Female Marsh, a Chinese herbal medicine, refers to the root or whole plant of the chrysanthemum family plant Female Marsh. It is distributed in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan and other places. It has the functions of warming the lungs, transforming phlegm, invigorating the spleen, and eliminating dampness. It is commonly used for cough, asthma, diarrhea, and urinary shortness.
[The Efficacy and Functions of Female Marsh]
Female Marsh has the effects of warming the lungs, transforming phlegm, promoting diuresis, and invigorating the spleen. It is mainly used for cough, asthma, intestinal rumbling, diarrhea, and urinary shortness.
1. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It treats wind-cold washing, cholera and diarrhea, intestinal rumbling with no fixed location, epilepsy, and various cold and hot diseases."
2. "Miscellaneous Records": "It treats lung injury, cough and asthma, sweating, long-term cold in the bladder, fullness in the abdomen, disease onset after drinking alcohol and eating at night."
3. "Hunan Pharmacopoeia": "It warms the lungs, relieves cough, transforms phlegm, and promotes diuresis."
[Applications of Female Marsh in Prescriptions]
1. Treatment of cough and asthma: 15g of Female Marsh, 9g of Jinxian Diaobaimi, and 15g of Roadside Bramble. Decoction and take orally.
2. Treatment of intestinal rumbling and diarrhea: 15g of Female Marsh, 6g of Chenpi, and 6g of Acorus. Decoction and take orally.
3. Treatment of urinary shortness: 15g of Female Marsh and 15g of Plantain. Decoction and take orally. (Prescriptions 1-3 are from "Hunan Pharmacopoeia")
4. Treatment of stone poisoning: one tael of Female Marsh. Grind the herb, sift it, and take two qian (about 6g) each time. Add one cup of water, decoct for seven minutes, and take while warm. ("Shengji Zonglu")
[Dosage]
Orally: Decoction, 9-15g of Female Marsh.
[Precautions]
"Compendium of Materia Medica Annotation": "Avoid saltiness."
