The effect of fluid-enhancing porridge

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Ingredients: 1 liang of Yuanshen, 8 qian of Ophiopogon japonicus (including the heart), 8 qian of Rehmannia glutinosa.

Efficacy: Nourishes yin and clears away heat, moistens the intestines and promotes bowel movements.

Indications: Yangming febrile disease, lack of body fluid, constipation, thirst, dry and red tongue, thin and slightly rapid pulse or deep and weak pulse.

Dosage and Administration: Use 8 cups of water and boil to get 3 cups. If you feel dry in your mouth, drink it all. No more should be taken.

Discussions by various schools: 1. Treatise on Warm Diseases: Warm diseases with constipation are characterized by a semi-deficiency and semi-excess syndrome of yin deficiency and fluid depletion. Yuanshen is used as the main herb in the recipe. It is bitter, salty and slightly cold, which can strengthen water and control fire, promote defecation and urination, and activate kidney water to rise to the sky; Ophiopogon japonicus is used to treat qi stagnation in the heart and abdomen, and can nourish, moisten and circulate, so it is used as an auxiliary herb; Shengdi is also used to treat cold and heat accumulation, and expel blood stasis. The fine herb is used because it is nourishing but not greasy, and can also move the collaterals. The combination of the three can achieve the effect of increasing water and moving boats.

2. "Pharmacology": In the formula, Scrophularia ningpoensis nourishes yin and produces fluid, clears heat and moistens dryness; Radix Ophiopogonis nourishes fluid and moistens dryness; Radix Rehmanniae nourishes yin and clears heat. The combination of the three herbs has the effect of increasing fluid and moistening dryness.