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Aidus & E-Fong Herbal Solution
Herbal Medicine for Warming Interior
Herbal Medicine for Warming Interior
Chapter 7
Herbal Medicine for Warming Interior
Herbs with the main effects of warming the exterior and dispersing cold to treat internal cold syndromes are called
herbal medicine for warming the interior.
Mainly pungent in flavour, and warmness and hotness in nature, herbs of this type can warm organs, disperse cold and
alleviate pain. They are indicated for pain in the chest and abdomen caused by the attack of exogenous cold on the
interior, dysmenorrhea, arthralgia due to wind cold, stomachache due to cold of insufficiency type in the middle jiao,
pain in the waist due to deficiency of kidney yang, and other syndromes. Some of these drugs can recuperate depleted
Yang to rescue patients from collapse. Yang depletion manifests itself as cold limbs, pale, profuse sweating, indistinct
pulse, etc.
Interior warming herbs should be used in combination with diaphoretics to treat coexistant exterior syndrome; with
drugs for promoting Qi circulation to treat accumulation of cold and stagnation of Qi; with drugs for activating blood
flow to treat accumulation of cold and stagnation of blood, with drugs for supplementing Qi and warming Yang and to
treat Yang deficiency of the spleen and kidney, and with drugs for supplementing Qi and strengthening Yang to treat
Yang depletion and Qi exhaustion.
Patients with Yin deficiency and interior heat, and pregnant women should be careful of or prohibited from using warm
and hot drugs, as they can easily impair Yin and support fire. (Aidus & E-fong Herbal Solution)