayer] [Prayer] [Prayer] [Prayer]

Chinese medicine practitioners who know how to use epiphyllum (cooked) will not use large quantities or super large quantities because epiphyllum goes on strings and does not guard, and the spouse must use quiet and guarding medicines that are small in quantity but effective.

For those who do not understand and love to standardize, it will be used in large doses, not only poor efficacy, but also is easy to cause poisoning.

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