Identify the names of medicines | "Si Shen" and "Liu Shen" differ by one character, and the effects of "Shen Wan" are very different

Recently, Aunt Zhang came to her daughter's house to help take care of her grandson, and suddenly she had diarrhea. She saw a bottle of Liushen Pills in her daughter's medicine box, and remembered that she had diarrhea last year and went to the hospital. The doctor prescribed a very effective medicine, which seemed to be called Sishen Pills. "Liushen Pills should be Sishen Pills with two more medicines, and the effect may be better." Aunt Zhang thought so, and she took 10 Liushen Pills without reading the instructions. As a result, the diarrhea not only did not get better, but it got worse. After her daughter came home from get off work and learned about the situation, she quickly took Aunt Zhang to the hospital. Only then did the mother and daughter realize that they had taken the wrong medicine.

Sishen Pills and Liushen Pills differ by only one letter, but what are the differences? Today, Yaowa will talk about these two "magic pills" in detail.

Origin and prescription composition

Sishen Pills: The prescription comes from "Jingyue Complete Works" written by Zhang Jingyue in the Ming Dynasty. The prescription consists of five Chinese medicinal herbs: Psoralea corylifolia, nutmeg, Evodia rutaecarpa, Schisandra chinensis and jujube, not just four Chinese medicinal herbs.

Liushen Pills: The prescription comes from the "Chinese Medical Dictionary" written by modern physician Xie Guan. It is mainly composed of six traditional Chinese medicines: bezoar, musk, borneol, toad venom, pearl, and realgar.

Efficacy and Indications

Si Shen Wan: The Psoralea corylifolia in the formula replenishes the fire of the Mingmen to warm and nourish the spleen yang; it is assisted by Evodia rutaecarpa to warm the middle and dispel cold, warm the lower burner and assist kidney yang, and Nutmeg to warm the kidney and spleen, and astringe the intestines to stop diarrhea; Schisandra chinensis consolidates and astringes to stop diarrhea, and Jujube nourishes the spleen and replenishes Qi. Together, they are adjuvants, which have the effects of warming the kidney and dispersing cold, consolidating the intestines to stop diarrhea. It is suitable for diarrhea caused by insufficient kidney yang, with symptoms such as intestinal rumbling and abdominal distension, loose diarrhea at dawn, poor appetite, prolonged diarrhea, sallow face and cold limbs.

Liushen Pills: The prescription uses bezoar and musk as the main drugs, clearing away heat and detoxifying, supplemented by borneol to enhance the function of decomposing and reducing swelling, while toad venom is used to enhance the detoxification and analgesia, pearl is used to detoxify, decompose rot and promote tissue regeneration, and realgar is used to detoxify and disperse nodules. The combination of these drugs has the effects of cooling, detoxification, anti-inflammatory and analgesic, and is known as the "essential medicine for laryngology", so it is often used for sore throat, sore throat, throat wind and throat carbuncle, single and double breast moth, children's hot furuncle, carbuncle furuncle, breast carbuncle, back hair, and unidentified swelling and toxicity.

Dosage

Si Shen Wan is generally a water pill preparation and should be taken with light salt water or warm water.

Liushen Pills are usually very small pills made with ethanol, which are swallowed with warm water. It can also be used externally, applied to the red and swollen parts of the skin. Take dozens of pills, dissolve them in a container with a little cold boiled water or rice vinegar, and apply them around the affected area several times a day, keeping it moist until the swelling subsides. If the red and swollen area has pus or ulcers, it can no longer be applied externally.

It should be noted that the toad venom and realgar in Liushen Pills are toxic and should be taken orally in strict accordance with the instructions of the medicine or under the guidance of a professional physician or pharmacist. In addition, the musk in Liushen Pills has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, so it is forbidden for pregnant women and athletes to use with caution.

Although the names of the two "magic pills" differ by only one character, their efficacy and indications are quite different. Sishen Pills are mainly used to treat diarrhea caused by spleen and kidney yang deficiency, while Liushen Pills are mainly used to treat sore throat caused by internal heat and toxicity. You must distinguish them clearly when using them.