“World” says new words when idioms meet Chinese medicine
The ancient style prevails, and the national tide rises one after another. When idioms meet traditional Chinese medicine, what kind of sparks will they collide? In order to promote the inheritance of traditional Chinese medicine culture, Dr. Hu said the series of traditional Chinese medicine specially launched the “World” column, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine theory, to re-excavate the value and connotation of traditional Chinese medicine idioms, and to share the stories behind the idioms and health preservation methods, so that readers can feel different. The same Chinese medicine culture.
fabricated according to the law
fabricated according to the law, a familiar idiom. What is the preparation of Chinese medicine? Why is Chinese medicine concocted? What does it have to do with Chinese medicine? Let’s get to know one or two.
[Source] Song Shi Xiaoying’s “Luohu Yelu·Zhantang Zhun Master·Paozhi Lun”: “Ruoke is based on this book. Ming Dynasty The physical nature of medicine. It has to be solved in the same way.”. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a monk named Wenya in Huiri Temple in Lushan. In his book Zen Materia Medica, he compared Buddhist Zen to a single medicine, which can cure various diseases in the world and make people live forever. Wen Ya, a fellow disciple named Wen Zhun, also wrote an article called “Pao Zhi Lun”, which uses the addition of Chinese herbal medicine as a metaphor for the method of cultivation.
What is “Chinese medicine processing”?
Traditional Chinese medicine processing is actually a traditional pharmaceutical technology.
The processing rule of traditional Chinese medicine is formulated according to the traditional theory of traditional Chinese medicine. To put it simply, it is to process the raw medicinal materials into suitable Chinese herbal medicine pieces through various methods, so that the medicinal effect of Chinese medicine can be properly exerted and used properly.
The purpose of traditional Chinese medicine processing
The purpose of traditional Chinese medicine processing is to improve the clinical effect of traditional Chinese medicine, and to ensure the quality and Medication safety. Specifically, it can be understood from the following aspects:
1. Let the Chinese herbal decoction pieces reach a certain clarity and purity standard.
The sources of traditional Chinese medicine include animals, plants, minerals, etc., and are often mixed with other impurities and non-medicinal parts. For example, some medicinal materials with roots often have sediment and residual stems, which will affect the clinical dosage. Therefore, it is necessary to clean the medicinal materials before using them to make them reach a certain degree of purity, so as to ensure the accuracy of clinical dosage.
2. Eliminate or reduce the toxic and side effects of traditional Chinese medicine.
“It is a medicine with three poisons”, the composition of a single traditional Chinese medicine is complex, some of which may have strong physiological effects on the human body, and even have toxic effects, such as the famous poisonous drug aconitum. I once heard that some people made their own wine, including Shengchuanwu and Shengcaowu, and they ended up drinking themselves in the hospital. The reason is that its toxic ingredient, aconitine, must undergo repeated heating and processing such as rinsing, cooking, etc., so that aconitine is hydrolyzed into less toxic aconitine, and then aconitine, which is less toxic. It basically reaches the standard of safe oral administration.
3. Change and enhance the inherent medicinal properties of TCM decoction pieces to improve the medical effect.
The magic of traditional Chinese medicine is that the same medicinal material can have different medicinal effects after different processing. Such as Rehmannia glutinosa, raw Rehmannia glutinosa is sweet, cold, and has the effect of nourishing yin and cooling blood. If raw Rehmannia glutinosa is steamed to mature Rehmannia glutinosa, its nature and taste become sweet and slightly warm, which has the effect of nourishing yin and nourishing blood.
4. Adapt to the preparation of traditional Chinese medicine preparations and the storage of traditional Chinese medicines.
Traditional Chinese medicine decoction is often used to treat diseases in daily life. In order to meet the needs of various formulations, it is also common to process Chinese medicinal materials such as crushing, calcining, and ironing. In addition, the production and supply of traditional Chinese medicine also needs to go through a certain storage period. After processing, it can achieve the effect of killing insects and microorganisms, so as to prevent the traditional Chinese medicine pieces from being affected by mildew or insect damage during the storage period.
Concocted, the blood rivers and lakes of traditional Chinese medicine
Our country is vast and rich in products, giving birth to its own unique customs. The so-called “one side of the water and soil raises one side of the people”, the differences in regional climate, cultural background, resource allocation, medication habits, etc., make different regions have their own set of processing theories and systems, and also form processing gangs with local characteristics. Such as Beijing Gang, Zhang Gang, Jianchang Gang, Sichuan Gang and so on. Therefore, in the “Jianghu” of traditional Chinese medicine, there is a situation in which all major “schools” are blooming.
The Lingnan area is hot and humid all the year round, and the medicine should not be too dry, so the frying method is less used to process the medicinal materials. The steaming method is the most distinctive and extensive processing method of Lingnan traditional Chinese medicine processing techniques, such as steamed dried tangerine peel, steamed Schisandra (steamed), cooked Codonopsis (steamed), etc. There are also steaming with wine, vinegar and other auxiliary materials and steaming after fermentation, etc. A steaming process.
Beijing gang has inherited and carried forward the traditional Chinese medicine processing experience and characteristics of the two places of Beijing and Tianjin. , although the taste is expensive, you must not dare to reduce the material resources.” The ancient adage has its own characteristics in cooking and the use of accessories.
“The white peony flies to the sky, the wood is invisible, the dried tangerine peel is a line, and the citrus shell and water hyacinth slices…” are all specially made by Jiangxi Zhangbang.color technique. Zhangbang has a long history of traditional Chinese medicine culture, is good at knife craftsmanship, and has a full effect of medicine.
The Jianchang Gang, collectively known as the “Jiangxi Gang” together with the Zhang Gang, began to engage in traditional Chinese medicine as early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Also quite famous.
Sichuan is known as the “Valley of Natural Medicine”.
In addition, there are also traditional Chinese medicine processing techniques such as Henan.
Traditional Chinese medicine is a huge river and lake, and each of the major “sects” have their own magical powers. They all adhere to the self-discipline spirit of “cultivation is unseen, and intentions are known”, and they dedicate themselves to ensuring the clinical efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine. blood.
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