Pinellia ternata – banxia

Pinellia ternata
[Medicinal use] The tuber of the herbaceous plant Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Breit. of the Araceae family.
[Nature and flavor and meridians] Spicy, warm and toxic. Enters the spleen and stomach meridians.
[Effects] Drying dampness and resolving phlegm, eliminating lumps and dispersing knots, and relieving nausea and vomiting.
[Clinical application] 1. Used for cough with phlegm.
Pinellia ternata is dry in nature and has the function of resolving phlegm. The phlegm it resolves is mainly phlegm that is formed by the spleen failing to resolve dampness. It is an important medicine for treating damp phlegm. It is suitable for symptoms such as phlegm stagnation, cough and qi reversal. It is often used in combination with dried tangerine peel, Poria cocos, etc.; for cough with phlegm, it is often used in combination with Fritillaria. Because of its warm nature, it can also be used to treat cold phlegm, and it is suitable to be used with white mustard seeds, ginger, etc.; because of its good phlegm-resolving power, it can also treat hot phlegm and wind phlegm. For hot phlegm, it can be used in combination with Trichosanthes kirilowii, Scutellaria baicalensis, etc.; for wind phlegm, it is suitable to be used in combination with Arisaema consanguineum, etc.
2. Used for chest and abdominal distension, chest pain, chest congestion and other symptoms.
Pinellia has the functions of pungent, dispersing, warming, resolving phlegm, and drying dampness, so it can be used for phlegm obstruction, chest and abdominal distension, and can be used with tangerine peel, Poria cocos, etc.; if cold and heat are combined, it can be used with Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, dried ginger, etc., which can achieve the effects of pungent, bitter, dispersing, and removing distension (such as Banxia Xiexin Decoction). In addition, it is often used for chest pain, and is used with Trichosanthes kirilowii, Allium macrostemon, etc.; for chest congestion, it can be used with Trichosanthes kirilowii, Coptis chinensis, etc.
3. Used for galls, scrofula, sores, swelling and pain, plum pit qi and other symptoms.
Pinellia can also resolve phlegm and dissipate stagnation, and can be used to treat galls, scrofula, phlegm nodules, yin carbuncle swelling and pain caused by phlegm and dampness, or plum pit qi caused by phlegm and qi. It can be used with seaweed, Phellodendron chinense, Fritillaria thunbergii, etc. to treat galls, scrofula, phlegm nodules. For those with unruptured carbuncle, you can grind raw pinellia with raw arisaema, mix with vinegar and apply externally, which has the effect of dispersing nodules and reducing swelling. For treating plum pit qi, you can use it with magnolia bark, perilla and the like.
4. Used for stomach qi reversal, nausea and vomiting.
Pinellia has a good effect of reducing reversal and stopping vomiting, and can be used for a variety of vomiting symptoms. When using it, it should be used in different combinations according to different symptoms. For example, for treating stomach cold vomiting, you can use ginger or patchouli, cloves and other products; for treating stomach heat vomiting, you can use coptis chinensis, bamboo shavings and other medicines; for treating pregnancy vomiting, you can use stove heart soil and other products; for treating stomach deficiency vomiting, you can use ginseng and white honey.
In addition, it can be used with sorghum rice to treat stomach disharmony and insomnia, and it can be used with sulfur to treat kidney yang deficiency and bowel disorders.
[Prescription name] Processed Pinellia, Ginger Pinellia (pickled with alum powder and ginger juice, rinsed and dried), Raw Pinellia (used raw, poisonous, mainly for external use)
[General dosage and usage] One to three coins, decocted and taken. Appropriate amount for external use.
[Comments] 1. Pinellia is pungent and warm in nature, enters the spleen and stomach meridians, has good phlegm-resolving ability, and is an important medicine for treating various phlegm diseases. It is warm and dry in nature, especially for those with cold and dampness; if it is hot phlegm, it should be used with heat-clearing and phlegm-resolving products. However, it has the disadvantage of damaging yin and consuming body fluid, so it is not suitable for those with dry phlegm. It is mainly used to eliminate lumps, which is actually the function of resolving phlegm and removing dampness; as for dispersing lumps, it is nothing more than the effect of pungent, dispersing, warming and unblocking. It is a good medicine that can harmonize the middle and reduce adverse reactions to stop vomiting. It can be used regardless of stomach cold, stomach heat, stomach deficiency, nausea and vomiting. It is suitable for combination and has excellent effects. In addition, those who have stomach disharmony and can’t sleep well, and those who have insufficient kidney yang and irregular bowel movements can all be used together, and they also have special effects.
2. Pinellia was considered by ancient people to be a taboo product for pregnancy, but it can stop vomiting when used for nausea, and there is no risk of abortion. It is also believed that it is slippery in nature. Although its body is slippery, its nature is warm and dry, and it is definitely not a moisturizing product, so people with yin deficiency and lack of body fluid should use it with caution.
3. The main function of Pinellia is to resolve phlegm and stop vomiting, so it is an important medicine for the spleen and stomach meridians. The spleen is the source of phlegm, and the stomach is the organ for receiving. If phlegm and dampness cling to the spleen, Pinellia can dry dampness and resolve phlegm; if the stomach qi is not harmonious, Pinellia can also harmonize the stomach and reduce adverse reactions.
4. Pinellia resolves phlegm, mainly for those who cannot resolve dampness in the spleen and gather it into phlegm; because it is warm and dry in nature, it can also be used for cold phlegm. If it is hot phlegm, it must be used in combination with lung-clearing medicine. As for symptoms such as yin deficiency, dry phlegm, lack of body fluid and thirst, it is not suitable for use.
5. Banxia stops vomiting, mainly for phlegm and qi obstruction, stomach disharmony; but because it has a good anti-vomiting effect, it is suitable for vomiting caused by phlegm and fluid, and can also be used for vomiting caused by stomach deficiency. For example, the Banxia Decoction in the Golden Chamber uses Banxia with ginseng, white honey, etc.; as for vomiting caused by stomach heat, it is advisable to use stomach-clearing drugs such as Ophiopogon japonicus and Rhizoma Anemarrhenae together to prevent excessive heat and damage to stomach yin.
6. There are records of Banxia causing abortion in the Bielu, but the Ganjiang Renshen Banxia Decoction in the Golden Chamber has long been used to treat vomiting during pregnancy, and it does not affect the fetus. From this example, we are inspired to read the ancient herbal literature. We must hold the dialectical materialist viewpoint of one divides into two, so that we can take its essence and remove its dross.
7. Banxia is toxic when used raw, and ginger and alum can control its toxicity, so when using processed Banxia, ​​ginger and alum are mostly used. In addition, in the past, in Shanghai, there were many methods of making Pinellia ternata, such as bamboo juice Pinellia ternata, Song Pinellia ternata, and Xian Pinellia ternata, in addition to ginger-processed Pinellia ternata. Now, these methods have been simplified. Pharmacies mainly supply processed Pinellia ternata, and no longer process the above varieties.
[Example of prescription] Xiao Banxia Tang “Jingui Yaolue”: Pinellia ternata, ginger. Treats vomiting with phlegm and fluid, and bloating without thirst.
This product is the dried tuber of Pinellia ternata Breit., a plant of the Araceae family. It is dug up in summer and autumn, washed, the outer skin and fibrous roots are removed, and dried in the sun.
[Properties] This product is spherical, some are slightly tilted, with a diameter of 0.7~1.6cm. The surface is white or light yellow, with a concave stem scar at the top and densely dotted root scars around it; the bottom is round and relatively smooth. The texture is solid, the cross section is white, and it is rich in powder. The smell is slight, the taste is spicy, and it numbs the tongue and pierces the throat.
[Identification]
(1) The powder of this product is off-white. There are many starch granules. Single granules are round, semicircular or rounded polygonal, with a diameter of 2~20um. The umbilicus is fissure-shaped, herringbone-shaped or star-shaped. Complex granules are composed of 2~6 subgranules. Calcium oxalate needle crystal bundles exist in oval mucous cells or are scattered everywhere. The needle crystals are 20~144um long. The diameter of the spiral duct is 10~24um.
(2) Take 1g of this product powder, add 10ml of methanol, heat and reflux for 30 minutes, filter, and evaporate the filtrate to 0.5ml as the test solution. Take arginine reference substance, alanine reference substance, valine reference substance, and leucine reference substance, add 70% methanol to make a mixed solution containing 1mg of each per 1ml, as the reference solution. According to the thin layer chromatography method (general rule 0502), 5 μl of the test solution and 1 μl of the reference solution were taken and spotted on the same silica gel G thin layer plate, respectively. The plate was developed with n-butanol-glacial acetic acid-water (8:3:1) as the developing agent. The plate was taken out, dried, sprayed with ninhydrin test solution, and heated at 105°C until the spots were clearly colored. In the chromatogram of the test sample, spots of the same color appeared at the corresponding positions of the chromatogram of the reference.
(3) Take 19% of the powder of this product, add 10 ml of ethanol, heat and reflux for 1 hour, filter, and concentrate the filtrate to 0.5 ml as the test solution. Take 1 g of the reference herbal medicine Pinellia ternata and prepare the reference herbal medicine solution in the same way. According to the thin layer chromatography method (General Rule 0502), 5ul of the above two solutions were taken and spotted on the same Tridacna G thin layer plate, and petroleum ether (60~90℃)-ethyl acetate-acetone-formic acid (30:6:4:0.5) was used as the developing agent. After development, the plate was taken out, dried, sprayed with 10% sulfuric acid ethanol solution, and heated at 105℃ until the spots were clearly colored. In the chromatogram of the test sample, spots of the same color appeared at the corresponding position of the chromatogram of the control medicinal material.
【Inspection】
Water content Not more than 13.0% (General Rule 0832, Method 2).
Total ash content shall not exceed 4.0% (General Rule 2302).
[Extract]
Determined by the cold extraction method under the water-soluble extract determination method (General Rule 2201), not less than 7.5%.
Decoction pieces
[Processing]
Raw Pinellia ternata is crushed when used.
[Properties] [Identification] [Inspection] [Extract]
Same as medicinal materials.
[Nature and flavor and meridians]
Spicy, warm; toxic. Enters the spleen, stomach, and lung meridians.
[Functions and indications]
Drying dampness and resolving phlegm, soothing nausea and vomiting, eliminating lumps and dispersing knots. Used for damp phlegm and cold phlegm, cough and asthma with a lot of phlegm, phlegm and dizziness, wind phlegm and dizziness, phlegm and head Pain, vomiting, nausea, chest tightness, plum pit qi; external treatment of carbuncle, phlegm nodules.
[Usage and Dosage]
Generally used after processing for internal use, 3~9g. For external use, apply the juice or grind it into powder and apply it to the affected area with wine.
[Note]
It should not be used with Chuanwu, processed Chuanwu, Caowu, processed Caowu, and Fuzi; raw products should be taken with caution.
[Storage]
Place in a ventilated and dry place to prevent moth.
Where is the main origin of Pinellia?
Distributed in most parts of my country. Wild in the damp grass on the hillside, streamside or under the forest,
Where is the main medicinal part of Pinellia?
Medicinal part of Pinellia:
Araceae Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Breit. Dried tubers, dug in summer and autumn, washed, removed the outer skin and fibrous roots, and dried.
Characteristics of the medicinal parts of Pinellia:
This product is spherical, some are slightly tilted, with a diameter of 0.7~1.6cm.
The surface is white or light yellow, with a concave stem scar on the top, and densely covered with pockmarked root scars around; the bottom is blunt and smooth. The texture is solid, the cross section is white, and it is rich in powder. The smell is slight, the taste is spicy, numbing the tongue and piercing the throat.
How are Pinellia recorded in historical books? “Ben Jing”: “It is used to treat cold and heat in typhoid fever, hardness under the heart, lowering qi, and swelling and pain in the throat and pharynx. Dizziness, chest distension, cough, intestinal rumbling, and sweating. “Famous Doctors’ Records”: “It can eliminate phlegm and heat in the heart, chest and diaphragm, cough and upper air, acute pain and hardness under the heart, vomiting and vomiting due to seasonal qi, eliminate carbuncle, abortion, and cure Yellowish, radiant complexion. Raw, makes people vomit, cooked, makes people defecate.

“Compendium of Materia Medica”: “It can eliminate phlegm, stimulate appetite and strengthen spleen, stop vomiting, remove phlegm in the chest, lower lung qi, and cure cough. For newborns, rub and apply to carbuncle and swelling, which does not disappear, and can eliminate tumor and cherry qi. If the patient is weak and has phlegm and qi, add it and use it.

“Pearl Capsule”: “It can treat cold phlegm and cold body and cold drink that hurt the lung and cause cough, eliminate chest lumps, phlegm on the diaphragm, and eliminate chest cold. It harmonizes stomach qi, dries spleen dampness, treats phlegm and headache, and eliminates swelling and resolves knots.

Effects
Pinellia has the effects of drying dampness and resolving phlegm, descending adverse and stopping vomiting, and eliminating knots.

What are the main effects and clinical applications of Pinellia?
Pinellia is used for damp phlegm and cold phlegm, cough and asthma with a lot of phlegm, phlegm and dizziness, wind phlegm and dizziness, phlegm and headache, vomiting and nausea, chest and epigastric distension, plum pit qi; external treatment of carbuncle and phlegm.
Damp phlegm, cold phlegm syndrome
Treats heavy cough due to phlegm and dampness blocking the lungs, and white and thin phlegm. It is often used with tangerine peel, Poria cocos, etc.
Treats cough and asthma due to cold phlegm, with clear and thin phlegm with foam, cold body and back, and is often used with asarum, dried ginger, Schisandra chinensis, etc. Treats dizziness and palpitations caused by wind and phlegm, and even vomiting and phlegm, phlegm and headache. It is often used with Gastrodia elata, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, etc.
Vomiting and nausea
Treats vomiting caused by phlegm or stomach cold, and is often used with ginger.
Treats vomiting due to stomach heat, and is often used with Coptis chinensis.
Treats vomiting due to stomach yin deficiency, and is often used with Dendrobium officinale and Ophiopogon japonicus.
·Treats vomiting due to stomach qi deficiency, and is often used with ginseng and white honey.
Heart distension, chest congestion, plum pit qi
Treats heart distension caused by cold and heat, and is often used with dried ginger, Coptis chinensis, Phellodendron chinense, etc.
Treat phlegm-heat in the chest, chest and abdomen fullness, pain when pressing, often used with Trichosanthes and Coptis.
Treat qi stagnation and phlegm stagnation, plum pit qi, if there is something blocking the throat, can not spit out, can not swallow, often used with Perilla, Magnolia, Poria, etc.
Carbuncle swelling, scrofula phlegm, snake bites
· Treat carbuncle on the back or breast sores at the beginning, use this product alone to grind into powder, egg white to apply; or use Pinellia with water to apply.
Treat goiter phlegm, often used with seaweed, Cyperus, Tangerine peel, etc.
Treat snake bites, you can grind the raw product into powder or pound it for application,
In addition, this product can be used to resolve phlegm and harmonize the stomach, and can also be used to treat phlegm and fluid obstruction, stomach qi disharmony, and restless sleep at night, often with sorghum rice.
What other effects does Pinellia have?
Commonly used medicinal diet recipes for Pinellia are as follows:
Stomach Qi Upward Syndrome
Yam is made into fine powder. Soak the pinellia tuber in warm water, wash it several times to remove the alum taste, add water and boil for 5 minutes, and take 250mL of juice. Pour the pinellia tuber juice into the yam powder and mix well, add appropriate amount of clean water and boil for 3-5 minutes, and add sugar for seasoning. Take 3 times a day for consumption. It is used for weak spleen and stomach, excessive phlegm and dampness, nausea and vomiting caused by stomach qi reversal, abdominal distension, poor appetite, bland mouth without thirst, pale tongue with greasy coating, slow or slippery pulse, etc.
What are the compound preparations containing pinellia tuber?
Xiaoqinglong Decoction
Relieves the cold and warms the lungs to eliminate dampness. It is mainly used to treat external cold and internal dampness syndrome. Chills and fever, headache and body pain, no sweat, wheezing and coughing, clear and thin sputum and large amount, chest, or dry retching, or wheezing and coughing due to phlegm and dampness, cannot lie flat, or body pain, swelling of the head, face and limbs, white and slippery tongue coating, and floating pulse.
Pinellia tuber, white atractylodes and Tianma Decoction
Resolves phlegm and extinguishes wind, strengthens the spleen and eliminates dampness. It is mainly used to treat wind and phlegm disturbance syndrome. Dizziness, headache, chest tightness, nausea and vomiting, greasy white tongue coating, stringy and slippery pulse.
Xiao Banxia Tang
Resolves phlegm and dissipates fluid, harmonizes the stomach and reduces adverse reactions. Indications: phlegm and vomiting. Vomiting phlegm, no thirst, or dry retching and hiccups, unable to eat, spontaneous urination, white and slippery tongue coating.
Da Banxia Tang
Resistant to the stomach and reduces adverse reactions, replenishes qi and moistens dryness. Indications: gastric reflux syndrome. Vomiting in the morning and evening, or vomiting in the evening and morning, undigested food, relieved after vomiting, fatigue, pale complexion, weak limbs, dry and hard stool like sheep dung, pale red tongue, less coating, thin and weak pulse.
Banxia Xiexin Tang
Balances cold and heat, eliminates lumps and dissipates lumps. Indications: lumps with mixed cold and heat. In the lower part of the heart, but fullness without pain, or vomiting, bowel sounds and diarrhea, greasy and slightly yellow tongue coating.
Xiao Xianxiong Tang
Clears heat and resolves phlegm, relieves chest and dissipates lumps. Indications: phlegm and heat in the chest. The heart is stuffy and painful when pressed, or the heart and chest are stuffy and painful, or the sputum is yellow and thick, and the tongue is red and greasy.
Banxia Houpu Decoction
It can promote qi circulation and dissipate stagnation, reduce adverse reactions and resolve phlegm. It is mainly used to treat plum pit qi. If there is something blocking the throat, it cannot be coughed up or swallowed, and the chest is stuffy, or coughing or vomiting.
Modern research progress on Pinellia
This product has multiple pharmacological effects such as relieving cough, eliminating phlegm, suppressing vomiting, inhibiting gastric juice secretion, promoting bile secretion, anti-tumor, anti-arrhythmia, sedation and hypnosis, lowering blood lipids, inhibiting bacteria, anti-inflammatory, enhancing immunity, and diuresis.
The most frequently asked questions by patients
What are the effects and functions of Banxia Xiexin Decoction?
· Banxia Xiexin Decoction is a conciliatory agent.
· It is composed of Pinellia (washed), Scutellaria, dried ginger, ginseng, Coptis chinensis, jujube (split), and licorice (roasted).
· It has the effect of balancing cold and heat, eliminating stagnation and dissipating stagnation.
It is mainly used to treat stagnation syndrome caused by mixed cold and heat. Symptoms include fullness under the heart, but fullness without pain, or vomiting, bowel rumbling and diarrhea, and greasy and slightly yellow tongue coating.
It is commonly used in the clinic to treat acute and chronic gastroenteritis, chronic colitis, chronic hepatitis, early liver cirrhosis, etc., which are caused by weak middle qi and cold and heat.
What are the effects and functions of Banxiaqu?
Banxiaqu is a qu agent made from Banxia tuber powder, flour, ginger juice, etc. It has the effects of drying dampness and strengthening the spleen, digesting food and stopping diarrhea. It is mainly used to treat cough and sputum, nausea and vomiting, and diarrhea caused by food accumulation.
What are the effects and functions of French Banxia?
French Banxia is a processed product of Jing Banxia. It has the effects of drying dampness and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for the symptoms of spleen deficiency and dampness, and spleen and stomach disharmony.
It is mainly used to treat cough and asthma with phlegm, dizziness and palpitations caused by phlegm and fluid, dizziness caused by wind and phlegm, and headache caused by phlegm.
What are the effects and functions of Qing Banxia?
Qing Banxia is a processed product of Jing Banxia. It has the effects of drying dampness and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for the symptoms of spleen deficiency and dampness, and spleen and stomach disharmony.
It is mainly used to treat cough and asthma caused by phlegm, dizziness caused by phlegm and fluid, dizziness caused by wind and phlegm, and headache caused by phlegm. Qing Banxia has a less pungent and dry nature and is good at removing dampness and phlegm. It is suitable for weak people with a lot of phlegm, or children with food stagnation and phlegm, with mild symptoms.
Usage
Banxia has the effects of drying dampness and removing phlegm, lowering adverse reactions and stopping vomiting, and eliminating lumps and dispersing knots. Banxia is generally used in slices of Banxia, ​​which can be taken orally or externally. Please follow the doctor’s instructions for specific medication.
How to use Banxia correctly?
Banxia is generally used in decoctions, decocted and taken, and can also be made into powders or pills for consumption. However, the use of Chinese medicinal materials must be treated according to syndrome differentiation and should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. It should not be used at will, and it should not be arbitrarily believed in Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements.
· When taking Banxia decoction orally, Qing Banxia, ​​French Banxia or Jiang Banxia are generally used, and the usual dosage is 3~9g; raw Banxia is mostly used externally. · When using Banxia externally, take an appropriate amount of fresh Banxia juice and apply it to the affected area, or grind Banxia into powder, mix it with wine and apply it to the affected area. Through different processing methods, Chinese herbal medicine slices such as raw pinellia, French pinellia, ginger pinellia and clear pinellia can be produced. Different processing methods have different effects, but the medication method is the same. Please follow the doctor’s instructions for specific medication.
· French pinellia is good at drying dampness and resolving phlegm, and is mainly used to treat cough and asthma with excessive phlegm, dizziness and palpitations caused by phlegm, dizziness caused by wind phlegm, and headache caused by phlegm;
Ginger pinellia is good at warming the middle and resolving phlegm, descending the adverse and stopping vomiting, and is mainly used to treat phlegm and vomiting, and stomach fullness;
Clear pinellia is good at drying dampness and resolving phlegm, and is mainly used to treat cough caused by damp phlegm, stomach fullness, phlegm coagulation, and inability to spit out.

How to prepare Pinellia?
Raw Pinellia
Take the original medicinal material, remove impurities, and crush it when using.
Clear Pinellia
Take clean Pinellia, separate the big and small, soak it in alum solution until there is no dry core inside, and the tongue feels slightly numb when tasting, take it out, wash it, cut it into thick slices, and dry it. Sieve out the debris. For every 100kg of Pinellia, use 20kg of alum.
Ginger Pinellia
Take clean Pinellia, separate the big and small, soak it in clean water until there is no dry core inside. Take the soup before slicing ginger. Add alum and Pinellia and cook thoroughly, take it out, dry it until half dry, cut it into thin slices, and dry it. Sieve out the debris. Or crush it when using. For every 100kg of Pinellia, use 25kg of ginger and 12.5kg of alum.
French Pinellia
Take clean Pinellia, separate the big and small, soak it in clean water until there is no dry core inside, and take it out.
Take another amount of licorice, add water and boil twice, combine the decoction, pour it into the lime solution made with appropriate amount of water, stir well, add the soaked Pinellia ternata, soak, stir 1~2 times a day, and keep the pH value of the soaking solution above 12, until the cross section is yellow and uniform, and there is a slight numbness in the mouth, take it out, wash it, dry it in the shade or dry it, and crush it when used.
For every 100kg of Pinellia ternata, use 15kg of licorice and 10kg of quicklime.
· During the operation, when the raw Pinellia ternata is soaked in clean water, when the water surface foams, it is advisable to add alum and soak it until it is appropriate.
The French Pinellia ternata is soaked in licorice and lime solution, and the pH value of the solution is kept above 12. If it drops, add appropriate amount of quicklime powder to adjust it.
What drugs should be used with Pinellia ternata at the same time?
It should not be used with Chuanwu, processed Chuanwu, Caowu, processed Caowu, and Fuzi.
The combined use of Chinese medicine and the combined use of Chinese and Western medicine require syndrome differentiation and treatment and clinical individualized treatment.
If you are taking other medications, please consult a doctor before taking the medication, and inform the doctor of all your confirmed diseases and treatment plans you are receiving.
Medication Instructions
Pinella is warm and dry, so it is not suitable for yin deficiency, dry cough, bleeding, and phlegm heat.
What precautions should be taken when using Pinellia?
Pinella is anti-aconite, and it should not be used with Chuanwu, processed Chuanwu, Caowu, processed Caowu, and Fuzi.
The raw product is highly toxic and is generally not taken orally. Oral use should be cautious.
During medication, be careful not to eat cold, raw and cold foods, spicy and greasy foods.
Pregnant and lactating women: If you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are lactating, please inform your doctor in time and consult whether Chinese medicine can be used for treatment.
· Children: Children must use medication under the guidance of a doctor and adult supervision
· Please properly store the medicinal materials and do not give your own medicinal materials to others.
How to identify and use Pinellia?
· Pinellia is a phlegm-resolving, cough-relieving and asthma-relieving medicine. It is the dried tuber of the plant Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Breit. of the Araceae family. Raw Pinellia has the effects of drying dampness and resolving phlegm, lowering adverse reactions and stopping vomiting, and eliminating lumps and dispersing nodules. It is used for damp phlegm and cold phlegm, cough and asthma with a lot of phlegm, phlegm and dizziness, wind phlegm and dizziness, phlegm and headache, vomiting and nausea, chest and abdominal distension, plum pit qi; external treatment of carbuncle and phlegm nodules;
Qing Banxia has a less pungent and dry nature, is good at resolving dampness and phlegm, and is suitable for weak body with a lot of phlegm, or children with food stagnation and phlegm obstruction, with milder symptoms
·French Pinellia has a weaker warm nature, is good at drying dampness and harmonizing the stomach, and is suitable for spleen deficiency and dampness, and spleen and stomach disharmony;·Jiang Banxia is good at lowering adverse reactions and stopping vomiting.