Dumb people eat coptis chinensis, but they can't say how bitter it is. When can they use Rhizoma Coptidis? On the wonderful use of coptis chinensis in traditional Chinese medicine

There is an old saying in China: "Dumb people can't tell when they eat Rhizoma Coptidis." When he mentioned Rhizoma Coptidis, we all had an impression that it must be extremely bitter. Indeed, it ranks in the forefront of the list of bitterness in traditional Chinese medicine, and when he chews Rhizoma Coptidis, his saliva can be dyed red and yellow, hence the name.

However, a good medicine tastes bitter and is good for the disease. Chinese medicine has used coptis root to treat diseases for at least 2000 years. As early as Shennong Materia Medica, Rhizoma Coptidis was listed as a top-grade medicinal material, saying that it "cures heat, red eyes, tears, eyesight, abdominal pain, diarrhea and swelling and pain in women's vagina." Long service is unforgettable. "

When to use coptis chinensis?

1. palpitation and insomnia, fidgety and delirious.

2. Epicardial resentment, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea.

3. The red tongue is old, dry and watery, and the tongue coating is yellow and greasy.

Coptis chinensis is a commonly used heat-clearing and purging gunpowder in traditional Chinese medicine, which can clear away heart fire, stomach fire, liver fire, damp heat and toxic heat. Inflammation of heart fire can cause high fever and bleeding, delirium, forgetfulness and madness, irritability and insomnia, and erosion of tongue and mouth. Excessive stomach fire can cause halitosis, aphtha, gingival swelling and pain, polydipsia and thirst, restless mood, noisy hunger, excessive liver fire and so on.

Traditional Chinese medicine says that Coptis chinensis is good at removing annoyance and has a good effect on irritability, insomnia, palpitation, anxiety and insanity.

Coptidis Rhizoma and Scutellariae Radix can be used together to relieve the pain of fullness, stagnation and qi stagnation in gastric cavity. Can be combined with Radix Rehmanniae and Gypsum Fibrosum for treating diabetes. Pulsatilla can cure dysentery. Rhubarb and Scutellaria baicalensis can treat epistaxis.

Coptis chinensis is good at treating heat, abdominal pain, diarrhea, acute diarrhea, anal burning, sticky stool or mucus or blood.

There are 12 prescriptions using coptis root in Treatise on Febrile Diseases, among which Huanglian decoction can treat abdominal pain and vomiting without vomiting; Banxia Xiexin Decoction can be used to treat dysphoria, fullness under the heart and vomiting. Xiaoxinxiong decoction can treat "chest obstruction" with pain under the heart and slippery pulse; Huanglian Ejiao decoction can cure the "shaoyin syndrome" which is annoying in the heart and can't lie down.

There are also many prescriptions using coptis chinensis in later generations. For example, Huanglian Jiedu Decoction can cure epistaxis caused by vomiting blood due to excess heat, Xianglian Pill can cure dysentery, Liansu Drink can stop vomiting, Zuojin Pill can cure hypochondriac pain, and Jiaotai Pill can cure anxiety and insomnia. Modern research has also proved that Coptis chinensis has good antibacterial, antidiarrheal, anti-inflammatory and antihypertensive effects.