A Complete Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicines for Channeling MeridiansMeridian-guiding medicines could be divided into three categories: twelve meridian guiding medicines, disease guiding medicines, and local acupoint guiding medicines. The following are the common channel guiding medicines:
1. ** Twelve Channel Guiding Medicines **:
- Cimicifuga could be used as a meridian guiding medicine for the lung and spleen meridians.
- Bamboo Leaf and Akeba Mutong were used to guide the Small Intestine Meridian.
- [Notopterygii Root: It is a meridian guiding medicine for the bladder meridian.]
- Asgard: It can be used as a channel guiding medicine for the heart and kidney meridians.
- Angelica dahurica was used to guide the large intestine and stomach meridians.
- Chaihu could be used as a channel guiding medicine for the Pericardiac Meridian, Sanjiao Meridian, Liver Meridian, and Gall Meridian.
2. ** Medicine for guiding meridians: As pointed out in Mr. Dongyuan's Heart Sutra on Medicine, Chuan Xiong should be used for headache. Add Cassia, which can enter the heart to induce blood and pus.
3. ** Topical Channel Guiding Medicine **:
- In Xuefu Zhuyu Tang, the medicine of Platycoris grandiflorum is carried up to the chest to help dissolve the blood stasis in the chest.
- Buzhong Yiqi Tang uses Buchai and Cimicifuga to guide the medicine upward to raise yang qi.
- Zhengan Xifeng Tang used Aranthes bidentata root to guide the blood down to treat diseases such as liver-kidney yin deficiency, liver-yang hyperactivity, and qi and blood disorder.
- Ramulus mori: lead the medicine to the right limb.
- Cassia twig: lead the medicine to the left limb, lead the medicine into the heart meridian.
- Aranthes bidentata root, can guide the medicine to the lower limbs.
- Fang Ji: Guide the medicine to the lower limbs.
- Angelica dahurica: Guide the medicine to the face, forehead, large intestine meridian, stomach meridian.
- Curcuma longa: The medicine is drawn to the shoulder.
- Fangfeng: lead the medicine to the epitopes.
- Duzhong: Guide the medicine to the waist.
- Chaihu can guide the herbs to reach the Shaoyang meridian and enter the liver meridian.
- The root of liguspumila is the top of the mountain.
- Cyperus rotundus is used to guide the medicine to the chest and hypochondrium.
- Allium Stemon Bunge: It is used to introduce medicine into the heart meridian.
- Mulberry bark: The medicine is guided into the lung meridian and reaches the canopy.
- Kudzu root: lead the medicine to the neck.
- Cicada Clothes: Guide medicine to Xuanfu.
- Platycoris grandiflorum: lead the medicine to the Paris.
- Chuan Xiong, Chai Hu: Guide the medicine to the side of the head.
- Chinese ligustis root and dogwood fruit can be used to guide the herbs to the top of the mountain.
- Chuan Duan and Du Zhong can lead the medicine to the back.
- Muxiang and Amomum villosum can lead the medicine to the chest and abdomen.
- Cibotum and antler can be used to guide the medicine to reach the governor vessel.
- Pinellas ternata and Amomum villosum: lead the medicine to the granary.
- Cassia twig, mulberry twig: lead the medicine to the arms.
- Notopyrum root, turnip: lead the medicine to the shoulder and back.
- North Bukhu, made cyperus rotundus: Siyao Damugong.
- Asmodium sieboli and Drynaria fortunei can be used to guide the medicine to reach the teeth.
- Vaccaria seeds, armor beads: lead the medicine to the breast.
- Acorus calamus and Passepartout can lead the medicine to reach the ear orifices.
- Raspberry, dodder: lead medicine to the womb.
- Xanthium and White Magnolia can be used to guide the medicine to the nasal orifices.
- Small fennel, mugwort leaves, Sichuan neem fruit: lead the medicine to the lower abdomen.
- Gualou, Allium Stemon, Acorus tatarinowii: Take the medicine to the palace.
- Lingxian root, Taiwu, Chinese pine node: lead the medicine to the joints.
- Aranthes bidentata, inula flower, and ochre are used to guide the medicine to reach the lower body.
- North Bukhu, made cimicifuga, platycodonis: lead the medicine to the upper body.
- Chuan Xiong, fresh mint, vitex: lead the medicine to the head and face.
- Sauron, Curcuma Longa, Ginger, Asari: The herbs can reach the shoulder and back.
- Angelica, papaya, tetrandra root, spatholobus stem: guiding the medicine to the lower limbs.
- Peppermint, chrysanthemum, Eriocaulon, butterfly-flower, and other herbs could be used to draw the medicine into the eyes.
- In terms of nourishing the heart meridian, Polygala tenuiflora, Chinese yam, dwarf lilyturf, jujube seed, Angelica, Tianzhu Huang, etc. can nourish the heart meridian, while Scrophularia, Coptis cool, Muxiang fritillary can purge the heart, cool heart can use bamboo leaves, rhinoceros horn, cinnabar, Forsythia, bezoar, warm heart can use agastache, Acorus tatarinowii, use Asari, Angelica soup.
- Zaoren, coix seed, papaya, and gongjiao can be used to nourish the liver meridian; Chaihu, Baishao, Qingpi, indigo, picrorhiza, gentian, and chamomile can be used to cool the liver for laxative liver; Muxiang, Evodia, and Gui can be used to warm the liver; Qingpi and Chuan Xiong can be used.
- Ginseng, Hedyscus mandshurica, hyacinth bean, largehead ganoderma, dried orange peel, lotus seed, Chinese yam, white poria cocos, gorgon seed, swordlike ganoderma, licorice root are used for spleen meridian replenishment; bitter orange, plaster, rhubarb, and green peel are used for spleen purging; Gui, Ding Huoxiang, monkshood, ginger, and pepper are used for spleen warming; Talcum and Xuanming are used for spleen cooling; white peony root and cimicifuga are used for spleen cooling.
- Chinese yam, lilyturf root, aster root, dark plum, ginseng, donkey-hide glue, stemona root, schisfruit, and tragacorus amurensis root are used for nourishing the lung meridian; perilla fruit, ledebouriella root, alisma, lepidium, bitter orange, and white mulberry bark are used for purging the lung meridian; aucklandia root, winter flower, ginger, dried ginger, and cardamom seed are used for warming the lung; scutellaria root, fritillary bulb, human urine, cape cape jasminum, and sand figularia root are used for cooling the lung meridian; and dahurian Angelica root, cimicifuga foxglove, and scallion root are used for purging the lung meridian.
- For the kidney meridian, Chinese yam, sweet matrimony vine, mantis bone, tortoise shell, oyster, eucommia, cynomorium, giant fruit, cornus, cistanche, morinda, dragon and tiger bone, cyathula root, five herbs, dodder, gorgon seed, and foxtail root are used. For the kidney meridian, common peony root and alisma flower are used. For the warm kidney meridian, cassia bark, monkshood root, antler horn, ancient paper, Hai Shenxiang, and navel are used. For the cool kidney meridian, Zhibai, Chinese wolfberry root bark, and root bark are used. Angelica pubesce and cassia bark are used.
- For nourishing the stomach meridian, pale, pinnate, hyacinth bean, dandelion root, gorgon seed, lotus meat, lily, yam, and orange peel are used.
In addition, raw plaster can be used as the main medicine and the meridian guiding medicine during purging, which can be introduced into the large intestine meridian of hand yangming and the stomach meridian of foot yangming.