105 - Plum Drink (Wu Mei Wan)

Category:Digestion, acute infestation, hidden pathogen, detox, Liver system, Spleen system, pain relief

Recipe use according to traditional Chinese medicine:

-antiparasitic effect - expels parasites

-warms the median radiator and intestines

-clears heat, soothes Stomach

-stirs the blood, relieves pain

-replenishes Qi

Description:

A classical mixture by the famous Zhang Zhong-Jing from 220 AD, which he compiled primarily for the treatment of roundworms (nowadays other intestinal parasites, worms, but also diarrhea of amoebic or bacterial, protozoan infections caused by giardia or blastocysts), accompanied by symptoms such as abdominal pain and vomiting (usually cramps, vomiting after eating, or parasite vomiting). However, it can also be used for chronic indigestion manifested by diarrhoea or mushy stools caused by coldness in the intestines with concomitant heat in the stomach - as in chronic parasitic infections. According to TCM, roundworms prefer warmth and dislike cold, so when they take up residence in the intestines, they invariably tend to "pull the heat" upwards and towards the Stomach, manifesting the above symptoms.

The treatment is based on four principles: sweet taste promotes movement (of the worms), sour soothes them, pungent pushes them out and bitter induces downward movement. By using all these flavours in a mixture, we effectively calm the parasites, limiting their natural 'upward' movement through the digestive tract and aiding their removal through the stool to the outside. In addition, the cool herbs in the blend clear the heat in the Stomach and the hot ones disperse the cold in the intestines. Because chronic parasitic infections often cost the patient a lot of energy when digestion is inefficient, we also supplement the Qi slightly for better use of the blend.

Indications:

Parasitic infections characterized by signs of heat in the Stomach and cold in the Intestines with symptoms such as:

-recurrent nausea (feeling like vomiting) and vomiting

-feeling of pressure, indigestion - sometimes followed by vomiting of parasites

-extremely cold hands and feet

-gnawing in the abdomen - borborygmy

-pain and cramps in the abdomen

-chronic diarrhea or mushy stools

Modern effects:

-candidiasis

-ascariasis (disease caused by roundworms - intestinal, biliary, in children)

-hookworms (a type of nematode)

-schistosomiasis (flukes)

-chronic gastritis

-bacterial dysentery

-chronic dysentery

-ulcerative colitis

-irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

-chronic diarrhea

-cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder)

-gallbladder stones

Language:

-varying by cold/hot representation

Pulse:

-xi

-ruo

-event. xian

-jin (soft, weak, stringy, contracted)

Contraindications:

-not to be used for "explosive" diarrhea and dysentery from damp heat

-with caution in pregnancy (contains a small dose of Typhonium - Fu Zi, which is toxic)

Notes:

Modernly, the mixture is also used in the treatment of food allergies or "lazy bowel" syndrome, if the picture corresponds to a combination of heat in the Stomach and cold in the Intestines.

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