How to make Chaihu Yinchen Decoction?

With the improvement of living conditions, everyone has begun to pay attention to health preservation. Chaihu Yinchen Decoction is a health-preserving soup with great nutritional value. It can adjust immune dysfunction, etc. It has many functions, so it has always been very popular. Artemisia capillaris is the scientific name, also known as Artemisia annua, which has the function of protecting the liver. Artemisia capillaris is also a wild vegetable that can be made into cakes or fried and eaten. It has the effect of clearing heat and dampness. So, how to make Chaihu Yinchen Decoction?

Artemisia capillaris is rich in various vitamins B and C, multiple amino acids, and has good health care effects. Chaihuyinchen decoction is a traditional Chinese medicine prescription that has been shown to have good therapeutic effects on liver diseases such as chronic hepatitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, steatohepatitis, chronic hepatitis B combined with steatohepatitis, liver cancer, and cirrhosis.

9g each of Bupleurum, Aucklandia, Scutellaria, Rhubarb (added later), 9g each of Green Tangerine Peel, 30g of Artemisia Capillaris, 12g of Raw Gardenia, 6g of Citrus aurantium, 9g of Sodium Sulfate

Prescription and Usage: Decoction in water and take warm in three doses (common adult dose: 5 doses)

Artemisia capillaris has a significant liver-protecting effect and has significant therapeutic effects on hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and icteric hepatitis. It is good for the bile, promotes bile secretion, and increases the excretion of bile acid and bilirubin in the bile. It can increase the coronary blood flow of the heart, improve microcirculation, and has the effects of lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, anti-coagulation, diuresis, antipyretic and antiasthmatic, expelling roundworms, and inhibiting a variety of pathogenic skin fungi and bacteria.

Bupleurum is a common Chinese medicine for clearing away heat and has the effects of soothing the liver and stomach, and reconciling Shaoyang. However, we should remind everyone to pay attention to the rational use of Bupleurum in daily life so as to maximize its medicinal effect.

Bupleurum tastes bitter and is slightly cold in nature. It enters the liver and gallbladder meridians. It has the effects of clearing the surface and relieving heat, soothing the liver and relieving depression, and raising Yang Qi. It is widely used for colds and fever, alternating chills and fever, malaria, chest and flank pain, rectal prolapse, uterine prolapse, and irregular menstruation. In clinical practice, there are more and more preparations based on Bupleurum, such as Zheng Chaihuyin Capsules, Chaihu Pills, Xiao Chaihu Granules, Da Chaihu Granules, Chaihu Shugan Pills, etc. Bupleurum is often used together with Pueraria lobata, Notopterygium wilfordii, etc. to treat colds; for malaria, Bupleurum can also be used in combination with Amomum villosum, Citrus aurantium, etc.

There are also contraindications when consuming Bupleurum preparations. The rhizomes of large-leaf Bupleurum are very dry and the surface is poisonous, so they cannot be used as Bupleurum. Bupleurum is sold in major pharmacies, so you can make Artemisia Capillaris and Bupleurum Decoction at home. If the patient suffers from yin deficiency, he should eat the food with white peony root and pollen, otherwise he may easily experience dizziness and headache.