Many people have experienced calf cramps, and once the feeling of "ache" happens, it is really a new memory. There are many reasons for calf cramps. After exercise, such as swimming and mountain climbing; Catch cold; Arteriosclerosis of lower limbs; ..... So, "Back pain and leg cramps-calcium supplementation" came into being. As we all know, as early as the Han Dynasty, Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage, invented Shaoyao Gancao Decoction to treat this kind of leg cramp, and the effect was magical.
Anyone who knows something about Chinese medicine knows that the prescription invented by Zhang Zhongjing, also known as the classic prescription, is regarded as a classic. Shaoyao Gancao Decoction is recorded in Treatise on Febrile Diseases. Now look at the original text:
Typhoid pulse floating, spontaneous sweating, dysuria, upset, slight aversion to cold, acute foot contracture, which is also the mistake of Guizhi trying to attack its exterior; For those who suffer from syncope, dry throat, irritability and vomiting, use it to make licorice and ginger soup to restore their yang; If the syncope is warmer than the foot, it is combined with Shaoyao Gancao Decoction, and the foot will stretch.
People who don't study Chinese medicine probably don't understand either. In fact, that is to say: patients with sun disease sweat more, urinate more, and have foot spasms; More urination indicates that the patient "loses body fluids", and this situation can no longer sweat; However, if Guizhi, a sweating Chinese medicine, is misused, the symptoms of body fluid loss will be more serious, the body fluid will not reach the limbs, and the hands and feet will be cold; At this time, if the patient has dry mouth, irritability and vomiting, licorice dry ginger soup can be used; The patient drank licorice and ginger soup, and his hands and feet were warm, but he didn't vomit. What should he do if his foot is still cramping? You can use Paeonia lactiflora and Glycyrrhiza decoction, and it will be relieved with your hind feet.
"Lu Jianshu" records: "Dr. Yunzhou wishes a horse for twenty years and one day. Suddenly, that kind of pain and pain is like a thorn, like a knife scraping, you can't touch it, and many doctors can't open it. A doctor thinks that it is useless to cut with a knife when there is pus. So I greeted Mr. Ying and was diagnosed. He had abdominal cramps and I didn't relax. I drank it for the peony and licorice soup, and it hurt when I drank it. " It can be seen that Shaoyao Gancao Decoction is really effective.
What are the ingredients of Paeonia lactiflora and Glycyrrhiza uralensis decoction with such magical effect? In short, there are only two kinds of Chinese medicines: Paeonia lactiflora and Glycyrrhiza uralensis, of which Paeonia lactiflora is used for Paeonia lactiflora and Glycyrrhiza uralensis is used for Radix Glycyrrhizae.
Traditional Chinese medicine theory holds that: Paeonia lactiflora is sour and cold, nourishing blood and astringing yin, softening liver and relieving pain; Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, invigorating spleen and qi, relieving pain; The combination of the two can relieve spasm and pain, because it has the effect of soothing the liver and relieving pain.
Shaoyao Gancao Decoction was originally a prescription for treating leg cramps. With the continuous practice of doctors in past dynasties, Shaoyao Gancao Decoction has been widely used in various diseases such as pain and muscle spasm, such as muscle beating (including eyelid beating), grinding teeth during sleep, gastrocnemius spasm (leg cramp) caused by blood deficiency and body fluid injury, intercostal neuralgia, stomach cramp, abdominal pain, sciatica, gynecological inflammatory abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea and so on. Clinically, Shaoyao Gancao Decoction is no longer limited to treating pain, muscle spasm and other diseases according to the syndrome.
The dosage range of Radix Paeoniae Alba is 12~60g, the most commonly used dosage is 30g, followed by 15g, 20g, 12 ~ 60g, 25g and 60g. The dosage range of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch is 3~30g, and the common dosage is 6g, 10g and 15g. The common proportions of Paeonia lactiflora and Glycyrrhiza uralensis in Paeonia lactiflora and Glycyrrhiza uralensis decoction are 2: 1 and 1: 1.
A small number of people will have headache, myasthenia, paralysis, polyuria, edema of lower limbs, general fatigue, diarrhea and other symptoms after using Paeonia lactiflora and Glycyrrhiza Decoction, so they can stop taking medicine or go to the hospital.
Reviewer: Pan, Shanghai Dermatology Hospital affiliated to Tongji University, and Deputy Director of Guangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical Society.
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