Mianhuazi, Chinese medicine name. It has the effects of warming the kidney, promoting lactation, and promoting blood circulation and stopping bleeding. Used for impotence, cold pain in the waist and knees, leukorrhea, enuresis, stomach pain, lack of milk flow, excessive menstrual flow, and bleeding hemorrhoids.
【Efficacy and Effects of Mianhuazi】
Characteristics of Mianhuazi
"Bencao Jingshu": "Pungent, hot, toxic."
Pharmacological effects of Mianhuazi
See "Mianhuagen" entry.
Main uses of Mianhuazi
Warms the kidney, nourishes deficiency, and stops bleeding. Used for impotence, testicular prolapse, enuresis. Bleeding hemorrhoids, prolapsed anus, excessive menstrual flow, leukorrhea.
① "Benjing Fengyuan": "Burning can relieve boils, hemorrhoids, prolapsed anus, bleeding. Take half a liang (about 15 grams) each time, and drink with black bean wine."
② "Yaoxing Kao": "Nourishes deficiency, warms the waist, and treats injuries."
③ "Practical Traditional Chinese Medicine": "Can promote lactation."
④ "Compilation of Commonly Used Folk Herbs": "Warm the kidney, stop pain. Used for leukorrhea and children's enuresis."
Dosage and administration of Mianhuazi
Orally: Decoction, 2-4 qian (about 6-12 grams); or made into pills or powder. External use: Decoction for fumigation and washing.
Cautions for Mianhuazi
Avoid taking it if there is Yin deficiency with excessive fire.
【Discussion by Experts on Mianhuazi】
① "Bencao Jingshu": "Mianhuazi is a medicine that dispels wind and cold dampness. It is pungent, so it can dispel wind evil; it is hot, so it can eliminate cold dampness. It is suitable for those who have wind, cold, and dampness in the lower part of the body."
② "Bencao Zhengyi": "In the past, Mianhuazi kernels were used to nourish and stop bleeding. When treating symptoms such as bloody stools, urinary bleeding, excessive menstrual flow, leukorrhea, hemorrhoids, and excessive discharge, it is all about nourishing and stopping bleeding, without the problem of cold stagnation and stasis. It is also used to tonify the kidney and treat impotence, and nourish the elderly and support the weak, which is a warm and nourishing method without the risk of being too strong and dry. It is warm and moisturizing, quite pure, can nourish Yin fluid, assist Yang qi, nourish hair, moisturize the skin, and blood is mostly greasy, which is ultimately different from the pungent and dry characteristics of Gui and Fu. However, this seed does have the effect of promoting Yang. It is suitable for those with kidney Yang deficiency and coldness, cold feet, and impotence. If the deficient Yang is not solid and the fire of the heart is not hidden, there may be disturbances, and it is purely oily, which may cause slippery diarrhea. Zhao's "Gangmu Shi Yi" quotes "Huisheng Ji", boiling Mianzi in a pot, sitting and fumigating it, treating testicular prolapse. If the testicles are enlarged, hard, and not painful, it is mostly caused by cold qi, and the treatment should focus on warming and dispersing."
