202 1 Health knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine: clearing away heat and purging fire

Clearing away heat and purging fire is the key content of traditional Chinese medicine colleges' exams over the years, and the score is relatively large in the exams over the years. Students should grasp the key points in their study. Experts from Tianjin Health Talent Network summed up the key knowledge in this chapter, hoping to help the majority of candidates.

I. Conceptual characteristics

1. the concept of heat-clearing drugs: all drugs with the main effect of clearing heat and commonly used to treat internal heat syndrome are called heat-clearing drugs. This medicine is cold in nature and sinks in. Heat-clearing drugs can clear internal heat by clearing away heat and purging fire, clearing away heat and dampness, clearing away heat and toxic materials, clearing away heat and cooling blood, and clearing away deficiency heat.

2. Indications for clearing heat and purging fire: Most of these drugs are bitter cold or sweet cold. It is mainly used to treat fever entering the gas. Patients have high fever, thirst, sweating, irritability, even delirium, pulse sinking and other clinical manifestations.

Second, the specific drugs and therapeutic indications

1. Gypsum:

Efficacy: clearing away heat and purging fire, removing annoyance and quenching thirst, exercising: healing sores and promoting granulation, removing dampness and stopping bleeding.

Clinical application: ① Qi-excess-heat syndrome in fever; ② Lung heat, asthma and cough; ③ Stomach fire, toothache, headache and excess heat to quench thirst; ④ Unhealed ulcer, eczema, itching, scalding by fire and water, traumatic bleeding, etc.

2. Anemarrhena asphodeloides:

Efficacy: clearing away heat and purging fire, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels.

Clinical application: ① fever and polydipsia; ② lung heat and dry cough; ③ Bone steaming hot flashes; 4 internal heat to quench thirst; ⑤ Intestinal dryness constipation

3. reed root

Efficacy: clearing away heat and purging fire, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, relieving vexation and vomiting, diuresis, clearing away lung heat and discharging pus.

Clinical application: ① fever and polydipsia; ② Stomach heat vomiting; (3) cough due to lung heat, abscess and pus discharge; ④ heat stranguria with astringent pain

4. Trichosanthes root

Efficacy: clearing away heat and purging fire, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, reducing swelling and discharging pus.

Clinical application: ① fever and polydipsia; ② lung heat and dry cough; 3 internal heat to quench thirst; ④ pyogenic swelling and toxin

5. Prunella vulgaris

Efficacy: clearing away heat and purging fire, improving eyesight, dispersing stagnation and reducing swelling.

Clinical application: ① red eyes with swelling and pain, headache and dizziness, and red eyes with pain; 2 scrofula, warts; ③ swelling and pain of breast carbuncle

6.cassia seed

Efficacy: clearing away heat and improving eyesight, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels.

Clinical application: ① red eyes, swelling and pain, shame and tears, blurred vision; ② Headache and dizziness; ③ Intestinal dryness and constipation

7. Lophatherum gracile

Efficacy: clearing away heat and purging fire, relieving cough and diuresis.

Clinical application: ① fever and polydipsia; (2) aphtha caused by hot shower, red and astringent urine and pain.

8. Gardenia

Efficacy: purging fire and relieving annoyance, clearing heat and promoting diuresis, cooling blood and detoxicating, reducing swelling and relieving pain.

Clinical application: ① fever and upset; ② Damp-heat jaundice; ③ Blood drenching pain; ④ Vomiting due to blood heat; 5 eyes are red and swollen;

⑥ Fire ulcer

Finally, review today's knowledge points through an example.

The efficacy of cassia seed is:

A. clearing away heat and purging fire, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness B. promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, reducing swelling and discharging pus.

C. clearing away heat and purging fire, relieving cough, D. clearing away heat and improving eyesight, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels.

E. purging fire to relieve annoyance, clearing away heat and promoting diuresis

Answer D. Analysis: This question examines the efficacy of cassia seed, clearing away heat and improving eyesight, and relaxing bowels; Clearing heat and purging fire, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness are the effects of Anemarrhena asphodeloides. The effect of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, reducing swelling and expelling pus is trichosanthin; Clearing heat and purging fire and relieving cough are the effects of bamboo leaves; Purging fire to relieve annoyance, clearing heat and promoting diuresis are the effects of gardenia. So ABCE was wrong. The correct answer is option D.