Smallpox pollen, that is, the root of the melon, so there are also those who make the "melon wilting root" in the ancient books, which is cold in nature and sweet and bitter in taste. In general, it is included in the medicine books to clear heat and laxative. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" said that it is "sweet in taste, slightly bitter and sour", "acid can produce Jin, so it can quench thirst and moisten dryness, slightly bitter and reduce fire, and sweet does not hurt the stomach". Because of its cold nature, it should be used with caution for people with weak spleen and stomach.
In the clinical practice of the syndrome, smallpox pollen is indeed good at quenching thirst, fever and injury, and the lungs and stomach are responsible, while pollen is the lungs and stomach meridians, clearing heat and generating Jin, and the two are good at their strengths, which is suitable for its effect. Among miscellaneous diseases, there are also people who complain of thirst, or who are addicted to fat and sweet taste, or who have excessive tobacco and alcohol, or who have liver depression and turn into fire, and hurt the lungs and stomach. As the predecessors said: "The withered roots of melons are pure yin, quenching polydipsia, and the liquid is dry, and those who are dry in their hearts cannot be removed." ”
Smallpox pollen can also dissolve hot phlegm, "Benjing Fengyuan" said that it "lowers the diaphragm on the hot phlegm", dry heat hurts the lungs, the phlegm is viscous, not easy to cough out, thirsty, red face, red tongue, fine pulse, you can use smallpox pollen with melon wilted kernel skin, light almond, Sichuan fritillary, mulberry white bark, raw librily, Houttuynia cordata (need to use 20 30 grams), loquat leaves.
Smallpox pollen is also a wonderful product for summer detoxification, used for prickly heat (summer dermatitis), boils (summer boils) eczema, and thirst, upset, short urine, internal use is often compatible with honeysuckle, forsythia, light bamboo leaves, talc, raw licorice, dandelion, mung bean coating. For external use, smallpox pollen can be used alone or with half a amount of talcum powder, a little borneol, and very fine powder as a spreader.
Diabetic also often reuses smallpox pollen (30 grams), which can alleviate the symptoms of three more (drinking more water, eating more, and urinating more), Zhang Xichun's "Heartfelt Ginseng and Western Records" has jade liquid soup (astragalus, yam, smallpox pollen, zhimu, kudzu, schisandra, chicken inner gold), which can be used for reference. Smallpox pollen is also effective in treating sores and carbuncles, and the "Daming Materia Medica" says that smallpox pollen "reduces swelling and poison, cradle carbuncles, hair back, hemorrhoids, sores and boils, drains pus, grows muscles and flesh, and dissipates blood stasis." The famous Xianfang Vitality Soup (honeysuckle, parsnip, angelica, angelica, smallpox pollen, tangerine peel, red peony, licorice, Zhejiang fritillary, beetle beads, saponaria thorn, frankincense, myrrh) is used for it, this recipe has the reputation of "is a sore is not a sore, Xianfang Vitality Soup", and is not limited to ** sores and ulcers, it is also very effective for internal pain (such as intestinal carbuncle that is, acute appendicitis) and deep abscesses. Qing Zhang Bingcheng's "Easy to Read" also specifically mentioned the role of smallpox pollen in the prescription explanation, he pointed out: "Where the carbuncle is swollen, there must be Fuyang", pollen has the purpose of clearing heat and expelling fire, and has the long effect of eliminating stasis and draining pus, so it is very suitable.
Interestingly, the predecessors mentioned in their writings that smallpox pollen "hinders the fetus", which is derived from the effects of smallpox pollen in draining pus, eliminating stasis, lowering breasts, treating wounds, swelling and pain, and blowing milk after childbirth (the initial appearance of cradle carbuncles)? Or is it direct experience? It's hard to investigate. Modern pharmacological studies have confirmed that smallpox pollen protein can cause miscarriage and resist early pregnancy. **Clinically, there are also people who use smallpox pollen as an abortion: an injection made of a plant protein with strong antigenicity extracted from smallpox pollen causes acute coagulative necrosis of placental trophoblast cells, resulting in loss of placental function, and forms chemical inflammation in the amniotic membrane, chorionic plate and fetal membrane, which stimulates the uterine wall to produce intense contractions and promotes the discharge of dead embryos. However, such an effect has not been found with smallpox pollen taken internally. It deserves further research.
He Shaoqi finished