In the hot summer, all kinds of herbal teas began to fill everyone's field of vision. Due to the hot and humid climate in summer, it is easy to cause gastrointestinal disorders, and some people are addicted to spicy and heavy food, which will inevitably cause symptoms such as mouth and tongue sores, sore throat, and poor appetite. However, some people who do not leave the herbal tea gradually have symptoms such as decreased appetite and diarrhea, which are the consequences of improper "fire".
Fat sea
Due to the miraculous effect of Fat Dahai to clear the throat, related health foods are also widely liked by everyone, such as Fat Dahai lozenges, Fat Dahai Throat Clearing Candy, etc. At present, the application of Fat Dahai is mainly the research and development of throat clearing and corresponding health foods, and other medicinal uses are less. Among them, the fat sea herbal tea in summer is also the most familiar one for ordinary people.
The commonly used raw materials for herbal teas such as chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, and fat sea are all 101 kinds of medicinal and edible traditional Chinese medicines stipulated in the "Administrative Measures for the Catalogue of Substances that are Both Food and Chinese Medicinal Materials in Accordance with Tradition" issued by the Health and Family Planning Commission. Although the medicinal materials for both medicine and food are relatively safe and will not cause immediate adverse consequences, if they are taken in excess of the amount, or even every day, they will also have more or less an impact on the balance and physiological functions of the body.
How to use fat sea in Chinese medicine
Fat sea is the dried and mature seeds of the Sycamore family plant Fat Sea, because it will swell up when soaked in water, so it is called Fat Sea. The earliest record of Fat Dahai is Zhao Xuemin's "Compendium of Materia Medica" in the Qing Dynasty, which records many traditional Chinese medicines that are not included in the "Compendium of Materia Medica", including cinchona, fat sea and other foreign medicines.
Fat sea is sweet, cold, returns to the lungs and large intestine meridians, has the effect of clearing heat and moistening the lungs, relieving pharynx and detoxifying, moistening the intestines and laxative, and is used to treat lung heat and hoarseness, dry cough without phlegm, dry throat, hot knots, constipation, headache and other symptoms. Modern clinical practice is mainly used in the following three aspects.
Pharyngeal disease
The sore throat is mostly caused by throat heat poisoning or lung heat, and the treatment is mainly to clear the throat heat poison and clear the lung heat. Fat sea cold, acting on the lung meridian, good at clearing the throat, and can clear the lung heat, so it is very suitable for the treatment of sore throat. Whether it is used alone to make tea or combined with other traditional Chinese medicines that clear away heat and detoxify, and benefit the throat, it is very effective.
Fat Dahai can not only clear the throat, but also be good at opening the throat, which is used to treat hoarseness and even aphonia, whether it is acute or chronic.
Lung fever, dry cough
Wind and heat in the lungs or evil heat in the lungs will cause coughing, yellow and sticky phlegm; Dryness hurts the lungs, lung loss or lung yin deficiency can cause dry cough with little phlegm and no phlegm. Fat sea can not only clear lung heat but also moisten lung dryness, so it can be used to treat lung fever or dry cough.
Dry stools
Fat sea is a cold product, and it is also attributed to the large intestine meridian, which has the effect of clearing the intestine and laxative, so it can be used for constipation and poor defency caused by heat accumulation in the large intestine.
In traditional Chinese medicine, throat sounds are mainly regulated by the lungs. If the lung qi is sufficient, the lung yin is moisturized, and the lungs' propaganda function is normal, the voice is loud, the sound quality is crisp and moist, and the pronunciation is long-lasting; On the contrary, whether it is an external evil offender in the lungs, the lung qi is not declared, or the lung qi is insufficient, or the lung yin is deficient, the throat is not nourished, it will lead to throat dysphonia, which can be hoarse at least and lose voice at worst.
Fat sea can moisten the lungs, improve the pharynx, open the voice, no matter what the cause of hoarseness, loss of voice, can be compatible with other drug treatment. For example, it is compatible with licorice to treat sore throat, with cicada to treat aphonia due to lung qi deficiency, with astragalus membranaceus and codonopsis to treat hoarseness and aphonia due to lung qi deficiency, and with wheat dong and radix radix to treat hoarseness and aphonia due to lung yin deficiency.
According to reports, Shen Bofan, a famous doctor in Changzhou, Jiangsu, once used Fat Dahai to treat Mei Lanfang's aphasia: Peking Opera performance artist Mei Lanfang suffered from aphrodisia for a certain year, and had been treated by doctors for repeated ineffective treatments.
How to take Fat Sea scientifically
Because of the obvious effect of fat sea throat, many people regard it as the first choice of medicine for throat discomfort. Whether it is throat discomfort caused by dry climate, throat discomfort caused by excessive throat use, or chronic pharyngitis caused by long-term smoking, Fat Dahai is used to treat, and even Fat Dahai is used as a medicinal tea for a long time, but it is not known that Fat Dahai has a small poison, and long-term drinking will cause a burden on the liver and kidneys, and may also cause discomfort such as loose stool, reduced diet, and chest tightness. Modern pharmacology has proved that Fat Sea has the following main effects.
Laxative effect
Gentle laxative effect, the mechanical stimulation produced by the fat sea after taking it internally will cause an increase in reflex intestinal peristalsis, which will cause diarrhea. People with a bad stomach should not take it for a long time.
Antihypertensive effect
Intravenous injection, intramuscular injection or oral administration of fat sea kernel (defatted dry powder) in dogs and cats can significantly reduce blood pressure, and its hypotensive principle is related to the center. If a person with normal or low blood pressure takes Fat Sea for a long time, there may be a risk of low blood pressure.
Analgesic effect
Fat sea water immersion extract has certain diuretic and analgesic effects, and has no local irritating effect. The mechanism of this is not yet known, but it is certain that if it inhibits the center and produces a pain-relieving effect, long-term use of Fat Sea is also potentially dangerous.
Elevated blood sugar
The outer layer of the fat sea seed contains astragalus muscosus, and the peel contains galactose, pentose and other components. Diabetics must be careful not to cause blood sugar to rise due to excessive intake.
anaphylaxis
Clinically, allergic reactions caused by fat seas can be life-threatening in severe cases. If this happens, you must go to the hospital immediately.
When taking Fat Dahai, we should pay attention to the scientific dosage, Fat Dahai is excreted of its toxicity through the kidneys and liver, and overdose of Fat Dahai will bring a burden to the kidneys and liver; It can also cause weakness of the spleen and stomach, resulting in diarrhea, reduced diet, chest tightness, body emaciation, etc., and people with bad stomach will be more obvious; In addition, due to the cold nature of the fat sea, women should also use it with caution during menstruation to avoid causing dysmenorrhea.
Of course, if the wind, heat and cold cause dry cough without phlegm, sore throat and hoarseness, chronic pharyngitis, constipation and other symptoms, you really need to take Fat Dahai, you can use 3 ~ 5 pieces of Fat Dahai every day, add 3 grams of licorice, boil water to drink instead of tea, it is advisable to drink for 3 ~ 5 days, preferably no more than 6 days, to the limit of disease removal, and there is no need to drink it again. If there is no effect after 3 ~ 5 days, you should see a doctor. Take Fat Sea when it is effective, and should not be used as a health drink or tea for a long time.
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