Suiguzi is a medicine that clears heat and relieves fire. It is also known as Suiguzi and is mainly produced in the Yangtze River Basin in China. It is used to treat fever, thirst, painful urination, and mouth ulcers. Suiguzi porridge is especially effective in treating fever!
【Name】
Suiguzi Porridge
【Ingredients】
15g of Suiguzi, 1 handful of Suiguzi, appropriate amount of rock sugar, 100g of glutinous rice.
【Instructions】
1. Wash the Suiguzi and Suiguzi.
2. Add 3000g of water and cook for about 20 minutes, remove the residue and take the juice.
3. Add clean glutinous rice and appropriate amount of water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat to make a thin porridge. Season with rock sugar as desired.
【Benefits and Functions of Suiguzi】
Suiguzi has the effect of clearing heat and promoting diuresis. It is used to treat fever, thirst, restlessness, and difficulty urinating.
① "Compendium of Materia Medica": Can induce abortion and assist in childbirth.
"Jiangxi Medicinal Herbs": "Clears heat, relieves restlessness, and promotes urination."
1. Treat fever, restlessness, and thirst: 9-15g of Suiguzi root. Decoction and take orally. ("Jiangxi Medicinal Herbs")
2. Treat nephritis: 15g of Suiguzi root and 15g of Dizhen. Decoction and take orally. ("Jiangxi Medicinal Herbs")
【Instructions for making Suiguzi】
1. For external heat syndrome, restlessness, thirst, and heat in the qi, it can be combined with gypsum, rhizoma anemarrhenae, and rhizoma phragmitis to clear heat, relieve restlessness, and quench thirst.
2. If both qi and yin are injured, add ophiopogon japonicus, ginseng, etc. to tonify qi and generate fluids.
3. If heart heat moves down to the small intestine and causes painful and difficult urination, it can be combined with rehmanniae radix, akebia caulis, and licorice root tips to clear the heart, guide heat downward, and promote diuresis.
4. If the bladder is damp and hot, causing dribbling and painful urination, it can be used together with lycopodium clavatum, plantago asiatica, rhizoma imperatae, etc. to clear heat, promote diuresis, and relieve urinary problems.
