Posts Tagged "middle-jiao"

Classify of painkiller

Warming the middle jiao and disperse cold medicine: monkshood, made aconite, fructus evodiae, galangal, mountain spicy tree fruit, rhizome kaempferiae. These can cure bellyache caused by evil cold pathogeny.

Regulating vital energy painkiller: rhizome cyperi, elecampane, citrus chirocarpus, kamuning, the root of three-nerved spicebush, Foeniculum vulgare, skin of citron, rhizoma nardostachyos, aspongopus, caulis perllae, turmeric, radix bupleuri, semen litchi, fructus amomi.

Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis painkiller: Ligusticum wallichii, root of common peony, Angelica sinensis, corydalis tuber, radix curcumae, turmeric, red flower, lignum dalbergiae odoriferae, raw pollen typhae, rhizoma sparganii, curcuma zedoary, frankincense, myrrh, trogopterus dung, Sappanwood, native copper, the root of red-rooted salvia, Artemisia anomala, dragon’s blood. Read more…

Zusanli

Zusanli is one of the main acupuncture points of stomach channel of  foot yangming. It is a main point for strengthening body and mind. As traditional Chinese medicine thought that massage Zusanli can adjust immunity, enhance ability of disease-resistant, take care of stomach and spleen, tonify middle-jiao and qi, clear and activate the channels and collaterals, dispel wind and defuse eczema, strengthen body resistance and eliminate evil.

It is at the anterolateral of shank, 3 cun below Dubi, one finger wide (wide of middle finger) from leading edge of shin bone. It is sea acupoint of stomach channel of foot yangming, and the lower he sea acupoint of stomach.

Why it called Zusanli in Chinese medicine? Sanli (the three inner) means take care of top, middle, and bottom. Stomach is on the top of belly, so when feel gasteremphraxis and stomachache we should take care of the top. Read more…

Sword bean

Synopsis: sword bean is the seed of sword bean which belongs to leguminosae plant. It can also be called carrying sword bean, sworder bean, big sword bean, guan sword bean and so on.

Function: warm the middle jiao, do good to kidney and nourishing yuanqi.

Indication: cold weakness of spleen and stomach, hiccup, vomit, abdominal distension, diarrhea and so on. And it can cure weakness of kidney yang, waist pain, fearing cold and cold in limb, pale in face and so on.

Sticky Rice

Synopsis: sticky rice is the seed of paddy which belongs to gramineous plants. It is also called yuan rice or glutinous rice in ancient times.

Function: it can tonify middle-Jiao and Qi, make spleen healthy and make stomach warm, strengthen exterior and reduce sweat.

Indication: deficient cold of spleen and stomach, gastric disorder causing nausea, eat less, diarrhea and so on. It can also cure weak ness of exterior of stomach, spontaneous perspiration, hidrosis and chronic diseases of digestive system.

Diabetes In Chinese Medicine

Diabetes is a disease with the symptoms of drinking much, eatting much, pee much and weigh less.

In Chinese medicine, it is connected with drinking and eatting too much fat and meat, which makes middle-jiao too hot. That means our body is in bad condition. Another reason is that if people are too angry or too depressed, it can make body in disorder, too. Still, too many sexy activities are bad to our health. That can lead to the deficiency of kidney essence, tough it looks all right, our body is already weaker and weaker.

Yin deficiency and dry and hot is associated with each other. If body fluid lose much, it will definitely turn  to Yin deficiency and as time went by, Yang deficiency will occur sooner or later.

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