Experience with medication for the treatment of amenorrhea

When treating gynecological diseases, one must be good at both syndrome differentiation and medication. Medication is often carefully identified based on its nature, flavor, meridians, and functions. Similarities are observed and differences are sought. Based on the experience gained from predecessors, many insights and innovations are gained. The following summarizes the experience of using medication to treat amenorrhea.

Selaginella

Selaginella is pungent and warm in taste, and greenish-yellow in color. The Compendium of Materia Medica says: "It can treat blood stasis in women, alternating cold and heat, and infertility." It is pungent and warm in taste. Pungent in taste can disperse and clear the body, and warm in taste can clear the blood vessels and regulate qi and blood. It is a medicine for promoting blood circulation and menstruation. In addition, because of its greenish-yellow color, green can enter the liver, and yellow can enter the spleen. Therefore, this product can disperse stagnation, stop bleeding, and promote circulation while nourishing the body. It is an important medicine for regulating blood.

Curcuma

Curcuma zedoaria is bitter and pungent in nature, warm in nature, non-toxic, and a yin medicine in the yang. "Rihuazi Bencao" states: "It is a blood-qi medicine that can break the qi in the blood." It can break the qi in the blood, and is a key medicine for breaking the accumulation of qi and blood. It also has the function of opening up the spleen and stomach. The two medicines are often used in combination, one is a blood-qi medicine, and the other is a qi-blood medicine. The power of moving qi and activating blood circulation is doubled, so it is a key medicine for treating amenorrhea. However, because its power of breaking blood and qi is relatively strong, it can drain the true qi in the body. Therefore, in clinical syndrome differentiation and treatment, people with true qi deficiency or chronic illness and qi deficiency should never use this medicine indiscriminately, for fear that it will hurt the qi of the spleen and stomach. Even if it is used, it should be matched with qi-tonifying, blood-tonifying, spleen and stomach-tonifying medicines.

Chicken gizzard lining

There are two reasons for using chicken gizzard lining to treat amenorrhea: First, chicken gizzard lining is the stomach of a chicken, and its digestive ability is extremely strong. It can digest all kinds of stones and iron, so it is good at removing stagnation. Zhang Xichun said: "It can clear the accumulation of the spleen and stomach. No matter where there is accumulation in the internal organs, chicken gizzard lining can eliminate it. Therefore, men with mysophobia and women with lumps can be cured by taking it for a long time." It is also known that if the person has symptoms of asthenia, due to deficiency and blood stasis, there will also be stagnation in the meridians. Adding chicken gizzard lining to all tonics can not only relieve the stagnation of meridians, but also help the tonics to clear the menstruation, so it is an important medicine for treating female amenorrhea; second, chicken gizzard lining enters the spleen and stomach, and the spleen and stomach are the hubs of ascending and descending, and the source of qi and blood production. Chicken gizzard lining can digest food and remove stagnation, nourish the spleen and stomach, and help them transport and transform, so the source of transformation is sufficient, new blood can be generated, and menstrual blood will come naturally.

Soil beetle

The taste of the earthworm is salty and cold. It can treat cold and heat in the heart and abdomen, blood accumulation, breaking up hard masses, and blood retention. The earthworm is a reptile and is good at attacking cavities. Cheng Wuji said: "Salt overcomes blood. Blood accumulates below. To overcome blood, salt must be used as a prescription." Because it is salty and cold, it can enter the blood and soften hard masses. Wu Benli said: "When the old blood is exhausted, the new blood will be regenerated. If there is a number of surplus and deficits in the creation of grain, the blood vessels throughout the body will be smooth and harmonious, and there will be no disease."

According to clinical experience, it is often used in combination with Selaginella to treat amenorrhea. Selaginella is pungent and warm, while Eupolyphaga sinensis is salty and cold. One is soft and the other is dispersing, one is dynamic and the other is static. Yin and Yang are in harmony. Selaginella is used to make Yang Qi flow forward and Yin Qi arrive at the back. It is also used for its light and mild nature to activate blood circulation and dredge the menstruation. Eupolyphaga sinensis is used for its salty and cold properties to soften and break up masses, so that Qi and blood are in harmony and Ying and Wei are unobstructed. The combination of the two medicines can remove blood stasis and generate new blood, eliminate cold and heat, and harmonize the meridians.