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The new coronavirus (Covid19) is raging around the world. What traditional Chinese medicines can fight the virus?

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Big belly skin: scoop-shaped yellow-gray hard shell with longitudinal fibers and light weight

With the ups and downs of the epidemic, the new coronavirus has had a serious impact on our daily lives and changed our living habits. Relatives and friends around us have been affected to some extent. However, plagues have appeared many times throughout human history. And human medicine has also made great progress. The plague in the late Eastern Han Dynasty gave birth to the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing, who left a classic work “Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases”, which saved countless people. The plague in the late Ming Dynasty gave birth to a great medical doctor. Wu Youke left behind the classic work “Treatise on Warm Epidemics”, which for the first time explained that the cause of illness is caused by hostility, which made the entire human medicine a big step forward. These treatment methods have also provided us with Many treasures have been left behind by future generations. Therefore, in this viral infection, we can also search for the wisdom of the ancients in the huge database of traditional Chinese medicine.

In the Heluo Pharmacopoeia(http://en.whatsintcm.com/) database, search using viruses as keywords, you can see that many prescriptions are related to viruses, including Guizhi Thickened Apricot Soup, Fangfeng Tongsheng Powder, Dingchuantang, Zhigancao Soup, Xinjia Xiangzhi Drink, Da Yuan Yin, Guizhi Tang, Zhenshi Guntan Pills, Shensu Yin, Maxing Yigan Tang, Mahuang Tang, Puji Twenty-two kinds of disinfectant drink, Jiuwei Qianghuo decoction, Pueraria lobata, Scutellaria baicalensis and Coptidis decoction, Yinqiao powder, Qianjin Neituo powder, Wuwei disinfectant drink, Sanao decoction, Cimicifuga Puerariae decoction, Shengxian decoction, Sini powder, Baihu decoction, etc. The prescription results include some commonly used prescriptions. This time we will first introduce the special medicinal materials of Dayuan Yin. This prescription is composed of seven herbs: betel nut, magnolia bark, grass nut kernel, anemarrhena, peony, skullcap, and licorice. It was created in the Ming Dynasty. It was created by Wu Youke, a great physician, and recorded in his “Treatise on Warm Epidemics”. Betel nut is mainly used to remove Lingnan miasma, while Magnolia officinalis can break the evil qi, and grass nut kernels are used to remove evil spirits. These three herbs work together to directly reach their nests, causing the evil qi to collapse and leave the membrane quickly, so it is called Da. Original drink. It is clinically used to treat gastrointestinal cold caused by damp-heat resistance, which causes fluctuating cold and heat that persists for days, fullness in the chest and epigastrium, vomiting, or loose stools.

In the Heluo Pharmacopoeia(http://en.whatsintcm.com/) database, search using viruses as keywords, you can see that many prescriptions are related to viruses, including Guizhi Thickened Apricot Soup, Fangfeng Tongsheng Powder, Dingchuantang, Zhigancao Soup, Xinjia Xiangzhi Drink, Da Yuan Yin, Guizhi Tang, Zhenshi Guntan Pills, Shensu Yin, Maxing Yigan Tang, Mahuang Tang, Puji Twenty-two kinds of disinfectant drink, Jiuwei Qianghuo decoction, Pueraria lobata, Scutellaria baicalensis and Coptidis decoction, Yinqiao powder, Qianjin Neituo powder, Wuwei disinfectant drink, Sanao decoction, Cimicifuga Puerariae decoction, Shengxian decoction, Sini powder, Baihu decoction, etc. The prescription results include some commonly used prescriptions. This time we will first introduce the special medicinal materials of Dayuan Yin. This prescription is composed of seven herbs: betel nut, magnolia bark, grass nut kernel, anemarrhena, peony, skullcap, and licorice. It was created in the Ming Dynasty. It was created by Wu Youke, a great physician, and recorded in his “Treatise on Warm Epidemics”. Betel nut is mainly used to remove Lingnan miasma, while Magnolia officinalis can break the evil qi, and grass nut kernels are used to remove evil spirits. These three herbs work together to directly reach their nests, causing the evil qi to collapse and leave the membrane quickly, so it is called Da. Original drink. It is clinically used to treat gastrointestinal cold caused by damp-heat resistance, which causes fluctuating cold and heat that persists for days, fullness in the chest and epigastrium, vomiting, or loose stools.

Although Taiwanese society generally has a negative perception of areca nut, the products sold Betel nut contains red ash or white ash, which accelerates the chance of causing cancer. However, according to research by Lin Fuji, a researcher at Academia Sinica, Master Xuanzang in the Tang Dynasty often ate betel nuts at Nalanda Temple in India. The literary giants of the Tang and Song Dynasties, Han Yu, Su Dongpo, and Ming Dynasty agents The great master Zhu Xi is a betel nut person, and in some traditional celebrations, betel nuts are also given to guests to bring peace and health. And Betel nut is a traditional Chinese medicine that has been used for thousands of years, and its medicinal effects are obvious to all. However, you should also be careful when using it, and do not overdose and cause harm to the body.

Original medicinal material of betel nut: cone-shaped. Yellow-brown. Flat bottom and concave middle. Strong and not brittle.
Betel nut slices: brown and white marble pattern, called betel nut pattern
Concocted Charred Betel Nut Slices

[Image provided] Professor Zhang Xianzhe’s “Illustrated Book of Authentic Medicinal Materials” http://en.whatsintcm.com

【About the Author】

Chen Dazhen

Education: China Medical University, PhD, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Current position: Assistant Researcher, Medical Intelligence Center, Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University

Member of the National Traditional Chinese Medicine School Common Textbook Compilation Committee, Chinese Medicine Discipline

Distinguished Lecturer, Industrial Research Institute

Post-baccalaureate Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Part-time Lecturer

Department of Pharmacy, Jianan University of Pharmacy, Adjunct Assistant Professor

Heluo Pharmacopoeia www.whatsinTCM.com Co-founder

Areca nuts sold in supermarkets in portable packaging
Betel nut: The left side contains the peel, the top is the whole betel nut, and the bottom is the cut betel nut Provided by Dr. Chen Dazhen